Jiangsu 江苏

Zhouzhuang

Zhouzhuang By Alexandra Moss. Sourced via Flickr under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License.

Jiāngsū (江苏) is the area of eastern china located south of Shandong and north of Shanghai. It straddles across the mouth of the great Yangtze river, the third longest river in the world. The capital of the province is Nanjing city, the one time capital of Ming dynasty China, the seat of the Taiping rebelion in the 19th century and capital of the Republic of China. Another important city in the province is Suzhou. This city is famous for it's canals and waterways as well as it's many traditional Chinese gardens which are listed UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The province of Jiangsu is largely low lying and flat. Large waterways crisscross the landscape, some natural lages and rivers, some man made canals. The including the Grand Canal which once ran from Hangzhou, through Jiangsu, and on to Beijing. In total, 18% of the province is covered by water. Both today, and in ancient times, Jiangsu was a prosperous area. Today a wide range of industries area found here. 

Jiangsu is a popular tourist destination. It's history and famous locations are a major draw of both domestic and international tourists. In addition, travel to and within Jiangsu is extremely easy. High speed rail lines connect Nanjing, Suzhou and other cities to Shanghai in the south and Beijing in the north making the province very convenient.

Tourist Attractions

Below is a list of tourist attractions in Jiangsu:

(南京市钟山风景名胜区-中山陵园风景区; nán jīng shì zhōng shān fēng jǐng míng shèng qū- zhōng shān líng yuán fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(中央电视台无锡影视基地三国水浒景区; zhōng yāng diàn shì tái wú xī yǐng shì jī dì sān guó shuǐ hǔ jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAAA on China's national tourism scale.

Here's Wikipedia's description of Bamboo Hall: "Also called the Southern Hall, it is a three bay hall with a portico on four sides. The roofline is hipped-gable with flying eves. The hall is named after a nearby bamboo grove." The Humble Administrator's Garden is one of the prized gardens in Suzhou (it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and was originally completed in 1526 and took 16 years to build. In ancient times, prominent Chinese men would retire and build huge gardens as a symbol of their wealth and taste. This garden was originally commissioned by Wang Xiancheng and was designed by Wen Zhengming. by Jonathan. Sourced via Flickr.

(苏州市拙政园; sū zhōu shì zhuō zhèng yuán): This tourist attraction is listed as a UNESCO World Herritage Site. This tourist attraction is rates as AAAAA on China's national tourism scale.

They don't go fast, but they seem relaxing. Problam is that hundreds of people will stare at you if you take one. About Zhouzhuang: Zhouzhuang is supposed to be the most famous, or at least most beautiful water town in China. You may have never heard of it, but there is a chance that you have seen it already: It is used during the showdown of the third 'Mission: Impossible' movie with Tom Cruise. We went there on April the 8th and had a nice time. Even though it was cloudy, as you can see in the pictures I took of the town, the views of Zhouzhuang are gorgeous. Read more about our trip to Zhouzhuang <a href="http://jakob.montrasio.net/2007/04/13/zhouzhuang/">here</a>. by Jakob Montrasio. Sourced via Flickr.

(苏州市周庄古镇景区; sū zhōu shì zhōu zhuāng gǔ zhèn;chēn jǐng qū): An ancient water town near to Suzhou city in Jiangsu province, China. This tourist attraction is listed as a UNESCO World Herritage Site. This tourist attraction is rates as AAAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港渔湾景区; liányúngǎng yú wān jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州同里古镇旅游区; sūzhōu tóng lǐ gǔzhèn lǚyóuqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京总统府景区; nánjīng zǒngtǒngfǔ jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京夫子庙秦淮风光带; nánjīng fūzǐmiào Qín Huái fēngguāng dài): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(常熟服装城购物旅游区; chángshóu fúzhuāng chéng gòuwù lǚyóuqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州乐园; sūzhōu lèyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港孔望山风景区; liányúngǎng Kǒng Wàngshān fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州盘门景区; sūzhōu pán mén jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(常州市红梅公园; chángzhōushì hóng méi gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京阅江楼景区; nánjīng yuè Jiāng Lóu jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(溧阳市天目湖南山竹海景区; lìyángshì tiānmù húnán shān zhú hǎijǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

This classical Chinese garden is almost 900 years old. It's form has changed significantly over this time but it is now regarded as one of the best examples of Chinese garden in the world. Although comparatively small compared to other gardens such as the Humble Administrators garden, the Mast of the Nets is exquisite in it's perfection. For more info see my website, <a href="http://www.abookaboutchina.com" rel="nofollow">www.abookaboutchina.com</a> pages about <a href="http://www.abookaboutchina.com/cityguide/Suzhou" rel="nofollow">Suzhou City</a> and <a href="http://www.abookaboutchina.com/travelguide/Jiangsu" rel="nofollow">Jiangsu Province</a> in China. by Derek Harkness. Sourced via Flickr.

