Changshu

Jiangsu Province Changshu City

Area	1264km?
Population	1,047,700
Administrative Rank	County-level city
Postal code	215500
Phone Area Code	0512
CPC Changshu Committee Secretary	Yang Shenghua

Changshu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, and is located in the south-eastern part of eastern-China’s Jiangsu Province as well as the Yangtze River Delta. Due to the mild climate and terrain there, it has enjoyed a high level of agriculture civilization since ancient times, and is named after this, for in Chinese Chang means “always, often” and Shu has the meaning of “crop harvest”. Not surprisingly, there is a town nearby called Taicang which means “Greatest Granary”.

Changshu comprises 12 towns and two provincial economy and technology development districts. As a famous city of history and culture, it is known for its long history of humanity, beautiful scenery and prosperity. Changshu is one of the most well developed counties in China: its reached 97.2 billion yuan in 2007, and GDP per capita reached 91,846 yuan , ranking among the top-10 counties within China.

History

Changshu first became an independent county in 540 AD, but in 581 was made subordinate to Suzhou. It was promoted to seat of a full prefecture in 1295, was rebuilt and fortified in the 1300s, but in 1370 was reduced again to the level of a county. In the 15th and 16th centuries Changshu was several times attacked by Japanese pirates.

Changshu has traditionally been a market town for locally-produced rice, corn, wheat, tea, and mulberry leaves, and since the 13th century has been a major cotton-producing district. Although administratively still a subordinate city to Suzhou, it is a provincial base of foreign trade. Currently a harbour is being developed on the Yangtze River near Changshu to service Suzhou and Wuxi.

Administrative divisions

Changshu is divided into 12 towns, one forest farm, two provincial development districts and a clothing and fabric market.

12 Towns

*Meili
*Bixi
*Xushi
*Heshi
*Dongbang
*Renyang
*Zhitang
*Baimao
*Guli
*Tangshi
*Shajiabang
*Yushanzhen
*Haiyu
*Xieqiao
*Dayi
*Mochen
*Xinzhuang
*Wangzhuang
*Yetang
*Liantang
*Yangyuan
*Zhangqiao

Forest Farm

*Yushan Forest Farm

Clothing and Fabric Market

*Zhaoshangcheng

Education facilities

College and universities

*Changshu Institute of Technology
*Changshu Radio & TV University

High schools

*Changshu High School of Jiangsu Province
*High School of Changshu City
*Changshu High School of Foreign Languages
*Meili High School of Changshu City Jiangsu Province

Vocation schools

*Changshu Farm & Side-line Vocation School
*Changshu Industrial Vocation School

Social Welfare Institute

Changshu Social Welfare Institute

Address:
No. 39, Bei Men Da Jie, Changshu City,
Jiangsu Province, China 215500

Tourism

Gardens and parks

*Fangta Tower Park
*Yushan Hill Park
*Shanghu Lake Park
*The Zengs' Garden
*The Zhaos' Garden
*The Yan Garden (燕园）

Hills

*Yushan Hill
*Fushan Hills
*Tongguan Hill
*Dianshan Hill
*Xishan Hill

Humanity remains

*Xingfu Temple
*Zhongyong's Tomb
*Yanzi's Tomb

Transportation

*Railroad: the Yangtse Riverine Railway
*Highways: the Yangtse Riverine Expressway, the Suzhou-Jiaxing-Hangzhou Expressway

Famous people

*Weng Tonghe , Confucian scholar and imperial tutor of two emperors during the Qing dynasty

At least four famous painters came from Changshu:
*Huang Gongwang , one of the Four Masters of the Yüan dynasty
* , one of the "Four Wangs" representing the orthodox school of painting during the and early dynasties
*Wu Li , one of the orthodox school of "literati painting" in the early Qing dynasty
*Jiang Tingxi , official painter and grand secretary to the Imperial Court in Kyoto.
*Wang Gangchang, an outstanding nuclear physical scientist

Zhangjiagang

Zhangjiagang is a county-level city in Jiangsu , China, and is an administrative division of Suzhou City. Zhangjiagang's population is around 1,200,000, with around 100,000 residents of the city proper .
Natives of the area speak a variant of Wu Chinese, close to the Suzhou variant, and similar but distinct from Shanghainese. Communities surrounding the city are mostly rural, and their economies traditionally depended heavily on agriculture and water-based activities. The GDP reached RMB 105 billion yuan in 2007, a growth of 19.1% from 2006. The GDP per capita reached RMB 118,000 yuan .

City Description

A sprawling metropolis, Zhangjiagang has been recently undergoing drastic change. Modernization has built up many malls, high class establishments, and recreation facilities. Still, one can easily get around on foot or by bicycle. The city's main thoroughfare is Shazhou Road, which runs east to west and is sectioned off as a pedestrian shopping mall in the city center. You can see relatively few luxury vehicles on the roads, but the alarming rate of increase in the affordability of cars has indeed added more volume to the roads. A highway connecting Zhangjiagang with Shanghai was built in recent years, reducing the time of travel between the two locations to just an hour and a half, compared to 3 hours previously required. Zhangjiagang lacks a train station, but has two long-distance bus stations which make travel to major destinations relatively fast and convenient.

Zhangjiagang is known for being cleaner than most cities in China, and it certainly lives up to its reputation as a quiet and orderly city. There are several family-friendly parks scattered throughout the city, including Shazhou Park, Zhangjiagang Park, and Jiyang Lake. Zhangjiagang is also home to a large public indoor swimming pool and sports center, both of which are located on Renmin Road.There is not much crime to speak of, and very little visible poverty. The busiest part of town centers around the ''buxingjie,'' or "walk street," a shopping area restricted to pedestrian traffic. West of the pedestrian mall is the largest supermarket in the city, as well as a small strip of bars. Those in search of English-speakers can usually count on Malone's, an American-style sports bar frequented by local English teachers, expats, and business travelers alike. Another interesting area for nightlife is Long Tong Road, near the large public swimming pool. Tong Luo Wan, a popular bar on that strip, often features a band playing live music. Like most cities in China, Zhangjiagang also has its share of coffee shops, karaoke establishments, and dance clubs.

