It is located in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is called "Jiangyin". In 2006, it won the title of "The Most Economically Vibrant and Charming City" in CCTV's Charming City Selection
Overview of the city (speaking of Jiangyin) 1)
Geographical Nature Jiangyin is located in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, with 120°16′ east longitude and 31°53′ north latitude, with an area of ??988 square kilometers and a total population of 1.1578 million. It is adjacent to the Yangtze River to the north, Taihu Lake to the south, Changzhou and Nanjing to the west, and Suzhou and Shanghai to the east. It is the first riverside port city upstream from Shanghai. Jiangyin is located in the temperate zone with four distinct seasons and an average annual temperature of 17.1°C.
Transportation Jiangyin is an important transportation hub in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River integrating water, road and railway, and river, lake and sea transport. It is 150 kilometers from Jiangyin to Shanghai and Nanjing. With Jiangyin as the center, there are 160 kilometers in radius. 6 airports. The Jiangyin Yangtze River Highway Bridge, the longest-span steel suspension bridge in China and the fourth in the world, is the "throat" across the river connecting Tongsan (Tongjiang in Heilongjiang - Sanya in Hainan) and the two main national highways in Beijing and Shanghai. The Xicheng Expressway connecting the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and Ningtong First-Class Highway and the Yanjiang Expressway under construction pass through Jiangyin. Xinchang Railway (Xinyi, Jiangsu - Changxing, Zhejiang) passes through Jiangyin and connects the two major railway arteries of Longhai and Zhejiang and Jiangxi. The Xicheng Canal in Jiangyin connects the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake.
Post and Telecommunications At the end of 2002, the city's total telephone exchange capacity exceeded 469,200, with 697,900 fixed telephones and 375,900 mobile phone users. The city's telephone penetration rate was 60.28.
Comprehensive strength (talking about Jiangyin No. 2)
Since the economic growth and reform and opening up, the people of Jiangyin have created 1/1000 of the country's land and 1/1000 of the country's population. It accounts for more than 1/250 of the country's GDP. In 2002, the city's GDP was 41 billion yuan, and its fiscal revenue was 4.509 billion yuan, ranking first among counties (cities) in the province for three consecutive years. In the new round of comprehensive economic competitiveness evaluation of the top 100 counties (cities) in the country in 2002, Jiangyin ranked first.
Industry After years of development, Jiangyin industry has formed five pillar industries: characteristic metallurgy, high-end textiles, precision machinery, papermaking and color printing packaging, and fine chemicals. In 2002, the city's industrial sales revenue reached 100.054 billion yuan. Pillar industries have achieved scale, with 88 key enterprises achieving industrial sales revenue of 55.349 billion yuan and profits and taxes of 5.538 billion yuan. Six large enterprise groups, including Sunshine, Huaxi, Xingcheng, Sanfangxiang, Chengxing and Falsheng, have ranked among the "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises". The market share of 20 of the city's 28 provincial-level famous brand products ranks among the top in the country. At the same time, a number of emerging industries such as electronic information, optical, mechanical and electrical integration, and new materials have risen rapidly. The rapid development of economies of scale has accelerated the fission and expansion of capital. There are now 13 listed companies in the city, forming a unique "Jiangyin plate" phenomenon.
Agriculture Jiangyin Agriculture focuses on building a "modern agricultural demonstration zone" to accelerate the transformation of traditional agriculture into efficient agriculture, and has a good momentum of development of agricultural industrialization. At present, a new pattern of modern agriculture with specialization in planting and breeding and regionalized production is taking shape.
Tertiary Industry Jiangyin's tertiary industry is growing rapidly across the board, and the trade circulation industry, modern logistics industry, specialty tourism, and emerging service industries continue to develop and expand. In 2002, the added value of the city's tertiary industry reached 15.012 billion yuan, accounting for 36.61% of the city's GDP.