(苏州市网师园; sūzhōushì wǎng shī yuán): This tourist attraction is listed as a UNESCO World Herritage Site. This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(江阴市江苏学政文化旅游区; jiāngyīnshì jiāngsū xué zhèng wénhuà lǚyóuqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州西山景区; sūzhōu xī shān jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州市狮子林; sūzhōushì shīzi lín): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通狼山风景名胜区; nántōng láng shān fēngjǐngmíngshèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通濠河风景名胜区; nántōng háo hé fēngjǐngmíngshèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇江宝华山国家森林公园; zhènjiāng Bǎo Huáshān guójiā sēnlín gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(宜兴市竹海风景区; yíxīngshì zhú hǎi fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市周恩来纪念馆; huáiānshì zhōuēnlái jìniànguǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港连岛旅游度假区; liányúngǎng Lián Dǎo lǚyóu dùjià qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州昆山市锦溪古镇; sūzhōu kūnshānshì jǐn xī gǔzhèn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州市寒山寺; sūzhōushì hán shān sì): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(宜兴市龙背山森林公园; yíxīngshì Lóng Bēishān sēnlín gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

Scene from The Humble Administrators Garden in Suzhou, China. by scadam526. Sourced via Flickr.

(沧浪亭; sūzhōu shì zhuó zhèng yuán): This tourist attraction is listed as a UNESCO World Herritage Site. This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(宜兴市团氿风景区; yíxīngshì tuán 氿fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州市西园戒幢律寺; sūzhōushì xī yuán jiè chuáng lǜ sì): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(常州中华恐龙园; chángzhōu zhōnghuá kǒnglóng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市锡惠园林文物名胜区; wúxīshì xī huì yuánlín wénwù míngshèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通博物苑; nántōng bówù yuàn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京中山陵风景名胜区; nánjīng zhōngshānlíng fēngjǐngmíngshèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

by s tsui. Sourced via Flickr.

(苏州市留园; sūzhōushì liúyuán): This tourist attraction is listed as a UNESCO World Herritage Site. This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(徐州淮海战役烈士纪念塔园林; Xúzhōu huáihǎizhànyì lièshì jìniàn tǎ yuánlín): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市玄武湖景区; nánjīngshì xuán Wǔ Hú jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(常州亚细亚影视城; chángzhōu yàxìyà yǐngshì chéng): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(周庄古镇游览区; Zhōu Zhuāng gǔzhèn yóulǎn qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇江茅山风景区; zhènjiāng Máo Shān fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(宜兴善卷洞风景区; yíxīng shàn juǎn dòng fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市太湖鼋头渚风景区; wúxīshì tàihú yuán tóu zhǔ fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(泰州姜堰市溱湖风景区; tàizhōu Jiāng Yànshì qín hú fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市灵山景区; wúxīshì língshān jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京雨花台风景名胜区; nánjīng yǔ huā táifēng jǐng míngshèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇江焦山风景区; zhènjiāng Jiāo Shān fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市薛福成故居; wúxīshì Xuē Fúchéng gùjū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(扬州中国雕版印刷博物馆/扬州博物馆; yángzhōu Zhōngguó diāobǎn yìnshuà bówùguǎn /yángzhōu bówùguǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州吴江市静思园; sūzhōu wújiāngshì jìng sī yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州用直古镇旅游区; sūzhōu yòng zhí gǔzhèn lǚyóuqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州木渎古镇; sūzhōu mù dú gǔzhèn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(常州天宁寺; chángzhōu tiān Níng Sì): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市朝天宫景区; nánjīngshì cháo tiān gōng jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市蠡园公园; wúxīshì lí yuán gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(扬州大明寺; yángzhōu dà míng sì): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州市虎丘山风景名胜区; ūzhōushì hǔ Qiū Shān fēngjǐngmíngshèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(徐州新沂市马陵山景区; Xúzhōu xīnyíshì Mǎ Língshān jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(扬州市何园; yángzhōushì Hé Yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇江市金山公园; zhènjiāngshì jīnshān gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

by Bill Hertha. Sourced via Flickr.

