Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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.

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