South El Monte, “The City of Achievement” is a vibrant and thriving community, located in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley, just minutes from downtown Los Angeles. South El Monte was incorporated into a city in 1958 with a population of 3,900, and is now home to more than 20,000 residents with a daytime population of over 44,000, as workers from various business industries stream into the city limits, every morning.
   In just six decades, South El Monte has matured into a viable commercial and industrial base, with over 2,400 businesses due the City having a diverse land use pattern and excellent freeway accessibility.
   South El Monte has a strong manufacturing-based business community that delivers finished products from textiles and consumer electronics to research and development of medical instruments and technological devices commissioned by aeronautical and maritime industries. Key business corridors include Rosemead Blvd (aka. SR 164), Santa Anita Ave, Peck Rd., Chico Ave, Portrero Ave, Rush St, Fawcett Ave and Garvey Ave. These business corridors have 1950s and 60s post-war industrial developments that are prime for multi-tenant industrial, commercial, and vertical mixed-use redevelopment.
   Kunshan and South El Monte became sister cities in June 1993.