(扬州市瘦西湖公园; yángzhōushì shòu xīhú gōngyuán): A network of canals, rivers and lakes thta run through the west of Yangzhou city, named after the West lake of Hangzhou. This tourist attraction is listed as a UNESCO World Herritage Site. This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇江市镇江博物馆; zhènjiāngshì zhènjiāng bówùguǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(扬州市个园; yángzhōushì ge yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡中视股份三国水浒景区; wúxī zhōngshìgǔfēn sānguó shuǐ hǔ jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(江阴市滨江要塞旅游区; jiāngyīnshì bīnjiāngyàosài lǚyóuqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港花果山风景名胜区; liányúngǎng huā guǒ shān fēngjǐngmíngshèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(江苏省天目湖旅游度假区; jiāngsūshěng tiānmù hú lǚyóu dùjià qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(常熟市沙家浜风景区; chángshu shì shājiābāng fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州昆山亭林园; sūzhōu kūnshān tíng Lín Yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(徐州市云龙湖风景区; xúzhōu shì yúnlóng hú fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通如皋市水绘园景区; nán tōng rú hāo;gāo shì shuǐ huì yuán jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市盱眙县铁山寺国家森林公园; huái ān shì xū yí;chì xiàn tiě shān sì guó jiā sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(常州金坛市华罗庚公园; cháng zhōu jīn tán shì huā;huá luó;luō gēng gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城市新四军纪念馆; yán chéng shì xīn sì jūn jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城江苏大丰麋鹿国家级自然保护区; yán chéng jiāng sū dà fēng mí lù guó jiā jí zì rán bǎo hù qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(扬州市扬州汉陵苑; yáng zhōu shì yáng zhōu hàn líng yuàn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市龙头渚公园; wú xī shì lóng tóu zhǔ gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市将军山景区; nán jīng shì jiāng jūn shān jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市天生桥风景区; nán jīng shì tiān shēng qiáo fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市高淳县淳溪老街; nán jīng shì gāo chún xiàn chún qī lǎo jiē): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(徐州市滨湖公园; xú zhōu shì bīn hú gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(徐州市戏马台; xú zhōu shì xì mǎ tái): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市龙寺生态园; wú xī shì lóng sì shēng tài yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市东林书院; wú xī shì dōng lín shū yuàn): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州太仓市南园公园; sū zhōu tài cāng shì nán yuán gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市南山湖旅游度假区; nán jīng shì nán shān hú lǚ yóu dù jià qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市银杏湖生态旅游区; nán jīng shì yín xìng hú shēng tài lǚ yóu qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市溧水县傅家边科技园; nán jīng shì lì shuǐ xiàn fù jiā biān kē jì yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通如皋市定慧禅寺; nán tōng rú hāo;gāo shì dìng huì chán;shàn sì): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通如皋市内外城河风光带; nán tōng rú hāo;gāo shì nèi wài chéng hé fēng guāng dài): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港市灌云县大伊山风景区; lián yún gǎng shì guàn yún xiàn dà yī shān fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港市桃花涧景区; lián yún gǎng shì táo huā jiàn jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港市石棚山景区; lián yún gǎng shì shí péng shān jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州张家港市东渡苑景区; sū zhōu zhāng jiā gǎng shì dōng dù yuàn jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州太仓市太仓公园; sū zhōu tài cāng shì tài cāng gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市太湖花卉园; wú xī shì tài hú huā huì yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(扬州市凤凰岛生态旅游区; yáng zhōu shì fèng huáng dǎo shēng tài lǚ yóu qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(扬州市茱萸湾风景名胜区; yáng zhōu shì zhū yú wān fēng jǐng míng shèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港连岛海滨度假区; lián yún gǎng lián dǎo hǎi bīn dù jià qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(徐州龟山汉墓; xú zhōu guī shān hàn mù): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡中视股份唐城景区; wú xī zhōng shì gǔ fèn táng chéng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡江阴鹅鼻嘴公园; wú xī jiāng yīn é bí zuǐ gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(常州东坡公园; cháng zhōu dōng pō gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州盛泽先蚕祠; sū zhōu shèng;chéng zé xiān cán cí): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州柳亚子故居; sū zhōu liǔ yà zǐ gù jū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京将军山旅游名胜区; nán jīng jiāng jūn shān lǚ yóu míng shèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港市高公岛风景游览区; lián yún gǎng shì gāo gōng dǎo fēng jǐng yóu lǎn qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通市濠河风景名胜区; nán tōng shì háo hé fēng jǐng míng shèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京江心洲民俗村; nán jīng jiāng xīn zhōu mín sú cūn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(常州荆川公园; cháng zhōu jīng chuān gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(徐州中央电视台外景基地汉城; xú zhōu zhōng yāng diàn shì tái wài jǐng jī dì hàn chéng): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港市渔湾自然风景区; lián yún gǎng shì yú wān zì rán fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(高淳县淳溪老街; gāo chún xiàn chún qī lǎo jiē): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城大丰麋鹿国家级自然保护区; yán chéng dà fēng mí lù guó jiā jí zì rán bǎo hù qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(苏州何山公园; sū zhōu hé shān gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(宿迁嶂山森林公园; sù;xiǔ qiān zhàng shān sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(宜兴龙背山森林公园; yí xìng;xīng lóng bèi;bēi shān sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(江阴徐霞客故居; jiāng yīn xú xiá kè gù jū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡鸿山泰伯墓; wú xī hóng shān tài bǎi mù): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡梅村泰伯庙; wú xī