Opening up to the outside world (Jiangyin No. 3)
Foreign Investment Jiangyin has a superior investment environment and is favored by foreign businessmen. Foreign investment tends to be large-scale projects and high-tech. In 2002, the city's new contracted foreign investment was US$653 million, and the actual utilized foreign investment was US$352 million. At present, the city has approved more than 1,570 foreign-invested enterprises, with actual utilization of US$3.043 billion in foreign capital. More than 50 of the world's leading multinational companies have settled in Jiangyin.
Foreign trade There are 212 enterprises in Jiangyin that have obtained self-operated import and export rights.
In 2002, the city's self-operated import and export volume totaled US$1.865 billion, and its import and export markets covered 146 countries and regions. There are currently 76 overseas enterprises in Jiangyin.
International Exchanges With the expansion of opening up to the outside world and the development of economic and social undertakings, Jiangyin's foreign exchanges are very active, with an endless stream of foreign guests coming to visit, sightsee and conduct friendly exchanges. At present, Jiangyin has become an international sister city with Bello Horizonte City in Brazil and Fujioka City in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Development along the Yangtze River (Talk about Jiangyin No. 4)
Jiangyin Economic Development Zone Jiangyin is located at the end of the Yangtze River and has 35 kilometers of deep-water coastline of the Yangtze River. It is called a golden waterway by experts. . Jiangyin gives full play to this advantage and vigorously implements the development strategy along the river. The Jiangyin Economic Development Zone, with a total area of ??more than 150 square kilometers, has become the main site for development and construction along the river. Jiangyin Economic Development Zone enjoys the corresponding economic approval rights and administrative levels of national-level development zones. The various supporting facilities in the zone are complete, making it highly attractive for investment. As of 2002, a total of 713 projects had been approved to enter the zone, with a total investment of 28.521 billion yuan, including 165 foreign-invested projects (more than 70 projects exceeding 10 million US dollars), and the actual foreign investment received was 1.2 billion US dollars. The development zone focuses on the development of industries such as electric power, petrochemicals, packaging, and IT, and has special themes such as high-tech industrial park, new metal materials industrial park, new packaging materials industrial park, organic polymer materials industrial park, petrochemical industrial park, and Yangtze River Port Comprehensive Logistics Park. The industrial park has begun to take shape and is equipped with a high-tech entrepreneurial center and a service center for foreign-invested enterprises. A number of projects with an investment of over 100 million US dollars have been officially put into production. This year, the Asian Packaging Manufacturing Center has settled in this area.
Port construction Jiangyin has unique port advantages and has been an important port for foreign trade since the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In May 1992, Jiangyin Port was approved by the State Council as a first-class port open to the outside world. After years of construction, Jiangyin Port Customs, entry-exit inspection and quarantine and other independent inspection agencies, as well as Yangtze River Pilotage Center, foreign ship agency, foreign ship supply and other service agencies are fully equipped. 45 terminal berths of various types have been built, including 21 10,000-ton berths. It has built a port group consisting of five pillars of supply: petrochemical products, containers, general cargo, coal, and grain, and built the largest petrochemical storage and transportation base and national grain reserve in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In 2002, the throughput of Jiangyin Port exceeded 17.8 million tons, and it is becoming an important material distribution base in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Social undertakings (Talk about Jiangyin No. 5)
Science and Technology Jiangyin vigorously implements the strategy of revitalizing the city through science and education and sustainable development. The city now has more than 130 factory-run scientific research institutions of various types. It has 67,800 professional and technical personnel, 5 postdoctoral research stations, and has established long-term cooperative relationships with more than 100 universities and research institutes across the country. There are 74 high-tech enterprises at provincial level or above in the city, including 12 national-level high-tech enterprises and 226 provincial-level high-tech products. In 2002, the city obtained 126 approved patents and implemented 213 various science and technology projects at or above the provincial level. The city has built a provincial-level high-tech industrial development park, a provincial-level modern agricultural science and technology demonstration park, a national-level sustainable development experimental zone, a national-level Spark Technology Intensive Zone and a national new materials industry belt along the river. The contribution share of scientific and technological progress in the city's economic development reaches 60%.
