Jingjiang


Jingjiang is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, and is the southernmost part of Taizhou City, bordering Nantong to the northeast, Suzhou to the southeast, Wuxi to the south, Changzhou to the southwest, and Zhenjiang to the west. The area of Jingjiang is 655.6 square kilometres and the population was 663,408 at the 2020 census.

History

The modern terrain of Jingjiang originated as a sandbank in the Yangtze River known as Matuosha. After the shoal was extended, it was separated from Jiangyin county to form a new county in 1471. After being looted by Wokou several times, it was designated Jiangjiang, meaning "pacifying the Yangtze River".
The county was administered by the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou until 1993, when it was converted to a county-level city. It was then transferred to Taizhou in 1996.

Geography

The Yangtze previously split into northern and southern distributaries at Jingjiang, but the city merged into the north bank after the 1610s, as the northern distributary was filled in by continued deposition.

Climate

Transportation

The city is part of the Yangtze River Delta region and has one river crossing. The Jiangyin Suspension Bridge, which carries the G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway to Jiangyin, is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. The G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway to Nanjing and Shanghai also passes through the city.

Economy

Traditionally, the city has been noted for its core manufacturing industries in electronics, auto parts, biochemicals, textiles and machinery. Emerging industries include shipbuilding and logistics.
Seven major local shipyards, including one of China's largest private shipyards New Century Shipyard and its subsidiary New Time Shipyard; New Yangtze Shipyard, which went public in Singapore in 2007 and it was the first ever China's private shipyard listed on overseas stock exchange.

Administrative divisions

Jingjiang city consists of 1 subdistrict and 8 towns:
;1 subdistrict
  • Jingcheng - is upgraded from town.
;8 towns
  • Xinqiao
  • Dongxing
  • Xieqiao
  • Xilai
  • Jishi
  • Gushan
  • Shengci
  • Maqiao
-Former town is merged to other.
  • Binjiang
In addition the city has a provincial level economic development zone.

School and Education

Middle School:
The city is noted for its pork jerky and slices, along with steamed soup dumplings filled with crab juices.

Notable people

  • Gao Jin
  • Henry Liu
  • Tao Siju
  • Song Zude
  • Younan Xia