méi cūn tài bǎi miào): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡太湖花卉园; wú xī tài hú huā huì yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡吟苑公园; wú xī yín yuàn gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡龙头渚公园; wú xī lóng tóu zhǔ gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(武进横山白龙观; wǔ jìn héng;hèng shān bái lóng guān): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(常州张太雷纪念馆; cháng zhōu zhāng tài léi jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(宜兴龙池山风景区; yí xìng;xīng lóng chí shān fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(江阴渡江战役纪念馆; jiāng yīn dù jiāng zhàn yì jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(金坛顾龙山景区; jīn tán gù lóng shān jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(武进艺林园; wǔ jìn yì lín yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(溧阳新四军江南指挥部纪念馆; lì yáng xīn sì jūn jiāng nán zhǐ huī bù jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(溧阳南山竹海生态旅游区; lì yáng nán shān zhú hǎi shēng tài lǚ yóu qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(溧阳凤凰公园; lì yáng fèng huáng gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(溧阳高静园（1A级升2A级）; lì yáng gāo jìng yuán（1Ají shēng2Ají）): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(扬州茱萸湾公园; yáng zhōu zhū yú wān gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安清晏园; huái ān qīng yàn yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(江都邵伯湖风景旅游区; jiāng dū shào bǎi hú fēng jǐng lǚ yóu qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(盱眙县八仙台旅游风景区; xū yí;chì xiàn bā xiān tái lǚ yóu fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市金湖县荷花荡景区; huái ān shì jīn hú xiàn hé huā dàng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市涟水县五岛风景区; huái ān shì lián shuǐ xiàn wǔ dǎo fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通市沈寿艺术馆; nán tōng shì shěn;chén shòu yì shù guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市龙寺生态园; wú xī shì lóng sì shēng tài yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通市个簃艺术馆; nán tōng shì gè yí yì shù guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通市海安县苏中七战七捷纪念馆; nán tōng shì hǎi ān xiàn sū zhōng qī zhàn qī jié jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通市海安县海安博物馆; nán tōng shì hǎi ān xiàn hǎi ān bó wù guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通市九发绿色休闲农庄; nán tōng shì jiǔ fā;fà lǜ sè xiū xián nóng zhuāng): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(泰州泰兴市泰兴公园; tài zhōu tài xìng;xīng shì tài xìng;xīng gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城市射阳息心寺; yán chéng shì shè yáng xī xīn sì): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市高淳县游子山风景区; nán jīng shì gāo chún xiàn yóu zi shān fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市高淳县迎湖桃源景区; nán jīng shì gāo chún xiàn yíng hú táo yuán jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(泰州中共江浙区泰兴独立支部纪念馆; tài zhōu zhōng gòng jiāng zhè qū tài xìng;xīng dú lì zhī bù jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(泰州兴化市郑板桥纪念馆; tài zhōu xīng huà shì zhèng bǎn qiáo jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市高淳县瑶池生态旅游区; nán jīng shì gāo chún xiàn yáo chí shēng tài lǚ yóu qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇江市镇江民间文化艺术馆; zhèn jiāng shì zhèn jiāng mín jiān wén huà yì shù guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(泰州姜堰市溱潼古镇旅游区; tài zhōu jiāng yàn shì zhēn;qín tóng gǔ zhèn;chēn lǚ yóu qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇江丹阳市九里风景区; zhèn jiāng dān yáng shì jiǔ lǐ fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市燕子矶景区; nán jīng shì yàn zi jī jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡市九龙湾乡村家园; wú xī shì jiǔ lóng wān xiāng cūn jiā yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市金牛湖景区; nán jīng shì jīn niú hú jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市龙山上庄园景区; nán jīng shì lóng shān shàng zhuāng yuán jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇江句容市南山农庄; zhèn jiāng jù róng shì nán shān nóng zhuāng): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南京市淳化山田牛奶园景区; nán jīng shì chún huà; huā shān tián niú nǎi yuán jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市勺湖园风景区; huái ān shì sháo hú yuán fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安苏皖边区政府旧址纪念馆; huái ān sū wǎn biān qū zhèng fǔ jiù zhǐ jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市桃花坞公园; huái ān shì táo huā wù gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市樱花园; huái ān shì yīng huā yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(张家港市张家港公园; zhāng jiā gǎng shì zhāng jiā gǎng gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市楚秀园; huái ān shì chǔ xiù yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(淮安市韩侯故里景区; huái ān shì hán hóu gù lǐ jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港市宿城世外桃源风景区; lián yún gǎng shì sù;xiǔ chéng shì wài táo yuán fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通海门市张謇纪念馆; nán tōng hǎi mén shì zhāng jiǎn jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(南通海门市快活林山庄; nán tōng hǎi mén shì kuài huó lín shān zhuāng): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城市建湖县九龙口风景名胜区; yán chéng shì jiàn hú xiàn jiǔ lóng kǒu fēng jǐng míng shèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港市安峰山烈士陵园; lián yún gǎng shì ān fēng shān liè shì líng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(连云港市东海猎趣园; lián yún gǎng shì dōng hǎi liè qù yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城东台市江苏永丰林农业生态园; yán chéng dōng tái shì jiāng sū yǒng fēng lín nóng yè shēng tài yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城东台市泰山寺; yán chéng dōng tái shì tài shān sì): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城市人民公园; yán chéng shì rén mín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(盐城市射阳县发阳渔村; yán chéng shì shè yáng xiàn fā;fà yáng yú cūn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉安永丰欧阳修纪念馆; jíān yǒngfēng ōuyáng xiū jìniànguǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

