Area 8544 square kilometers

Population 7.71 million (end of 2006)

Zip code 226001

Code 320600

Motor vehicle license plate number Su F

Area code 0513

Pinyin Nantong Shi

Residence Chongchuan District

District: 2 municipal districts and Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone, 2 counties, 4 county-level cities

City Tree: Magnolia

City Flower: Chrysanthemum

Latitude and Longitude: 31°41'-32°43'N, 120°12'-121°55'E '-121°55'

Note: Nantong Qidong's Round Cape is the place where the sun first rises in Jiangsu Province

Nantong has a history of more than 5,000 years since it became a continent due to the alluviation of rising sands and the formation of a land mass. Abbreviation "Tong", also known as Chongzhou, Chongchuan, Zilang, the ancient name of Tongzhou, after the Zhou Dynasty Xiande three years (956 years) built the city has been more than a thousand years of history. After the Xinhai Revolution, it was called Nantong to distinguish it from Tongzhou in Hebei. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.

Geographic location

Nantong, located in the south of China's Yellow Sea, the Yangtze River estuary on the north coast, south and Suzhou, Shanghai and the two cities across the river, west and Taizhou City, north and Yancheng City border, with a total area of 8,001 square kilometers, Nantong, in addition to the Wolf Mountain group of low hills, all for the elevation of five, six meters below the plains, with an average elevation of about four meters.

In China's map, in the coastal economic belt and the Yangtze River Economic Belt T-shaped structure of the intersection and the Yangtze River delta at the head of only two cities, one is a cosmopolitan city of Shanghai, the other is with its water, in the Yangtze River on the north coast of Nantong. Nantong is "the meeting point of the river and the sea, the throat of the north and the south", depending on the most economically developed Shanghai and the southern part of Jiangsu Province across the river, which is known as "North Shanghai"; it is connected to the vast northern plain of Jiangsu Province in the north, and connected to the Eurasian Continental Bridge through the railroad; it is accessible to the coast of China and ports all over the world by going out of the Yangtze River; and it is connected to the north shore of the Yangtze River by going back to Shanghai. From the mouth of the Yangtze River, it can reach the coast of China and ports all over the world; going up the river, it can reach the six provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Gan, Hubei, Hunan and Sichuan, as well as Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and Henan. After the completion of Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge, Nantong will enter the one-hour economic circle of Shanghai. Nantong faces overseas and inland two major economic radiation sector, and Shanghai has similar geographical location advantages. Nantong is known as the "Pearl of the River and the Sea" and the "First Window of Yangzi".

Population Overview

Nantong is a populous city. 2007 the end of the city's total population of 7,693,500 people, population density of 962 people / square kilometer, the birth rate of 5.46 ‰, the natural population growth rate of -2.27 ‰. Population density ranks first among prefecture-level cities in China.

Nantong is the earliest city in China to carry out family planning work and the most significant effect of population growth control. Nantong's population base was very large at the beginning of the liberation, and the total population of Nantong reached 5,073,200 at the first census in 1953, ranking first in Jiangsu Province. The population density was 634 people per square kilometer, 267 more than the provincial average. Under the influence of the "left" trend of criticizing Ma Yinchu's "New Population Theory" and the "Cultural Revolution", Nantong's population experienced two birth peaks, the first of which occurred in 1954, when Nantong's population reached 5,073,200. The first birth peak occurred in 1954-1958, the second birth peak occurred in 1962-1969, the two peaks during the annual birth rate basically remained at about 30 ‰, the two birth peaks were a net increase in population of 550,000 and 1.16 million people. The sounding of the population alarm aroused the great attention of the party and government departments at all levels. In the early seventies, Nantong restored and rebuilt the family planning organization and leadership institutions and grass-roots work network, through the formulation and delivery of population plans, publicity, implementation of "late, sparse, less" marriage and childbearing policy, in 1972 Nantong's birth rate fell rapidly to 15.62 ‰, the natural population growth rate fell to 8.68 ‰, 8 years ahead of schedule. Nantong was the first city in China to realize the goal of reducing the natural population growth rate to 10 per thousand as planned by the State Council, 26 years ahead of time compared with that of the whole country (Note: the whole country was in 1998). In the early 1980s, Nantong's population and family planning work entered an important turning point, especially after the publication of the Central Government's "Open Letter", which vigorously advocated that a couple should have only one child, and the city's birth rate and natural population growth rate further declined, although affected by the cyclical nature of the first two fertility peaks, the third population birth peak, which lasted eight years, occurred from 1986, but under the general atmosphere of strictly controlling In an atmosphere of strict control of excessive population growth, and through the efforts of governments at all levels and of the vast number of population and family planning workers***, the peak of this peak was much lower than that of the previous two peaks, with a net increase in the population of only 365,000 people; in 1997, Nantong realized a zero-growth population, and from 1998 onwards there has been a negative growth in the population for 10 consecutive years. Since the implementation of the basic national policy of family planning, the city has had 3.5 million fewer children. The effective control of population has laid a solid foundation for the harmonious development of Nantong's economy and society and the improvement of people's living standards.