Geography

Only an hour and a half away from Shanghai, Zhangjiagang is located along the Yangtze River. The land surrounding Zhangjiagang is extremely fertile, with large spans of rice paddies as far as the eye can see. Many fish farms are located around the city. A good number of tributaries of the Yangtze have been contaminated from the uncontrolled construction of chemical factories in the suburb areas.

History

Zhangjiagang is a relatively new city, having been developed from a small farming town following the economic reforms of the mid-1980s. By 1994 the city had the second-highest economic rating in China, with an urban per-capita income of $1000/year. The rural population around Zhangjiagang is said to be even wealthier.

In 1993, Zhangjiagang was selected to be a unique model city for all of China. Householders were given pamphlets listing the 10 "don'ts" and 6 "dos" of what the government called "civilized behaviour". The new rules emphasized courtesy, mutual respect, and obedience to authority. Thanks to vigorous enforcement, the rules are followed to such a degree that visitors remark on the beauty, cleanliness and friendliness of Zhangjiagang relative to other Chinese cities. The government began trumpeting their accomplishment nationwide, in a campaign reminiscent of the old "Learn from the " propaganda effort of the Cultural Revolution. The current goal of the central government is to turn China into a country of mini-Singapores, with clean, pleasant cities filled with polite, obedient citizens. So far, clean, friendly cities are such a novelty in China that up to 300,000 tourists visit Zhangjiagang every year to sample what could be the future of urban life in China.

Suburbs

There are many agricultural as well as fishing suburbs around Zhangjiagang. They mainly consist of low, one-story concrete homes with open doors. Many chemical factories have also recently been constructed.

A handful of temples can be found in the area surrounding Zhangjiagang, including the Dongdu temple, which according to local legend used to be the home of a monk who traveled by sea to Japan. His story has been memorialized by locally-produced Dongdu cigarettes.

Education

Zhangjiagang is home to several primary and secondary schools, including the , one of the most prestigious middle schools of the nation. is one of the most important post-secondary educational institutions in the city. Many schools in the city hire natives of the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK, and other countries to teach spoken English. There are also a few private language training centers, among them , located in Zhangjiagang.

Yizheng

Yizheng is a city in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China with a population of 600000 .

Yangzhong

Yangzhong is a county-level city administered by Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province.

It is located in the middle south of Jiangsu Province and in the cradle of Yantze River. It is closer to metropolis as Nanjing, Wuhan, Chongqing. It is the second biggest island in the Yangtze River and it is known locally as Yangzhong Island. It's area is about 332 square kilometres. The island was formed about 300 years ago during a major flood event. It is flat and has an elevation two to three metres above the water level in Yangtze River. It has a population of about 280,000 people. Bridge, ferry and expressway such as Yangzhong Yangtze River bridge, Yangzhong-Gaogang ferry, Shipping-port ferry and Shanghai-Nanjing expressway and Beijing-Shanghai expressway get Yangzhong into touch with the outside World.

Xuyi County

Xuyi County is a county which falls under the jurisdiction of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province. The most renowned specialty in Xuyi County is the special flavoured crayfish（盱眙十三香手抓龙虾）. In every summer the international crayfish festival of China（中国国际龙虾节） is held, in which many pop stars perform the open ceremony show.

Xinghua

Xinghua City is a county-level city in , People's Republic of China. It is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province.

It has a long history and is the hometown of several famous characters, including Zheng Banqiao, Shi Nai'an, etc.

Notable people

*Hou Yifan, chess prodigy, born in Xinghua
*Lu Xixing, Ming dynasty author

Wujiang, Jiangsu

Wujiang is a county-level city in , China. It currently ranks as one of the most economically successful cities in China. The GDP in 2007 reached 61.8 billion yuan, an increase of 23.4% from 2006. The GDP per capita reached 78,149 yuan , increase of 22.6% from 2006.

The population of Wujiang is over 750,000 with more than 25 minorities living there. Songling is the central town and seat of the municipal government. Wujiang is located just south of Suzhou.

Wangtan, Jiangsu

Wangtan is a city in Jiangsu, China.

Taizhou, Jiangsu

Taizhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu , People's Republic of China. Situated on the north bank of the Yangtze River, it borders Nantong to the east, Yancheng to the north and Yangzhou to the west.

Taizhou is the hometown of the current Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Taizhou administers 6 , including 2 and 4 .

Hailing District
Gaogang District
Jiangyan City
Jingjiang City
Taixing City
Xinghua City

These are further divided into 105 , including 91 , 8 and 6 subdistricts.

Geography and climate

At the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Jinghang Canal , in the mid south of Jiangsu province, the north bank of lower reaches of the Yangtze river, the south end of Jianghuai Plain. It is at 1190°56' east and 320°30' north.

Neighboring Areas: Yangzhou to the west, Nantong to the east, and Yancheng to the north.

History

Taizhou is a city with a long history. It was called "Haiyang" in the Chunqiu Period, and "Hailing" during the Western Han Dynasty. It was named Hailing county in 117 B.C. It was famous during Eastern Jin Dynasty on a par with Jinling and Guangling , Lanling . It was named "Taizhou prefecture" in Southern Tang Dynasty, which means 'Peaceful country and lucky citizens'. The name has been kept since then for 2100 years.

Taizhou became independent of its larger neighbour Yangzhou in the 10th century AD. Under the Ming dynasty , it was a center of the salt trade, and like Yangzhou, was the home of many wealthy salt merchants. In 1952, a new canal and ship locks were constructed to link Taizhou with the Yangzi River.