(无锡九龙湾乡村家园; wúxī jiǔlóng wān xiāngcūn jiāyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

(常州市儿童游乐中心; chángzhōushì értóng yóu lè zhōngxīn): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

(扬中国土公园; yáng Zhōngguó tǔ gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

(常州高静园; chángzhōu Gāo Jìngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

History

During the earliest Chinese dynasties, the area in what is now Jiangsu was far removed from the center of Chinese civilization, which was in the northwest Henan; it was home of the Huai Yi (淮夷), an ancient ethnic group. During the Zhou Dynasty more contact was made, and eventually the state of Wu (centered at Gusu, now Suzhou) appeared as a vassal to the Zhou Dynasty in south Jiangsu, one of the many hundreds of states that existed across northern and central China at that time. Near the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu became a great power under King Helu of Wu, and was able to defeat in 484 BC the state of Qi, a major power in the north in modern-day Shandong province, and contest for the position of overlord over all states of China. The state of Wu was subjugated in 473 BC by the state of Yue, another state that had emerged to the south in modern-day Zhejiang province. Yue was in turn subjugated by the powerful state of Chu from the west in 333 BC. Eventually the state of Qin swept away all the other states, and established China as a unified nation in 221 BC.

Under the reign of the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD), which brought China to its first golden age, Jiangsu was a relative backwater, far removed from the centers of civilization in the North China Plain. Jiangsu was at that time administered under two zhou (provinces): Xuzhou Province in the north, and Yangzhou Province in the south. Although south Jiangsu was eventually the base for the kingdom of Wu (one of the Three Kingdoms from 222 to 280), it did not become significant role until the invasion of northern nomads during the Western Jin Dynasty, starting from the fourth century. As northern nomadic groups established kingdoms across the north, ethnic Han Chinese aristocracy fled southwards and set up a refugee Eastern Jin Dynasty in 317, in Jiankang (modern day Nanjing). From then until 581 (a period known as the Southern and Northern Dynasties), Nanjing in south Jiangsu was the base of four more ethnic Han Chinese dynasties facing off with northern barbarian (but increasingly sinicized) dynasties. In the meantime, north Jiangsu was a buffer of sorts between north and south; it initially started as a part of southern dynasties, but as northern dynasties gained more ground, it became part of northern dynasties.

In 581 unity was reestablished again, and under the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907) China once more went through a golden age, though Jiangsu at this point was still rather unremarkable among the different parts of China. It was during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), which saw the development of a wealthy mercantile class and emergent market economy in China, that south Jiangsu emerged as a center of trade. From then onwards, south Jiangsu, especially major cities like Suzhou or Yangzhou, would be synonymous with opulence and luxury in China. Today south Jiangsu remains one of the richest parts of China, and Shanghai, arguably the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan of mainland China cities, is a direct extension of south Jiangsu culture.

The Jurchen Jin Dynasty gained control of North China in 1127, and the river Huai He, which used to cut through north Jiangsu to reach the Yellow Sea, was the border between the north, under the Jin, and the south, under the Southern Song Dynasty. The Mongols took control of China in the thirteenth century. The Ming Dynasty, which was established in 1368 after driving out the Mongols who had occupied China, initially put its capital in Nanjing. Following a coup by Zhu Di (later Yongle Emperor), however, the capital was moved to Beijing, far to the north. (The naming of the two cities continue to reflect this: "Nanjing" literally means "southern capital", "Beijing" literally means "northern capital.) The entirety of modern day Jiangsu as well as neighbouring Anhui province kept their special status, however, as territory-governed directly by the central government, and were called Nanzhili (南直隸 "Southern directly-governed"). Meanwhile, South Jiangsu continued to be an important center of trade in China; some historians see in the flourishing textiles industry at the time incipient industrialization and capitalism, a trend that was however aborted, several centuries before similar trends took hold in the West.

The Qing Dynasty changed this situation by establishing Nanzhili as Jiangnan province; in 1666 Jiangsu and Anhui were split apart as separate provinces, and Jiangsu was given borders approximately the same as today. With the start of the Western incursion into China in the 1840s, the rich and mercantile south Jiangsu was increasingly exposed to Western influence; Shanghai, originally an unremarkable little town of Jiangsu, quickly developed into a metropolis of trade, banking, and cosmopolitanism, and was split out later as an independent municipality. South Jiangsu also figures strongly in the Taiping Rebellion (1851 – 1864), a massive and deadly rebellion that attempted to set up a Christian theocracy in China; it started far to the south in Guangdong province, swept through much of South China, and by 1853 had established Nanjing as its capital, renamed as Tianjing (天京 "Heavenly Capital").

The Republic of China was established in 1912, and China was soon torn apart by warlords. Jiangsu changed hands several times, but in April 1927 Chiang Kai-Shek established a government at Nanjing; he was soon able to bring most of China under his control. This was however interrupted by the second Sino-Japanese War, which began full-scale in 1937; on December 13, 1937, Nanjing fell, and the combined atrocities of the occupying Japanese for the next 3 months would come to be known as the Nanjing Massacre. Nanjing was the seat of the collaborationist government of East China under Wang Jingwei, and Jiangsu remained under occupation until the end of the war in 1945.

After the war, Nanjing was once again the capital of the Republic of China, though now the Chinese Civil War had broken out between the Kuomintang government and Communist forces, based further north, mostly in Manchuria. The decisive Huaihai Campaign was fought in northern Jiangsu; it resulted in Kuomintang defeat, and the communists were soon able to cross the Yangtze River and take Nanjing. The Kuomintang fled southwards, and eventually ended up in Taipei, from which the Republic of China government continues to administer Taiwan and its neighbouring islands, though it also continues to claim (technically, at least) Nanjing as its rightful capital.

After communist takeover, Beijing was made capital of China and Nanjing was demoted to be the provincial capital of Jiangsu. The economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping initially focused on the south coast of China, in Guangdong province, which soon left Jiangsu behind; starting from the 1990s they were applied more evenly to the rest of China. Suzhou and Wuxi, two southern cities of Jiangsu in close proximity to neighbouring Shanghai Municipality, have since become particularly prosperous, being among the top 10 cities in China in gross domestic product and outstripping the provincial capital of Nanjing. The income disparity between north Jiangsu and south Jiangsu however remains large.