Nantong is a city with a relatively excellent population environment. Nantong is one of the earliest fourteen coastal cities in China to be opened to the outside world, one of the cities with the best human environment, and a famous "hometown of education", "hometown of architecture", "hometown of sports It is one of the cities with the best living environment in China, and is famous as the "Hometown of Education", "Hometown of Architecture", "Hometown of Sports" and "Hometown of Longevity". Abundant high-quality labor resources have provided a great impetus for Nantong's reform and opening up and economic take-off; the developed healthcare system has provided a reliable guarantee for the health of Nantong people; the cumulative one-child rate is as high as 90%, the sex ratio of the birth population has remained in the normal range for more than 30 consecutive years, and the maternal and infant mortality rates have achieved the 2010 control target planned by the State Council's Committee on Childhood and Motherhood six years ahead of schedule. In 2007, the average life expectancy of the population was 77.6 years.

Nantong is one of the regions with the fastest aging population in China. The transformation of Nantong's population age structure from young to adult began in the 1960s, and the population began to age in 1982, just after becoming a stable adult population. 529,395 people over 65 years old, or 7.2% of the total population of Nantong in the third national census of 1982, 18 years ahead of the national announcement of entering an aging society in 2000. Since then, the aging of Nantong's population has been accelerating, and in 2001, there were 943,453 people aged 65 and above in the city, accounting for 12.03% of the total population in the same period, which is significantly higher than the level of 9.1% in Jiangsu and 7.9% in the whole country in the same period, and close to the 13% in the U.S. in the same period, as well as not too far away from the 14% of the developed countries in the world. With the aging trend of the elderly population, longevity is increasing. According to the "five universal" information shows that the city's more than 80 years old 171,000 people, accounting for 2.3% of the total population, to January 2003, the city **** there are more than 100 years of age 449 people, accounting for every million people in the 57 more than 100 years old. Rugao City has the highest ratio of 83 per million people, exceeding the United Nations standard of 75 centenarians per million people, which can be defined as a longevity township by 8 million points. Of the city's 156 townships (towns and streets), 138 have long-lived elderly people, with a distribution of 88.5%, including the oldest male at 105 and female at 106.

Natural resources

Nantong has the advantages of "golden coast" and "golden waterway", with 226 kilometers of Yangtze River coastline, of which more than 30 kilometers can be built for 10,000-ton deep-water berths; 210 kilometers of coastline, of which more than 50,000 tons can be built. The city has 210 kilometers of coastline, of which more than 40 kilometers can be built 50,000 tons of deep-water berths. The city's coastal zone covers an area of 13,000 square kilometers, with 210,000 hectares of coastal mudflats, making it one of the richest land resources in China's coastal areas. Proven mineral resources mainly include iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, coal and marble. The city's total area of 7 million mu of arable land, fertile soil, suitable for a wide range of crops, producing rice, cocoons, cotton, oil and other crops. Aquatic resources are very rich, is the national clams, seaweed, river eel, sandworms, shrimp export base. Lvshi fishing ground is one of the four largest fishing grounds in the country and one of the nine largest fishing grounds in the world.

History and Culture

Historical Background

Nantong is the lower alluvial plain of the Yangtze River, formed by the continuous development and merging of ancient sand spits on the north bank of the Yangtze River. 6,000 years ago, the Yangtze River water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River carried a large amount of sand and sediment to be continuously deposited at the mouth of the river, which led to the formation of the land of Nantong, and gradually extended and expanded from the west to the east, and to the south. Territorial outline of east-west longer than north-south, three sides around the water, one side of the land, like an irregular diamond shape. Respectively by the Wolf Mountain residual hill area, Haian Lixiahe area, the north bank of the ancient sand spit area, Tonglv water ridge plain area, Nantong ancient river branch plain area, southern plains and continents, three Yu sea sedimentary plain area, coastal new reclamation area, etc.