With a history of over 2100 years, Taizhou enjoys the reputation of "Ancient County in Han and Tang Dynasties and Famous District alongside the coast of the Yellow Sea". Through ages, it has seen gatherings of great talents and famous merchants. It was ever a political, economic, cultural and transportation center in Central Jiangsu. It is also the hometown of great artistic Masters like Shi Nai'an, Zheng Banqiao, and Mei Lanfang, etc, the birth place of the Navy of Chinese People's Liberation Army. It is now one of the famous historical and cultural cities of Jiangsu province.

Economy

Taizhou is a center for flour mills, textile works, fishing net manufacturing, and other industries based on local agriculture.

Having a favorable geographical location, rich resources and solid economic foundation, Taizhou was approved by the State's Council to be one of the open coastal cities. In the past 20 years, the economic growth has remained at an average annual rate of over 10%. It is one of the central cities inside the Yangtse River Delta for its developed industry, convenient transportation and prosperous commerce. In 2007, the GDP reached RMB 120.22 billion yuan, the GDP per capita RMB 26,093 yuan, the fiscal revenue RMB 21.14 billion yuan, the total amount of bank deposits RMB 112.7 billion yuan. Five county-level cities or districts are ranked among the "China's Top 100 Counties with Greatest Comprehensive Power". It boasts numbers of large-sized enterprises or groups, such as Chunlan Group Corp.

Taizhou was among the first few cities in Jiangsu to be recognized as having a famous cultural history. In 1990, Heheng village in Jiangyan county was awarded Global 500 Roll of Honor by the United Nations Environment Programme because of its success in protecting the environment while increasing the grain yield and its wide use of marsh biogas ponds.

Sister cities

Thus far, Taizhou has six sister cities.
Newport News, Virginia, USA
La Trobe, , Australia
Eumseong County, Republic of Korea
Kotka, Finland
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
, Ontario, Canada

Transportation

The Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway passes through from south to north and goes from west to east.

The routes to get to Taizhou includes:
Take buses from Shanghai or Nanjing through or Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway.
Take trains from Beijing through Xinyi-Changxing Railway or Nanjing through Nanjing-Qidong Railway .

Companies headquartered in Taizhou

Chunlan Group Corp
Linghai Motocyle Corp

Tourism

Gardens and Parks
**Qintong Boat Festival, Jiangyan
Qintong Boat Festival is held in Qingming every year. During the festival boats from nearby villages and towns converge in Xique lake for a few days of rejoicing. Theatrical performances, dragon and lion dances, and other folk dances are staged right on board the boats.
*Xique Lake, Jiangyan
The lake located in Qingtong town, 15 km north of Jiangyan city. The water was composed of Nanhu , Xique , and Beihu . It is part of Qintong Swamp.
*Père David's Deer Reserve, Jiangyan
Biggest reserve outside of Dafeng.
*Taizhou Park
*Heheng Agricultural Tour, Shengao, Jiangyan

Museum
*Navy Birthplace Museum
*Hu Jintao Birthplace Museum, Jiangyan

Colleges and schools

Taixing

Taixing is a county-level city in China's Jiangsu Province. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta. It is a newly developed coastal industrial city. The area of Taxing is 1253 square kilometres and the population is 1.29 million.

It has a history of more than thousand years and it has been named as Home of Ginkgo, Home of Construction, and Home of Education. It has been awarded the title of Chinese Star City, and Chinese Top 100 Cities In Comprehensive Forces.

Taicang

Taicang is a coastal city in Jiangsu Province on the east coast of the People's Republic of China. The total population in 2007 was 658,100, with the registered population at 463,800. In 2007 the total GDP reached RMB 44 billion , an increase of 18.5% from 2006. The GDP per capita reached RMB 70,590

Administration

Taicang is a county-level city under the juridiction of Suzhou prefecture-level city.

Towns unders the juridiction of Taicang include:

Fuqiao
Chengxiang
Shaxi
Huangjing
Shuangfeng
Ludu

History

Located along the Yangtze River, Taicang was the place where famous Chinese explorer Zheng He began his great voyages. Taicang became an important port early during the Three Kingdoms period , and its economy flourished in the Tang Dynasty . The city reached its peak in the Yuan Dynasty , being the "No. 1 Port in the World". The fine harbor, abundant storage of various materials as well as advanced shipbuilding also helped Zheng He's voyages.

Miscellaenous

Taicang's Liuhe Township is the female physicist Chien-Shiung Wu's hometown.

It is home to Mingde High School, an early Chinese school for girls which was established during the 1910s.

Rugao

Rugao is a city of Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China, located in the Golden Triangle region in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is one of the historical and cultural city of Jiangsu province.

Rugao is a world famous longevity city with more than two hundred centenarian residents. It is particularly well-known due to the highest long-life population ratio among the six longevity locations in China, and it is also the only one located in the coastal plain and in an industrial region.

Rugao is also famous for its s, potted landscapes, flowers and trees. It is the largest distributing center in east China.

History

Rugao is one of the oldest towns to appear in the triangle. About 2000 years ago, a small coastal town named Rugao Port was established. In 441, the 7th year of the Yixi Era of Eastern Jin Dynasty, Rugao county was first founded.

During Sui Dynasty, the county was merged into Ninghai county. In the Wude Era of Tang Dynasty, Ninghai county was renamed Hailing county. In the era of Republic of China, Rugao became the largest county in China.

In 1940, Rugao was divided along the Tongyang Canal into two parts: Ruxi county and Rudong county. In September 1945, Rugao county was reestablished.

On June 1, 1990, with approval of the State Council, Rugao city was founded, which went into effect in 1991.

Districts

*Total area: 1,477 km?
*Population: 1.4528 million
*Districts: 23 towns with 532 administrative villages

Tourism

*Shuihui Garden ;
*Tinghui Temple ;
*Lingwei Taoist Temple .

Local celebrities

*, criminologist

Rudong County

Rudong County is a county in Jiangsu Province of People's Republic of China. It is located at the opposite side of the Yangtze River to Shanghai. The county is named as Ru and dong because geographically Rudong is located to the east of Rugao county and was once one part of it.

The county has a seat named Juegang township. Rudong has totally 15 townships including Juegang.