People and Culture

The majority of Jiangsu residents are ethnic Han Chinese. Other minorities include the Hui and the Manchus.

Demographic indicators in 2000

Population: 74.058 million (urban: 34.637 million; rural: 39.421 million) (2003)
Birth rate: 9.04 per 1000 (2003)
Death rate: 7.03 per 1000 (2003)
Sex ratio: 102.55 males per 100 females
Average family size: 3.25
Han Chinese proportion: 99.64%
Illiteracy rate: 7.88%

Culture

The province of Jiangsu was formed in the seventeenth century from the splitting of the defunct and erroneously named Jiangnan Province ("south of the river") into Jiangsu and Anhui. Before then, the northern and southern parts of Jiangsu had less connection than that later. Traditionally, South Jiangsu is referred to as the three more prosperous southern cities including Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou. Their culture (the "Jiangnan" culture shared with Shanghai and Zhejiang) is more southern than the rest and is oftened referred to as the Wu. All the other parts of the province is dominated by the so-called "Jianghuai Culture", which means the culture in the area between the Yangtse River (Jiang) and Huaihe River (Huai), though not all of them lie within the district defined by the term. In history, the term North Jiangsu refers to the cities to the north of the Yangtze River. For cities of Nanjing and Zhenjiang, neither the two terms (North Jiangsu and South Jiangsu) refers to them, because though they are to the south of the River, culturally they are still of the Jianghuai Region. Since about 1998, there is a new classification used frequently by the government and defined by economic means. It groups all the cities to the south of the Yangtse River as South Jiangsu, the cities of Yangzhou, Nantong and Taizhou as Middle Jiangsu, and all the rest as North Jiangsu.

Though the terms of classification are very complex, by cultural means only the very north cities of Xuzhou and Huaian are culturally north Chinese. All the rest areas of the province are culturally south, though the three South Jiangsu cities are more purely southern while the culture in other cities is more a transitional mixture dominated by the southern.

Two main subdivisions of the Chinese language, Mandarin (not Putonghua, the national standard speech based on the Beijing dialect, also commonly called Mandarin) and Wu, are spoken in different parts of Jiangsu. Dialects of Mandarin are spoken over the traditional North Jiangsu, Nanjing and Zhenjiang, while Dialect of Wu is used in South Jiangsu. Mandarin and Wu are not mutually intelligible and the dividing line is sharp and well-defined. (See also Nanjing dialect, Xuzhou dialect, Yangzhou dialect, Suzhou dialect, Wuxi dialect, Changzhou dialect). In addition, Standard Chinese (Putonghua/Mandarin) is also spoken by most people.

Jiangsu is rich in cultural traditions. Kunqu, originating in Kunshan, is one of the most renowned and prestigious forms of Chinese opera. Pingtan, a form of storytelling accompanied by music, is also popular: it can be subdivided into types by origin: Suzhou Pingtan (of Suzhou), Yangzhou Pingtan (of Yangzhou), and Nanjing Pingtan (of Nanjing). Xiju, a form of traditional Chinese opera, is popular in Wuxi, while Huaiju is popular further north, around Yancheng. Jiangsu cuisine is one of the eight great traditions of the cuisine of China.

Suzhou is also famous for its silk, embroidery art, jasmine tea, stone bridges, pagodas, and its classical gardens. Nearby Yixing is famous for its teaware, and Yangzhou is famous for its lacquerware and jadeware. Nanjing's yunjin is a famous form of woven silk, while Wuxi is famous for its peaches.

Since ancient times, south Jiangsu has been famed for its prosperity and opulence, and simply inserting south Jiangsu place names (Suzhou, Yangzhou, etc.) into poetry gave an effect of dreaminess, as was indeed done by many famous poets. In particular, the fame of Suzhou (as well as Hangzhou in neighbouring Zhejiang province) has led to the popular saying: 上有天堂，下有蘇杭 (above there is heaven; below there is Suzhou and Hangzhou), a saying that continues to be a source of pride for the people of these two still prosperous cities. Similarly, the prosperity of Yangzhou has led poets to dream of: 腰纏十萬貫，騎鶴下揚州 (with a hundred thousand strings of coins wrapped around the waist, riding a crane down to Yangzhou).

Industry

Jiangsu has an extensive irrigation system supporting its agriculture, which is based primarily on rice and wheat, followed by maize and sorghum. Main cash crops include cotton, soybeans, peanuts, rape, sesame, ambary hemp, and tea. Other products include peppermint, spearmint, bamboo, medicinal herbs, apples, pears, peaches, loquats, ginkgo. Silkworms also form an important part of Jiangsu's agriculture, with the Lake Taihu region to the south a major base of silk production in China. Jiangsu is also an important producer of freshwater fish and other aquatic products.

Jiangsu has coal, petroleum, and natural gas deposits, but its most significant mineral products are non-metal minerals such as halite (rock salt), sulfur, phosphorus, and marble. The salt mines of Huaiyin have more than 0.4 trillion tonnes of deposits, one of the greatest collections of deposits in China.

Jiangsu is historically oriented towards light industries such as textiles and food industry. Since 1949, Jiangsu has also developed heavy industries such as chemical industry and construction materials. Jiangsu's important industries include machinery, electronic, chemicals, and automobile. The economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping has greatly benefited southern cities, especially Suzhou and Wuxi, which outstrip the provincial capital Nanjing in total output. In the eastern outskirts of Suzhou, Singapore has built the Suzhou Industrial Park, a flagship of PRC-Singapore cooperation and the only industrial park in China that is in its entirety the investment of one single foreign country.