Cultural characteristics

China's ancient legends of the five emperors of the times, the tribes of the territory of the north of Jiangsu often with the Central Plains of the tribes fighting, the world of the Huai, Yi region of the East Barbarians tribes were Central Plains, the tribes defeated, in order to avoid the war, the tribal tribes of the north of Jiangsu, the tribal tribes of the east barbarians, the tribal tribes of the central Plains. Tribes were defeated, in order to avoid the war, the Dongyi tribe had to migrate, the ancient Qingdun people is one of the branches, they are the earliest ancestors of Nantong, but also the earliest immigrants, they are in the Nantong this piece of land was the first to sow the seeds of the northern culture, and branded with the imprint of northern culture.

During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, King Fu-chai of Wu annihilated Xing (the western part of Haian, the northwestern part of Rugao belonged to the land of Xing in that year), and dominated the Central Plains in the north, "sealing his people between Jianghuai and Huaihuai". In 506 BC, Wu and Chu were at war, Wu broke Zheng Cheng (northeast of Jiangling County, Hubei Province), and the remnants of Utopia participated in the struggle for restoration of the country under the mobilization of Wu. Soon after the defeat of Wu by Chu, the Utopians withdrew eastward with the Wu army, and later settled in the area of Lifa Township, Haian County. In 473 B.C., Yue destroyed Wu, the capital city moved north to Langya (now in the realm of Jiaonan County, Shandong Province), and immigrated to the north in a big way. At the beginning of Han Dynasty, Dong'ou King migrated between Jianghuai. Several immigrants are part of the dispersion to the Hailing (then called Haiyang today Taizhou City) area, they will be Wu Yue culture to bring here, forming a trend of southern culture to the north.

Jin war, the northern population moved south, to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Southern Dynasties three hundred years moved to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the immigrant population in the area of Hailing dozens of times, the northern culture and the southern culture met here.

At the time of Emperor Yuan of Liang (552 A.D.) in the Sixth Dynasty, salt was boiled on the island of Hu Doushou (also known as Hu Tuanzhou) at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and these people, mostly exiled convicts and unemployed vagabonds, came mainly from Changzhou in the south of the Yangtze River (now Changzhou, Wujin, Yixing, Wuxi, Xishan, and Jiangyin), and basically preserved the identity of the culture of the Wu-Yuegs. During the Sui Dynasty, Hutuzhou belonged to Hailing, and during the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, due to military necessity, Wolf Mountain became a military stronghold under the jurisdiction of the Western Province of Zhejiang, and Hutuzhou became the jurisdiction of Changzhou in the Western Province of Zhejiang. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the warlords, Wuxing (now Huzhou, Zhejiang Province) people Yao's family for three generations (Yao Cun system, Yao Ting, Yao Yanhong) ruled Hu Tean Chau (then known as the Jinghai), the East Bushu up to half a century long, its army and family members of tens of thousands of people, most of them Wuxing people, when the southern culture dominated.

The latter Zhou Xiande three years (956 AD), the Zhou division of the Huainan, take the region north of the Yangtze River in the South Tang Dynasty, ascending Jinghai Du Town for the Jinghai Navy, belonging to Yangzhou, soon changed to the Tongzhou, set up the Jinghai, Haimen two counties, due to the island of the Jinghai and the mainland rose and changed to the jurisdiction of the county of Hailings, the people of the Jinghai people and the inhabitants of Rugao, etc., interacting more frequently, and at the same time a large number of Hailings to and fro between the two places or settled. To the beginning of the Yuan, the north and prisoners exiled to Tongzhou, the influence of southern culture seems to be gradually weakened. However, Zhang Shicheng's uprising in Jiangnan at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the rebellion of Yan Bing at the beginning of the Ming Yongle Dynasty caused a large number of Jiangnan residents to move to Rugao. Opium War, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, many Jiangnan merchants and craftsmen have come to settle in Rugao. Rugao in 1724 is a county under the jurisdiction of Tongzhou.