The county has a long history, which can be dated from the period of springs and autumns. The ancient name of the place is Fuhaizhou, which means a small sand island in the ocean.

The county has many migrants from the south of the Yangtse River , so there are mainly two dialects in this region: the Rudonghua which belongs to the Jianghuai mandarin and the Shadihua which belongs to the .

Qidong, Jiangsu

Qidong is a county-level city in Jiangsu Province of People's Republic of China. It is located on the north side of the Yangtze River opposite Shanghai. It occupies a total of 1,157 square kilometers in land area, with a population of 1.16 million.

The city has a center named Huilong Township. It also has a well-known fish port named Lv Si town -- meaning Mr. Lv Dong Bing, a legendary figure, had visited the place for four times. The other towns include Yin Yang, Bei Xin, Hai Fu, Nan Yang and others.

History

In November 1989, the name "Qidong County" is abolished by following current policies. It has adopted the name "Qidong City" ever since.

Population and Culture

The county was formed from sands in the Yellow Sea in Qing Dao Guang or Qian Long. People migrated to the newly founded land from both South Ning Bo, Or North. And therefore there are two dialects.

Language

People living in lvsi town speak a different dialect -- known as lvsi dialect or Tongdong dialect -- from most other residents, who generally speak Qidong Dialect . The two dialects are considerably different and thus they are not mutually intelligible. Because most economic, educational and governmental activities are held in the city capital Huilong, where Qidong Dialect is prevalent, many residents of Qisi have learned to understand and even speak the majority dialect.

Qidong Dialect is a dialect of Wu Chinese. Some people consider it similar to Shanghainese, also a dialect of Wu Chinese, mostly spoken in the city of Shanghai. It is almost the same as the dialect spoken in Chongming, which is a town under administration of Shanghai.

Both of the two dialects belong to the Northern Wu dialect. However, because of cultural differences among two places, there still exist non-intelligible usage mostly in vocabulary.

Education

Qidong High School located at Huilong Town enjoys a high reputation which basically is owed to its so-called "Special Class" where most students can be awarded in national mathematics, physics and chemistry competitions and almost half of the students can be admitted to Tshinghua University, Peking University and other famous universities.

City Development

Entertainment

At the end of 2006, KFC and McDonalds made their debut in Qidong respectively. This is seen as unusual because those two international companies rarely set up branches in county-level cities in China.

Qidong hosts an annual Seafood festival and trade fair in late May.

Constructions

A newly constructed 200-300 mile Ning Qi highway connects Nanjing to Qidong.

There is a on-going plan to build a bridge across the Yangtze River to link with Qidong-ChongMing-Shanghai, which might be finished around 2010.

Puli Town

Puli was the ancient name of the river town Luzhi Township .

Luzhi is located in the Wuzhong District, 18 km east of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China.

This river town was named after a Tang Dynasty recluse poet Lu Guimong who retired in this town. Lu Guimong had a pseudonym: Mr. Pu-li .

At that time, Puli consisted of two districts: Puli and Liuzhi（六直）. Liuzhi meant that there were six straight rivers in the town. In the Suzhou dialect, "liu" was pronounced as "lu", and 六直 pronounced as Luzhi. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Puli was changed to Luzhi township of Yuanhe County.

Luzhi was reputed to be the Venice of the East, famous for its beautiful waterways and ancient bridges, some of the bridges dated back to the Song Dynasty. A walk in the ancient town Luzhi is said to be a walk into history frozen in time, tranquil and serene.

The Ming Dynasty poet Gao Qi poem : "Scene of Puli" is still an accurate description of the scenery in the ancient town Luzhi today:
:Scene of Puli
:''Long bridge short bridge with willows''
:''Front stream rear stream with lotus''
:''People watching banner over wine store risen''
:''Seagulls escort boat to home of fishman.''

In 2003, the Chinese government published a list of "Ten Famous Chinese Historical Townships". Luzhi is on this list.

In 2004, Luzhi together with and Zhouzhuang were listed in the tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
With the rapid modernization of China, large number of historical towns disappeared under the bulldozers, with only a handful of well preserved historical townships remaining today. In 2004, Luzhi was awarded a Township Preservation Award
by UNESCO.

Sights

Baoshen Temple. Baoshen Temple boasts a history of thousand years, built in the second year of Tianjiang of Liang Dynasty . By Song dynasty it was called the Baoshen Zen Temple, with 5000 halls and one thousand monks.

:The Arhat statues in the Baoshen Temple are national treasures. They were the work of the Tang Dynasty sculptor Yang Huizhi.

Tang Dynasty poet Lu Guimong tomb, with Fare Breeze Pavilion and two of his hand planted .
Shen Bohan the educator's former home
First refomer Memorial Hall
Educator and writer Ye Shengtao Memorial Hall, at former site of The 5th High School where Ye Shengtao taught from 1917 - 1922.
Hong Kong movie star, best actress winner of 1995 Berlin Film Festival Josephine Siao Fong Fong Performing Art Hall.

Food

Puli Trotters and Puli duck: Two dishes in Luzhi township are Puli trotters and Puli duck . They are said to be prepared according to the recipe of poet Mr. Pu-li; he often treated guests with these two dishes.

Luzhi Radish - a pickled radish prepared according to a Qing Dynasty recipe

Famous people of Puli

Lu Guimong - Tang Dynasty poet, pseudonym: Mr. Puli.
Pi Rixiu - Tang Dynasty poet, contemporary of Lu Guimong
Gao Qi - Ming Dynasty poet
- Qing Dynasty reformer, writer, newspaper publisher
Ye Shengtao - prominent novelist and educator.

Transportation

buses between
**Luzhi and Suzhou, route 18.
**Luzhi and Kuenshan
**Luzhi and Shanghai.
Steam boats between
*Luzhi and Suzhou
*Luzhi and Kuenshan

Pizhou

Pizhou City is a county-level city in northern Jiangsu province, in China. As of 2006 it has a population of 163,000. Administratively, Pizhou is under the jurisdiction of the larger city of Xuzhou.