Jiangsu is very wealthy among the provinces of China, with the third highest total GDP, after Guangdong and Shandong Province. Its GDP per capita was 39,526 yuan in 2008, but geographical disparity is great, and southern cities like Suzhou and Wuxi have GDP per capita around twice the provincial average, making south Jiangsu one of the most prosperous regions in China.

In 2008, Jiangsu's nominal GDP was 3.03 trillion yuan (ca.US$435 billion), making it the third largest GDP of all the provinces and an annual growth rate of 12.5%. Its per capita GDP was 39,526 yuan (ca.US$5,700). In 2008, the share of GDP of Jiangsu's primary, secondary, and tertiary industries were 6.9%, 55.0%, and 38.1% respectively. The share of GDP by the public and private sector was 49.0% and 51.0% respectively.

Geography

Jiangsu is very flat and low-lying, with plains covering 68 percent of its total area (water covers another 18 percent), and most of the province not more than fifty meters above sea level. Jiangsu is also laced with a well-developed irrigation system, which earned it (especially the southern half) the moniker of 水乡 (Shuǐxiāng "Land of Water"); the southern city of Suzhou is so crisscrossed with canals that it has been dubbed "Venice of the East". The Grand Canal of China cuts through Jiangsu from north to south, traversing all the east-west river systems. Jiangsu also borders the Yellow Sea. The Yangtze River, the longest river of China, cuts through the province in the south and reaches the East China Sea. Mount Yuntai near the city of Lianyungang is the highest point in this province, with an altitude of 625 meters. Large lakes in Jiangsu include Lake Taihu (the largest), Lake Hongze, Lake Gaoyou, Lake Luoma, and Lake Yangcheng.

Historically, the river Huai He, a major river in central China and the traditional border between North China and South China, cut through north Jiangsu to reach the Yellow Sea. However, starting from 1194 AD, the Yellow River further to the north changed its course several times, running into the Huai He in north Jiangsu each time instead of its other usual path northwards into Bohai Bay. The silting caused by the Yellow River was so heavy that after its last episode of "hijacking" the Huai He ended in 1855, the Huai He was no longer able to go through its usual path into the sea. Instead it flooded, pooled up (thereby forming and enlarging Lake Hongze and Lake Gaoyou), and flowed southwards through the Grand Canal into the Yangtze. The old path of the Huai He is now marked by a series of irrigation channels, the most significant of which is the North Jiangsu Irrigation Main Channel (苏北灌溉总渠), which channels a small amount of the water of the Huai He alongside south of its old path into the sea.

Jiangsu Province spans the warm-temperate/humid and subtropical/humid climate zones, and has clear-cut seasonal changes, with temperatures at an average of -2 to 4°C in January and 26 to 30°C in July. There are frequent rains between spring and summer (meiyu), typhoons with rainstorms in late summer and early autumn. The annual average rainfall is 800 to 1200 mm, concentrated mostly in summer when the southeast monsoon carries rainwater into the province.

Jiangsu is divided into thirteen prefecture-level divisions, all prefecture-level cities:

Map # Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Type
1 Nanjing 南京 Nánjīng Sub-provincial city
2 Changzhou 常州 Chángzhōu Prefecture-level city
3 Huai'an 淮安 Huái'ān Prefecture-level city
4 Lianyungang 连云港 Liányúngǎng  Prefecture-level city
5 Nantong 南通 Nántōng Prefecture-level city
6 Suqian 宿迁 Sùqiān Prefecture-level city
7 Suzhou 苏州 Sūzhōu Prefecture-level city
8 Taizhou 泰州 Tàizhōu Prefecture-level city
9 Wuxi 无锡市 Wúxī Prefecture-level city
10 Xuzhou 徐州 Xúzhōu Prefecture-level city
11 Yancheng 盐城 Yánchéng Prefecture-level city
12 Yangzhou 扬州 Yángzhōu Prefecture-level city
13 Zhenjiang 镇江 Zhènjiāng Prefecture-level city

Transportation

Jiangsu is home to one of the most extensive transportation networks in China.

Air

Xuzhou Airport, Yancheng Airport, and Lianyungang Airport serve as hubs in northern Jiangsu.

In the south, Nanjing Lukou International Airport (IATA: NKG, ICAO: ZSNJ) serves as the major airport in the province, with flights to Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Seoul-Incheon, Frankurf and Bangkok. Other passenger airports include Changzhou Benniu Airport, Wuxi Shuofang Airport, and Nantong Airport. Air traffic in the populated Suzhou area is often diverted to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, to which Suzhou is conveniently connected to via bus services and by expressway.

Rail

The southern part of the province, namely the Shanghai-Nanjing corridor, has regular railway service by every 10 minutes. Jiangsu is in route of the Jinghu Railway from Beijing to Shanghai. The newly opened CRH2 EMU high-speed train services makes travelling along the corridor extremely convenient. The trains pass through Kunshan, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Danyang, Zhenjiang, and Nanjing. Yangzhou has been connected by railway since 2004. Till 2007 all major cities in Jiangsu except Suqian have been connected. The Xinchang Railway originates in Xinyi and heads south, passing through Huai'an, Yancheng, Taizhou, Hai'an, Jiangyin and Yixin. Lianyungang is the terminus of the Longhai Railway.