Haimen Island, formed by the Dongbuzhou, was also the place of exile prisoners, exiles also came from the Changzhou area, as a result of the cultural isolation caused by the rise of more than 130 years before the connection with the Jinghai County, so that the Haimen people have always maintained the characteristics of the Wu culture. To the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, a portion of the people of Jiangnan, who had embraced Zhang Shicheng, were punitively forced to migrate to the area of Lvshi Harbor, where they gathered in Changshu Bairu Harbor and crossed the river to Lvshi, which is known as "Bairu Drawing". They also retained the local customs of Jiangnan culture. To the early 18th century, Chongming Chen Chaoyu (1688 a 1761) rate his wife came to Haimen, along the riverbank settlement, and led a large number of Chongming people moved to the north of the river, they worked hard to settle, so that the newly reclaimed land along the river gradually become villages, which was more than 10,000 people in the territory of the Haimen, Chongming nearly 3,000 people, and the next 200 years, there are constantly Chongming people moved to Haimen. To the formation and rise of modern textile industry, attracting more and more Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhenjiang and other industrial and commercial households and other people to Nantong settlement, business and cultural exchanges. The influence of southern culture has almost always continued.

Southern culture has a strong influence on Nantong, which has the largest number of speakers of the Wu dialect, a southern style of Peking Opera, and a common worship of the "Goddess of Mercy". People in the north tend to regard Nantong people as Jiangnan people, while people in the south often regard Nantong people as northerners (northern Suzhou people), this mismatch precisely shows the cultural characteristics of Nantong as a transitional zone between the north and south, the north and south cultures both --- south wind and north rhyme.

Local Culture

Tongju Opera: Tongju Opera is a local opera genre in Nantong. It was originally a boy's play, which originated from the upper boy's. The so-called "boy's play" is a kind of opera in Nantong. The so-called "boyz" is a folk professional wizard, originated in the Chu and Yue's "dance to the gods" of the wizard and the local dialect, culture, customs, folklore, assimilation and gradually formed a distinctive Nantong local color of the ancient wizard of another branch --Nantong Boys. In the process of engaging in superstitious activities in the countryside, the boyzee puts on make-up on the stage and performs plays after processing the words and phrases of the gods and ghosts with a certain storyline, as well as the seven-word tune and the ancient children's book. The singing in Nantong dialect accompanied by gongs and drums, the rough singing voice and the easy-to-understand lyrics are popular among the farmers. The performance of "persuasion" (persuasion of the world) of the boyzai is too simple and crude to be primitive, but it is really a typical folk drama with hundreds of thousands of viewers. It is unbelievable that Nantong boyzai still retains its primitive and simple style in such an economically and culturally developed city as Nantong. After the founding of the country, the boyzai abandoned its superstitious content of sacrificing to gods and exorcising ghosts, and utilized its rap form to perform modern dramas, pushing the boundaries of the genre and gradually transforming it into the Tongju Opera, which has been improved in the aspects of choreography, performance, music, and choreography, and so on. In recent years, Nantong Boys is not only listed as a special topic focus on research, and more and more scholars at home and abroad to pay attention to and interest.

Nantong Dongzi Club: Once upon a time, Nantong suburban townships every year after the autumn ripening of the boarding field, always hold a "Dongzi Club", also known as the "dike will be", presided over by the dike in the respected elderly, selected in the month of the day of the hope, the invitation to the Dongzi play, with the help of the "heavenly lantern". The "sky lanterns", to seek pleasure.

"Dongzi will" start, high yellow dragon flag, by the presiding officer of the incense to open the altar, please come to the Dongzi paddock to do acrobatic performances: "attack the fire circle", "drilling fire knife", "paddle tiger jump" ...... is really the eight immortals, each showing their skills. If there is this skill in the dike, you can also contribute to the fun. In the afternoon, led by the presiding officer, held an activity called "harvest disaster" to celebrate the harvest. At night, the moon is used as a lamp, and lotus lanterns are hung to help brighten the night, and plays are performed by the Dongzi. Most of the plays are based on oral folk rap, or seven words sung by the system of evil and good persuasion of the world most of the drama.

It is said that during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, a Tongzhou Dongzi with a three-inch tongue, and a loud voice, to seize the patient's psychology rap "Bao Gong food", "cure" the county official's mother's depression. The mother dragged her son to listen to the book, and the son, as if waking up from a dream, reduced the people's taxes. From then on, the value of Dongzi was high. Dongzi will also appear, between the dike and reed pond also performances. After the founding of the PRC, the custom of "Dongzi Hui" no longer exists, and Dongzi has been transformed into an artist of Tongju opera.