History

Its old name is Pi County , and before that, Xiapi . In Han Dynasty of China, Pi has been a famous city. For the Three Kingdoms period, it is well known for the battle between Lü Bu and Cao Cao fought there. It is the town Lü Bu fell back to when under siege by Cao Cao at Xiaopei. He first moved his family there and then he himself after being advised by Chen Gong. It was here that Lü Bu was ultimately defeated.

During World War II, the Battle of Taierzhuang happened there. In the Chinese Civil War, it was the scene of the Huaihai Campaign. The area is under relative poverty when compared to the rest of the province. In October 2007, when its party secretary Li Lianyu returned as a delegate from the 17th Party Congress, the entire city was mobilized to greet him in an unprecedented display, drawing immense criticism.

Geography

Pizhou lies in the northeast of Xuzhou City at the cross point of the Grand Channel and Longhai Railway. To the north of Pizhou, there is the famous Taierzhuang Town of Zaozhuang City of Shandong Province.

Liyang

Liyang is a county-level city of Jiangsu province, in China. Population: 292,482 .

Administration

In August 1990, the State Department approved Liyang updating from to City Level, subject to Changzhou prefecture-level city.

Geography

Liyang is between 31°1'-31°4' , 119°08'-119°36' . Area: 1535.87 km².

Liyang resides at the boundary of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, belonging to Shanghai Economic Developing Zone, which is within the area of Yangtse River Delta.

Sights

Tianmu Lake inside Liyang, is one of the most beautiful touring areas of China.

Jintan

Jintan is a county-level city within Changzhou in Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. Jintan is not far from Shanghai, it is approximately 2-3 hours away by highway bus. Wu Chinese is the vernacular language spoken here.

Jintan is a relatively important and clean industrial city. It is known for its brown vinegar production. In 2007 the GDP reached 22.3 billion yuan and GDP per capita reached 41,023 yuan .

Song Ruixiang, the former governor of Qinghai was born here. The mathematician Hua Luogeng was from Jintan. There is a very prestigious middle school named after him in Jintan.

Jingjiang

Jingjiang is a county-level city in China's Jiangsu province. It is located on the northern bank of the Yangtze river. Originally belonging to Yangzhou city, Jingjiang was transferred to city in 1996. The area of Jingjiang is 673 square kilometres and the population is 660,000.

The city consists of ten towns:

*Jingcheng
*Xinqiao
*Dongxing
*Xieqiao
*Xilai
*Jishi
*Gushan
*Hongguang
*Shengci
*Maqiao

In addition the city has a development zone and an Administrative district .

The city is noted for its pork jerky and its steamed dumplings filled with crab juices.

Jiangyan

Jiangyan is a city in the prefecture of in Jiangsu province, China.

Location

Located in the middle of Jiangsu province, Jiangyan is neighbored by Hai'an city and Dongtai city to the east. To the west, there are Hailing city and Gaogang districts of . Taixing city is situated to the south, while Xinghua city is to the north.

History

Jiangyan has a very long history. Formerly called Taixian , it was set as a county at the end of Western Han Dynasty. It has relics from Zhou Dynasty, Budda statue from Tang Dynasty, and a town from Qing Dynasty. In July 1994, it was changed from Taixian County to Jiangyan City, current name, and also established as a city status. Other names Jiangyan had are Hailu , Wuling , Taizhou over the years.
General had commanded the Battle of Huangqiao in Qujiang Tower, in downtown Jiangyan. Liu Jingting 、Huang Longshi , and Gao Ershi are among the well-known people from Jiangyan. The Qintong Boat Festival also has a long history since Ming Dynasty, and it is becoming an important tourist destination in the whole eastern China. The Baima Temple in Jiangyan is the birthplace of the of the People's Liberation Army.

Culture

There have been so many well-known people from Jiangyan in its long history. Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang in Song dynasty have both stationed in Jiangyan to fight again the invaders. The Ming dynasty general, Tang Shunzhi had been fighting Japanese in Jiangyan until his died here. The philosophy and one of the founders of 'Taizhou clique', Wang Dong had been teaching in Jiangyan for decades, and his teaching place, Wanggong Temple is now preserved as a museum. The artist in Ming dynasty, Tang Zhique and his brother Tang Zhiyi , nephew Tang Riyin , so called 'Three Tangs' were from Jiangyan. The go chess master in Qing dynasty, Huang Longshi had leaded the game to the highest peak in the old times. Lu Fubao was the consule of Taiwan. Liu Guorong and Liu Guoqing brothers were the martial champain.


In the modern history, the artist master Mei Lanfang was born in Zhangmu town , and he had visited Jiangyan for many times. Following the call from Chairman Mao Zedong, nodern poet and calligrapher Gao Ershi had made a famous 'Lanting Argument' with Guo Moruo . According to a preliminary statistics, there are over 200 professors, 600 county-level officials, and 5 military Sergents originated from Jiangyan as of 2000.
Jiangyan also has made its special marks in the history of modern China. The first Soviet base in northern Jiangsu was founded in Jiangyan by No 14 red army. The Chinese navy was also born in Jiangyan . The headquarter of Battle of Huangqiao, one of the major battles in the civil war between Kuomingtang and Communist Armies, was in Jiangyan Qujianglou .

Jiang Zefeng , a sister of Jiang Zemin, is also living in Jiangyan. Hu Jintao(胡锦涛）], the current president of China is also born and raised in Jiangyan.
Jiangyan has also actively engaged in a campaign to modernise the city by new technology and intense education. During 1992 and 1997, there are as many as 180 innovations and 155 new technologies were awarded and more than 70 patents were assigned. Jiangyan has been in Top 100 Counties since 1995.

Five townships were named Advanced Folk-cultural in 1997 by Jiangsu province. Many culture centers, libraries have been founded, and the Qintong Boat Festival is more and more famous and has become a big tourist attraction. Numous people have had access to cable TV and internet. Jiangyan has the tallest TV tower in the whole northern Jiangsu.