Road

Jiangsu's road network is one of the most developed in the country. The Jinghu Expressway crosses the province. The Huning Expressway links Shanghai with Nanjing. The Ningchang Expressway links Nanjing with Changzhou. The Suzhou area is extensively networked with expressways, going in all directions. The Yanhai Expressway links the coastal regions of the province, passing through Nantong, Yancheng, and Lianyungang. Presently, with the development of the Sutong Bridge and Jiangyin Bridge, the northern part of the province is effectively linked by road to the southern part, historically having been divided by the Yangtze River.

News About Jiangsu

Chemicals leaking into Yangtze keep city water officials on alert
By Cai Wenjun | 2012-2-8 | NEWSPAPER EDITION SHANGHAI authorities have stepped up supervision of water supplies after a chemical leak into the Yangtze River in neighboring Jiangsu Province. An online rumor that a ship had capsized on an upstream ... »

Easou Releases Chinese Mobile Internet Report
Guangdong province led among China Mobile subscribers with 15.87% of China's mobile internet users, followed by Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangsu, each of which accounted for roughly 7% of users - though Guangdong's share of users is displaying a ... »

Four child corpses found buried under Chinese bridge
Four corpses of children were found buried under a bridge in Yancheng of Jiangsu Province, China. Three of these bodies were stumbled upon when a police were digging under the bridge in Xiangshui county in search of a 4-year-old girl. »AsiaOne

Main internal expansion cases of domestic pesticide enterprises in 2011
On 25 April, 2011, Jiangsu Changqing Agricultural & Chemical Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Changqing), a leading herbicide player in China, issued a notice of establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary with total investment of USD30.63 million (RMB200 million). »

Sandeli Stainless Steel launches new production lines on steel pipe
It is reported that China's Sandeli Stainless Steel Group has successfully trial run of its 10 new lines for the production of titanium tubes and stainless steel welded pipes in its Jiangsu plant. The company indicated the production run has produced ... »

Day in pictures: 6 February 2012
A woman wearing a novelty hair band walks under red lanterns during a Lantern Festival celebration at Confucian Temple of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Floods continue to threaten Queensland in eastern Australia, with the town of St George expected ... »BBC News

Insurance Auto Auctions Paves the Way for Recycling U.S. Salvage Vehicles in China
Ltd. in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China. Chenlong Recycling is one of the first companies to obtain one of only a few recycling permits from the Chinese government that allows the import of salvage vehicles for the purpose of recycling. »

China Everbright kicks off new WTE project (CHFFF, HKK, CGW)
On January 19, the alternative energy company announced a build-operate-transfer agreement in Nanjing, Jiangsu with a concession period of 30 years. CEI will invest 1 million RMB in the project, increasing its waste-to-energy capacity by 18%. »

Cosplay dinner attracts China's anime fans
Waitresses, dressed as maidservants greet customers at a cosplay restaurant in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on Feb 5, 2012. It is the first maid-character restaurant in Yangzhou, and attracts customers of different ages, especially young ... »

Yuanwang-6 space tracking ship returns
After a 154-day trip covering more than 30000 nautical miles, China's Yuanwang-6 space tracking ship arrived at the China Satellite Maritime Tracking and Control Department's port in Jiangsu province at 3 pm on Feb. 2, marking the return of all three ... »

German firms seeking growth in China
But stationed in Taicang, a small town in Jiangsu province that is near metropolitan Shanghai, he and many other German executives in this enclave of German industrial enterprises have been too busy ramping up production at their respective facilities ... »China Daily

Here comes the boys
With 26 million albums sold and 150 gold discs secured, they had performed at Jiangsu Satellite TV Station's New Year's Eve gala. More than 10000 people enjoyed their beautiful vocals and operatic arrangements with classic songs such as Hero and You ... »China Daily

China stresses workplace safety
In December, a school bus overturned and fell into a ditch in east China's Jiangsu province, killing 15. Another school bus accident in the western Gansu Province killed 21 people in November. According to the administration's figures, 2433 miners were ... »

Spring Festival injuries fill China's hospitals
The number of patients checking into the emergency room increased by about 30 percent during the holiday, according to one estimate from a major hospital in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. Nanjing's Gulou Hospital treated an average of ... »

Four dead children found under bridge
The gruesome remains were discovered on Feb 1 after a man asked police in Xiangshui County, Jiangsu province to help him find the body of his dead daughter. He claimed his estranged wife had paid a hospital to handle the remains following her death. »AsiaOne

Police ID man killed in Virginia Beach scooter crash
Frank A. Fiumefreddo, 36, of the 2600 block of Alamance Circle in Virginia Beach, was driving a Jiangsu scooter north about 6:45 am, according to a police news release. He hit the side of a 2009 Jeep Compass turning left from Curry Comb Court onto ... »

Poor cancer patients turn to Indian drug copies from illegal traders
Both are expensive options in China, far too costly for the son of poor farmers from East China's Jiangsu province. Yet, as he got up to leave the examination room, the doctor suggested another alternative: unapproved, "generic" cancer medication ... »AsiaOne

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