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Introduction of Nanjing
"Nanjing", means "South
Capital" in China,with a history of 2500 years, Nanjing
is an ancient beautiful city. Located on the vast plains
of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, covering 6,598
square kilometers. Nanjing governs eleven districts and
two counties with a population totaling 6.4 million. Nanjing
History dates back to the 3rd century BC, ten dynasties
or regimes made Nanjing their Capital numerous times.
These events have lead to a gorgeous and splendid historical
& cultural inheritance. In the past Nanjing held six
Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty the Qing Dynasty and the Republican
Period. Nowadays Nanjing is the Capital city of Jiangsu
Province and is one of the four Central cities along the
Yangtze River. Jiangsu is a modern developed Province
of China whose comprehensive and competitive ability ranks
the 6th domestically.
●○Advantage of Location
Lying at 32 degrees 3 north latitude and 118 degrees 47
east longitude, Nanjing is located in the middle of two
Coastal Economic Zones, the Coastal Economic Zone and
the Yangtze River Economic Delta. Currently the Yangtze
Economic Zone is ranked 6th in the world, making Nanjing
one of the three leading cities of the megalopolis in
the Yangtze River Delta. This region faces the Pacific
Ocean, the east coast of China and backed by Anhui and
Jiangxi Province.
●○Advantages of Transportation and Communication
Nanjing is an important hub for transportation and communication.
The Transportation networks included railways, highways,
airways, waterways and pipelines. These five methods of
transportation form a large capacity of three dimensional
transportation networks. Nanjing's modern communication
networks offer programmable control telephones, mobile
communication, digital communication, microwaves, satellite
and optical fiber communication.
●○Advantages of Science and Education
Nanjing's higher education and science research bases
are ranked 4th in China. Nanjing contains: 38 colleges(not
including military school), 440,000 enrolled students(Year
2005), 640 R&D organization, 75 academicians and 400,000
researching professionals. Higher education in Nanjing
has helped the city to create a community of talented
professionals in the field of science and technology.
Among every 100 citizens, the number of those with a college
diploma tops the first in the whole Nation. (Oriental
Dragon Tiger News)
●○Advantage of Industry
Nanjing an important industrial base, has five pillars
of industry: Mechanical, Electronic, Automotive, Petrochemical
and Steel & Iron. Over 5,000 foreign enterprises from
more than 90 countries have brought their business to
Nanjing. This includes 100 of the top 500 companies in
the world. Nanjing plays an important role as a commercial
city of the Yangtze River Delta bringing in an annual
profit of social consumer goods putting Nanjing at the
top ten leading position in domestic urban areas, Nanjing
ranks No. 8 of the China Mainland Best Commercial Cities
selected by Forbes(Year 2005).
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