Transportation

The Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway passes through from south to north and National Highway 328 goes from west to east. All the townships are connected by well paved ways. The old and new Yangzhou Canal, Zhonggan river, Jiangyan-Qintong river, and east and west Jiangyan-Huangqiao rivers provide a very good river transportation system. It takes few than 3 hours to Nanjing or Shanghai. Out of the total 1044 km? area, large amount of them are low swamps, and the water area measures about 15%.

The routes to get to Jiangyan includes:
Take buses from Shanghai or Nanjing through or Nanjing-Jinjiang-Yancheng Highway.
Take trains from Beijing through Xinyi-Changxing Railway or Nanjing through Nanjing-Qidong Railway .

Townships

In 1990, Heheng village in Shengao town, Jiangyan city was awarded Global 500 Roll of Honor by the United Nations Environment Programme because of its success in protecting the environment while increasing the grain yield and its wide use of marsh biogas ponds.

Notable people

Hu Jintao, the President of the People's Republic of China.
Mei Lanfang, a legend of modern Beijing Opera.

Tourism

Qintong Boat Festival

Qintong Boat Festival is held in Qingming Festival every year. During the festival boats from nearby villages and towns converge in Xique lake for a few days of rejoicing. Theatrical performances, dragon and lion dances, and other folk dances are staged right on board the boats. The whole festival was highlighted by the unique boating racing by using the long poles instead of paddles.
The whole events now are used by the city government as a platform to attract tourists and foreign investiments.

Xique Lake

The lake located in Qintong town, 15 km north of Jiangyan city. The water was composed of Nanhu , Xique , and Beihu . It is part of Qintong Swamp. There are 7 districts: 溱潼风貌园区、溱东居住园区、江苏旅游产品生产基地、溱湖贸易园区、喜鹊湖度假区、麋鹿故乡园区、生态
农业园区, 1 belt: 湖绿带与景路, and 1 center: 溱湖旅游接待服务中心.

Père David's Deer Reserve

Jiangyan is one of the few hometowns to Père David's Deers, and Jiangyan Père David's Deer Reserve is the biggest one outside of Dafeng . Located in the north of the industrial park, the reserve has an area of 72 acres, including 52 acres of forests and 12 acres of waterfront. There are two main parts, a fenced area and an open area for the deers. There is also an exhibit room for the systematic introduction of the deers.

Shoushen Temple

Heheng Agriculture Scenic Tour

Museums

*Hu Jintao Birthplace Museum, Jiangyan
*Gao Ershi Museum, Jiangyan
*Baima Temple, Chinese Army Navy Birthplace Museum

Schools

There are 233 kindergartens, 280 primary schools, 50 middle schools, and 2 provincial special high schools. Jiangyan High School was named model high school and promoted to provincial run schools.

Jiangyan High School
Jiangyan No. 2 High School（姜堰二中）
Jiangyan Qintong High School
Shengao Career Training School（沈高职业中学）

Huai'an

Huai'an , known as Huaiyin before 2001, is a prefecture-level city in northern Jiangsu , People's Republic of China. It borders Suqian to the northwest, Lianyungang to the north, Yancheng to the east, Yangzhou to the southeast, and the province of Anhui to the southwest.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Huai'an administers 8 , including 4 and 4 .

*Chuzhou District
*Huaiyin District
*Qinghe District
*
*Jinhu County
*Xuyi County
*Hongze County
*Lianshui County

These are further divided into 127 , including 84 , 33 and 10 subdistricts.

History

Ancient China

The area of Huai'an spans over ancient canal of Huai River and the name of ''Huai'an'' takes the hope of the residents for lasting peaceful Huai River.

Pre-History
Chinese mythology recounts that Yu the Great, the Chinese leader with a legendary ability for flood control techniques, was constantly taming the Huai River here in Huai'an area.

Traces of the activities of ancient Chinese living in about 5000 to 6000 years ago have been found in the area. The most famous one is the Qingliangang Hill Civilization.

Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasty

The borough area had been properly developed, and was leading China in convenience of transportation and irrigation. Gangou Drain connected the Yangtze River and the Huai He delta region. The Qian Road and Shan Road that traversed the region reached Southern and Northern China. Thus, Huaiyin was critical area for several strong states in Spring and Autumn period. The region was occupied by the Wu, Yue and Chu states, one after another.

Qin and Han Dynasty

After Qin Dynasty consolidated all states in China, County System was promoted throughout China. Huaiyin County , Xuyi Country , Dongyang was built in the region today.

In a movement of rebelling farmers during the later years of Qin Dynasty, the people of Huai'an supported the rebel forces, including the famous militia Han Xin who was highly honored for his bravery and meritorious deeds.

In the epoch of West Han Dynasty, Huaipu County , Sheyang County and Fulin County were built.

During the Qin and Han Dynasty, great improvements, especially in irrigation, were made to agriculture and manufacturing. In the later years of East Han Dynasty, the Governor of Guanglin, Cheng Deng, built the Gaojiayang Levees . 30 miles in total, which kept out flood waters, and protected farmlands. He also built Pofu Pool for farm irrigation. Iron-made apparatus and bull-farming were widespread. Though a few wars and battles took place, agriculture, transportation and logistics made fair progress. The express way built by the first Qin Emperor went through the region, and the West Way of Gaogou Drain built by Cheng Deng, improved traffic between and Huai He area.

Handicrafts and business also developed during this period, while culture and the arts were at high levels, as well. Home-teaching and private schools flourished in Han Dynasty and many famous artists appeared, for example, the Han-text composers Mei Chen and Mei Gao, and Chen Lin, one of the Seven Scholars of Jian'an.

Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties

Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties

Song and Yuan Dynasty

Ming and Qing Dynasty

R.O.China

Since P.R.China

Whole area of Huaiyin was occupied by Chinese communist army in December 1948 and became the territory of P.R.China.