Education The city has basically universalized 12-year education. It has initially established a coordinated development of universal, vocational and adult education. Junior, middle and high schools are connected with each other. Economics, science, education and culture promote each other. It has Jiangyin’s local characteristics. Regional modern education system. Through years of hard work, the city now has more than 70 key, experimental, model and characteristic schools at or above the provincial level. It has basically achieved high-level regional education balance and education modernization, and the overall level of educational development ranks among the top in the province and even the country.
Culture Jiangyin is a "National Cultural Model City", "Hometown of Little Operas" and "Hometown of Stories" named by the Ministry of Culture. It is the only local government to win the "National Cultural Relics Protection Outstanding Contribution Award". Jiangyin's literary and artistic creation is prosperous. More than 70 literary and artistic works of various types have been published, and 17 works have won national awards. The Gaocheng Dunliangzhu Cultural Site within the territory was rated as one of the “Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in the Country in 1999”.
Three major ancient cultural sites, including Gaocheng Dunliangzhu Cultural Site, Qitoushan Majiabang Cultural Site, and Shecheng Relics, fully demonstrate Jiangyin’s 7,000-year history, 5,000-year civilization history, and 2,500-year written history. The Tianhua Cultural Center under construction, with a total investment of more than 400 million yuan and an area of ??63,000 square meters, is a modern, multi-functional and high-grade cultural facility in the city.
Health, Sports, News Jiangyin currently has 34 grade-level hospitals. The Municipal People's Hospital is one of the "Top 100 Hospitals in the Country", and the work of rural Chinese medicine has been set as a model for the country. Mass sports activities continue to thrive, and all 20 towns have entered the ranks of provincial mass sports advanced towns. In 2002, they won 23 gold medals in provincial and above competitions, and nearly 100 million yuan was invested in the newly built municipal gymnasium. The journalism industry is developing rapidly. There is one daily newspaper, one TV station and one radio station in the city.
People’s Life (Talk about Jiangyin No. 6)
People in Jiangyin live a prosperous life. In 2002, the average salary of urban employees in the city was 11,998 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 6,266 yuan. At the end of 2002, the balance of savings deposits of urban and rural residents was 16.976 billion yuan, and the per capita savings were 14,687 yuan. The per capita housing area of ??urban residents is 26.7 square meters, and the per capita housing area of ??farmers is 56.3 square meters. There are 159,076 people participating in rural social pension insurance, the urban employee basic medical insurance participation rate exceeds 95%, and the rural hospitalization medical insurance participation rate reaches 95%.
Travel and Sightseeing (Talk about Jiangyin No. 7)
Jiangyin is surrounded by mountains and rivers, has a pleasant climate, beautiful scenery, and unique tourism resources. For example: the first village in China (Huaxi Village), the first wall in China (500 Luohan Wall); Jiangyin's three wonders: Xu Xiake, a strange man through the ages, the red bean tree, the unparalleled heart sutra stele; the three heroes of the Liu family in Jiangyin: Liu Bannong, Liu Tianhua , Liu Beimao. Elbizui Park is an excellent place to see the majestic appearance of the bridge, listen to the waves crashing on the shore, and view the beautiful green mountains.
In recent years, Jiangyin has also developed cultural landscape tours focusing on Yangsheng Garden, the former residence of Xu Xiake, Jiangnan pastoral scenery tours focusing on Huaxi Village and Xiangyang Village, and focusing on key projects such as Sunshine Group and Heilan Group. Industrial inspection tours and other routes focusing on key enterprises. The newly built Renmin Road Pedestrian Street, with "eight sceneries in one street", adds to its unique style. Jiangsu Xuezheng Yamen Site, Zhongshan Park, Xingguo Park, etc. have become new highlights of Jiangyin tourism. In 2002, the city attracted 2.3513 million Chinese and foreign tourists.