In 2006, Nantong was recognized by the State Environmental Protection Administration as a "national model city for environmental protection"; in 2007, Nantong was named a "national sanitary city" by the state, and at the same time, Nantong was named "China's best leisure tourism city". In 2007, Nantong was recognized as the "National Sanitary City", and at the same time, Nantong was awarded the title of "China's Best Leisure Tourism City"; in 2008, Nantong was recognized as the "National Garden City" by the State.

Industry and Transportation

Nantong leads the nation in basic education and quality education. Nantong has 15 world champions and Olympic champions*** who have won 50 gold medals for the motherland, ranking first among prefecture-level cities in China, and is known as the "cradle of world champions". Nantong's construction industry*** has won 38 Luban Awards, the highest award in China's construction industry, ranking first among prefecture-level cities in China. There is China's first museum - Nantong Museum, around the Haohe River Museum Group.

Transportation

Highway:

There are four highways in the territory, namely Ningtong, Tongqi, Tongyan and Coastal Highway. As well as a world-class bridge - Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge

In addition, the Chongqi Yangtze River Bridge and Chonghai Yangtze River Bridge are under construction, which will bring Nantong closer to Shanghai

Through the territory of the 204 and 328 national highways, Nantong's highway network is increasingly taking shape and maturing.

Aviation:

Nantong Xingdong Airport is located 18 kilometers northeast of downtown in Xingdong Town, Tongzhou City, covering an area of more than 1,700 acres, was completed at the end of 1992 and put into use the following year.

Nantong Xingdong Airport terminal building construction area of nearly 6,000 square meters, can meet the annual 240,000 passengers, peak hour 250 passenger traffic. The terminal building adopts the front column type, one-story process of modern architectural techniques, while absorbing the characteristics of Nantong countryside green tile sloping roof, quite a local style.

Nantong Xingdong Airport in accordance with the national standard design of second-class airports, the flight area of good air-conditioning, with advanced radio communication navigation system, approach instrument landing system, navigation lighting system, automatic weather station. In addition, it is also equipped with a complete wired communication system, power supply system, water supply heating and cooling system and aircraft fuel supply system, which can be used for the landing and takeoff of MD-82 and most of the Class D aircraft such as Boeing 737 and A320.

Railway:

The Xinchang Railway and Ningqi Railway pass through the city, and the main passenger stations in the city are Nantong Station, Rugao Station and Haian County Station. Nantong station is now integrated into the national railroad network, from Nantong can reach all parts of the country. In addition, the Hutong Railway Bridge is under planning and construction, after the completion of the Nantong Station will become a hub station in East China.

Waterways:

Nantong Port is one of the top ten ports in China, and is also a hub for direct river transportation in the Yangtze River system. There are two speedboats traveling between Nantong and Shanghai every day. The riverboats of Shanghai - Hankou and Shanghai - Chongqing all call at Nantong. From downtown, coach station to Nantong harbor can take 4 direct bus.

Steam ferry:

Along the river, there are sea too steam ferry, usually steam ferry, Tongsha steam ferry, gao Zhang steam ferry and the south bank of the Yangtze River, the traffic is very convenient.

"Eleventh Five-Year" period, the traffic will adhere to the "hub Nantong" as the positioning, complete the infrastructure investment of 21 billion yuan, basically built a reasonable layout, structural perfection, close connection between the highway and waterway infrastructure, fully integrated into the Yangtze River Delta. Comprehensive formation of "inward and outward radiation, rapid communication" road network structure, to achieve the city 30 minutes on the highway, the region's one-hour traffic circle, into the Shanghai one-hour traffic circle, the Yangtze River Delta three-hour traffic circle. Realize the county to the township 30 minutes, 40 minutes between townships, administrative village nodes 15 minutes on the county road. At the same time, to speed up the construction of river crossings, Sutong Bridge was completed and opened to traffic, the construction of Chongqi Bridge, Chonghai Bridge, all-round construction of Nantong and Shanghai's fast channel. Started construction of Yangqi Expressway, the formation of the city's "one horizontal, one vertical and one ring" of the highway network, and the effective connection with the southern part of Jiangsu