District of Huaiyin

District of Huaiyin was established on April 21, 1949, operating 10 counties, which were: Huaiyin, Huaibao , Siyang, Shuyang, Guanyun, Suqian, Suining, Xin'an , Pisui and Lianshui. The district office was at Huaiyin County.

Huaibao County was dissolved on May 12, 1950 to Huaiyin, Huai'an and Baoyin County . And District of Huaiyin had 9 counties then.

The city area of Huaiyin County was separated as Qingjiang City on December 18, 1950 and District of Huaiyin then had 1 city and 9 counties.

With the establishment of Jiangsu Province in January 1953, District of Huaiyin was transferred to the province. Xin'an County was renamed to Xinyi County and county office of Pisui was moved to town of Yunhe. District of Huaiyin then had Qingjiang City and 9 counties, Huanyin, Lianshui, Guanyun, Siyang, Shuyang, Xinyi, Suqian, Pisui and Suining. The district office was sited at Qingjiang City. Later in the year, Suining, Pisui and Xinyi was given to District of Xuzhou and then District of Huaiyin had one city and six counties.

Qingjiang City was promoted to prefectual level of Jiangsu Province though was still operated by District of Huaiyin. Soon the district was joined by Huai'an County from District of Yancheng and in December by Sihong County from District of Suxian and Xuyi County from District of Chuxian in Anhui Province. The amount of all counties belonging to District of Huaiyin was 9.

In 1956 Hongze County was created from parts of Sihong, Huaiyin and Xuyi County with the county office sited at town of Gaoliangjian. The amount of counties then was 10.

In 1957 Xin'an Administrative Office was built from joint parts of Guanyun and Lianshui County and soon later renamed to Guannan County. The counties number reached 11.

Huaiyin County was merged in 1958 to Qingjiang City which was renamed to Huaiyin City and operated by District of Huaiyin, which had one city and 10 counties then.

However in 1964, Huaiyin City was renamed back to Qingjiang City and Huaiyin County was restored but the county office was sited in Qingjiang City.

Xuyi County was transferred to District of Luhe in 1966 and District of Huaiyin then had one city and 10 counties.

Huaiyin Region

District of Huaiyin was renamed to Huaiyin Region in 1970 with the region office sited at Qingjiang City, operating Qingjiang City and 10 counties, which were Guanyun, Guannan, Shuyang, Suqian, Siyang, Lianshui, Huaiyin, Huai'an, Hongze and Sihong.

Xuyi County was returned by Luhe Region in 1971 as well as new transferred Jinhu County. Then one city and 12 counties belonged to Huaiyin Region.

In 1975 the office of Huaiyin County was relocated at the town of Wangyin.

Huaiyin City

Qingjiang City was renamed to Huaiyin City again in 1983 and operated directly by Jiangsu Province with the end of Huaiyin Region. Meanwhile 11 counties, which were Guannan, Shuyang, Suqian, Siyang, Lianshui, Huaiyin, Sihong, Huai'an, Hongze, Xuyi and Jinhu, was transferred to new Huaiyin City while Guanyun County to Lianyungang City. The municipal area of Huaiyin City was split into two districts, Qinghe and Qingpu. Then 11 counties and 2 districts were belonging to Huaiyin City.

Suqian and Huai'an County was promoted to county-level cities in December 1987 by the order approved by Department of State, then renamed to Suqian and Huai'an City respectively. At the moment, Huaiyin City was operating 2 cities, 9 counties and 2 districts.

Suqian City was promoted to prefectual level of Jiangsu Province in 1996 and Shuyang, Siyang and Sihong County was transferred to Suqian City while Guannan County to Lianyungang City. After the adjustment, Huaiyin City had 5 counties, which were Huaiyin, Lianshui, Jinhu, Hongze and Xuyi, and 2 districts, Qinghe and Qingpu and was operating Huai'an City.

Huai'an City

By the order approved by Department of State on December 21, 2000, Huaiyin City was renamed to Huai'an City with the city office sited at Qinghe District while Chuzhou District was established from original Huai'an City with the district office at town of Huaichen and Huaiyin District was established from original Huaiyin County with the district office at town of Wangyin. The county borders were also be slightly modified.

Now Huai'an City are operating over 4 districts, Qinghe, Qingpu, Chuzhou and Huaiyin, and 4 counties, Xuyi, Lianshui, Jinhu and Hongze.

Notable people

*Han Xin , late Qin Dynasty military general under Liu Bang, enfeoffed the Marquess of Huaiyin.
*Wu Cheng'en , Ming Dynasty novelist, author of the ''Journey to the West''.
*Guan Tianpei , Chinese national hero; martyred during the Opium Wars.
*Zhou Enlai , prominent Communist Party of China leader, Premier of the People's Republic of China since 1949 till death.

Heheng

Heheng is a village in Jiangyan city, China. It was awarded Global 500 Roll of Honour by the United Nations Environment Programme in 1990 because of its success in protecting the environment while increasing the grain yield, and its wide use of marsh biogas ponds.

Haimen

Haimen is a county-level city in Jiangsu Province of People's Republic of China. It is located at the opposite side of the Yangtze River to Shanghai.

The county has a seat named Haimen Township. The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haimen.

Gaoyou

Gaoyou (; lit. "high post ", also called Qinyou is a cultural city with a long history in , located in the Yangtze River Delta in the North side of the Open Economic Development Zone along the Yangtze River. Population : 150,000, with over 830,000 in its metropolitan area. Area: 1,963 km?.

Administration

Gaoyou is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou prefecture-level city, in the of the People's Republic of China.

History

Gaoyou was founded in 223 BC, but recent archaeological finds at the Longqiuzhuang site in Gaoyou has found evidence of rice growing dating back 5,500-7,000 years. In 1375, early in the Ming Dynasty by the Hongwu Emperor, a post office was constructed called Yucheng You. At that time, it was one of the 46 important mail posts along the between Beijing and Nanjing. It was in used until the .

The profound history and culture of Gaoyou fostered Qin Shaoyou, the well-known poet in the Song Dynasty, Wang Nianshun and Wang Yinzhi , the celebrated classics interpreters in the Qing Dynasty, Sun Yunzhu, the modern paleontologist and Wang Chenqi, the contemporary writer.

Geography

Gaoyou is located at in the southern part of the Jianghuai Plain, 40 km north of Yangzhou on the east shore of Gaoyou Lake. The Beijing-Shanghai expressway and the Grand Canal of China run though the city center from the north to the south.

Climate

The climate of Gaoyou belongs to the subtropical monsoon marine climate. Gaoyou is temperate and moist and the four seasons are quit distinct.

Geology

Gaoyou is relatively flat with an elevation of 2 to 3 meters. The ground is mostly made up of clay.

Tourism

1. As postal stop in Qing dysnasty . As post station, it was built @ AD 1375. Largest and oldest historic post-office in the world..

2. :built @ AD 976. To memorize Qin Shaoyou, a well-known poet @ Song Dynasty..

3.:7000 year history. Area @ 43,000 m2. .

4., and . ODD number of story is YANG, that means strong, bright and ascending etc, based on the theory of Ying-Yang.

5.:Wang Nianshun and Wang Yinzhi , Masters in Confucian Philosophy and Classic literatures. .

Economy

Gaoyou has a very fast growing economy. It is home to approximately 3,000 industrial enterprises, most of which belong to the following sectors: machinery, light industry, textile, mechanical industry, building materials, and electronics.

Agriculture plays a large part in the overall economy of the region. The well-known feature product is "double yolk duck egg".

Dongzhu

Dongzhu is a town under the administration of Suzhou New District and Huqiu District Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, which located at the west of Suzhou City and by the Taihu Lake.

The changes of upper-level administration in the past years before contained in SND and Huqiu District were that, Wuzhong District, Wuxian City, Wu-County, in the reversed chronological order.

Historically, Dongzhu was closely related with the history of Suzhou which called the Country of Wu more than 2500 years ago. The loser King of Wu, Helu, who ever won the war with Goujian, the King of Yue , suicided at the top of the mountain of Yangshan in the area of Dongzhu. There are also other ruins in the Town Dongzhu.

Industry

Dongzhu is one of far less industrialized contrasts to those towns near around the Suzhou City. The main industry of Dongzhu now is still the agriculture, while it also featured in its traditional handcraft industry, handy embroidery, which is known as Suzhou Embroidery and sculpture of stone.

However, since it was contained into SND and Huqiu District, agricultural land was withdrawed conditionally by the administration, a new area is now prepared for the open of the city's modern scientific research center, and is expected to be a great change for the town.

Communications

There are several bus systems go through Dongzhu, as well as recently established express way, so called Taihu Dadao, which make the time spent between Dongzhu and Suzhou City from more than an hour to now, only twenty-five minutes. There is also a traditional waterway --Xuguang Canal, connecting Taihu Lake with the City.

Although there are two domestic civil airports, Guangfu Airport and Shuofang Airport near the town, however, the air routes is limited in number. Many people there use the Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao Airport for international and domestic travel.

Education

There are two educational organizations in Dongzhu include one elementary and one middle school, and no organization for higher educations. The two schools are, Dongzhu Experimental Primary School and Dongzhu Middle School.

Dongtai

Dongtai is a city under the jurisdiction of Yancheng, Jiangsu, in the People's Republic of China, located on the west coast of the Pacific ocean and 190 kilometers north of Shanghai. It has a population of roughly 1,170,000 estimated for 2007. Out of the total population, about 260,000 live in the Dongtain urban core, others are distributed in the 23 suburban towns and rural regions .

Transportation in Dongtai is fairly convenient. There are four International airports within 200 kilometers. There are also several other domestic airports nearby. The Xinchang railway travels through downtown. No. 204 national highway, No. 333 provincial highway, An-qiang provincial road, and The Coastal Expressway pass through the Dongtai area. The coastal railway from the northeast Heilongjiang province to the southeast Fujian province is under construction. When construction is complete on this railway, transportation will be made more effective in Dongtai. That will further stimulate the city's economic development.

The dialect in Dongtai is quite different from . The local accent is close to that in nearby Taizhou, Haiyan, Xinghua, Dafeng area. The population who speak Dongtai language are around 10 million. But it has no problem to do business in Dongtai, since most of local people speak Mandarine quite well, and a lot of young people there also speak English.

The food style in Dongtai belongs to Huai-Yang series. The taste is not strong, and that is different from most of other regions in China. In Dongtai, people also have chance to eat different seafoods.

Tourist can also find fun in Dongtai. Xi-xi ancient town is the cradle of Dongtai and it is also a Holy land of Buddhism. The Yellow Sea National Park is on the east costal region of Dongtai and there are also a national everglade protection region and a five-A precious animal protection region nearby.

Danyang

Danyang is a county-level city administered by Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province.

This county level city is famous for its glasses industry.
Danyang is located in the south part of Jiangsu Province and is one of the advanced counties among that of South Jiangsu Province. It has a total area of 1,059 sq. km and has a population of 890,000. As one of the key cities at the Yangtze Delta opening to the outside world, Danyang has a strong economic and social development trend since the new century came. In 2007, the GDP and per capita GDP of Danyang reached 35.7 billion yuan and 44,242 yuan respectively. It was listed within the top 10 cities in Jiangsu province as far as the comprehensive economic power was concerned. With its brand new charm, Danyang is catching more and more investors’ eyes and international capital flows into Danyang with double speed for two years in succession. Up to now, businessmen from 32 countries and regions have invested in Danyang with accumulated paid-up capital of US$1 billion. As a developing city opening to the outside in Shanghai economic circle, Danyang attracts domestic and foreign businessmen with the three golden brands, namely, “Golden Triangle, Golden Phoenix and Golden Danyang”. Also, it is showing its unique advantages for investment and business to people.