Sightseeing tours

River winds and sea charm, beautiful scenery. Hao River Scenic Area in the city center is a national 4A level tourist attraction, 30 miles of Hao River surrounds the ancient city, known as the "jade necklace on the neck of the girl" by domestic and foreign tourists, is being planned and developed along the Hao River Museum Group will give Tongcheng deeper cultural connotations. Located in the southern outskirts of the city's Wolf Mountain Scenic Area is also a national 4A-level tourist attractions, is one of the six natural scenic spots in Jiangsu Province, Wolf Mountain, listed in the country's eight small Buddhist mountains, since the early Tang Dynasty since the expansion of the broad teachings of the temple, has been a thriving incense, the reputation spread far and wide. Located on both sides of the Wolf Mountain, Jianshan, Junshan, Maanshan, Huangni Mountain after the development and construction in recent years, a number of new attractions. Hundred miles of counties and districts have no shortage of places to explore. Hai'an Qingdun cultural sites, Rugao Water Painting Garden and Dinghui Temple, Tongzhou Wen Tianxiang South Sea Pavilion, Rudong's "sea disco" (step on the clams) and "symphony in the air" (kite flying on the waterfront), Qidong's rounded corner of the Sun Pavilion and other famous.

The modern Nantong people, represented by Zhang Jian, a scholar at the end of the Qing Dynasty, were the first to open up the wind and creatively carry out urban construction, which made Nantong the earliest city model planned and constructed according to the advanced concepts of the Chinese, and the 15 national firsts created the reputation of "China's first city in modern times". Nantong first-class quality and beautiful form of human settlements and tourism environment, is located in the city center of the Hao River unique city embracing the water, water embracing the city's gorgeous style, won the "2005 China Habitat Environment Paradigm Award".

Nantong's beaches are wide and open, and there is a tourist program called Sea Disco.

Nantong Wolf Mountain is the first famous mountain that traces the river from the sea and is called the first mountain of the river and the sea. The mountain is 106.94 meters high. Wolf Mountain is one of the three saints of Buddhism in the West, one of the Great Sage Bodhisattva's dojo, the mountain is also enshrined in the only dragon robe of the Great Sage Bodhisattva, Wolf Mountain is ranked as the first of the eight small famous Buddhist mountains.

Haohe River in Nantong is a beautiful and mesmerizing river in the city. When you visit Haohe River by boat, you can enjoy the wonderful mood of the city sitting in the water and people swimming in the painting. Nantong is the city with the highest percentage of longevity population in China, the percentage of centenarians exceeds the international standard by more than two times, there are more than 600 people over the age of 100 in the city***, and the phenomenon of longevity has received attention from the world. Visit the Oriental Longevity Garden to realize the mystery of health, will make you a great virtue will live.

More than 300 years ago, one of the four sons of the late Ming Dynasty, Mr. Bao Paijiang, and one of the eight beauties of the Qinhuai River, Dong Xiaowan, in the Water Painting Garden interpretation of the romantic love story, to Nantong, don't forget to go to Rugao to see the Huizhou Garden, a unique garden, Water Painting Garden, and taste Dong Xiaowan's own Dong Sugar.

In addition, Nantong Underwater World also met the public in 2007, the unique underwater scenery, witnessed the birth of Jiangsu's third city with underwater world.

Nantong specialties

-Xiting Crispy Cakes

-Wolverine Chicken

-Nantong Peach Cake

-Baipu Yellow Wine

-Shigang Milk Preserved Curd

-Anchovies Canned Fish

-Baipu "Sanxiangzhai" Dried Tea

-Seafood treasures - clams

-Menthol

-Blue printed cloth

-Nantong kites

-Nantong embroidery

-Crocheted garments

-Tie-dyeing

-Ji Desheng Snake Medicine Tablets

-Wang's Baochi Pills

-Dong Sugar

-Rugao Radish

-Linzi Chao Cake

-Rugao Meat Pine, Ham and Meat Pine

-Bonsai (Rupai and Tongpai)

-Clams

Famous Figures

Nantong has been home to a rich variety of humanities and sages throughout the ages. Literary scholars such as Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Mi Fu and Wen Tianxiang left many immortal poems and anecdotes in Nantong. Modern Suzhou embroidery master Shen Shou also has many connections with Nantong. Famous historical figures such as Lv Dai, a famous minister of the Three Kingdoms, Chen Shigong, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, Li Fangying, one of the Eight Monsters of Yangzhou, and Zhang Jian, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, are all of Nantong origin. More than 20 academicians of the two academies, including contemporary performing artist Zhao Dan, Chinese painting master Wang Yiyi, snake medicine expert Ji Desheng, and mathematician Yang Le, are also from Nantong. Sports has attracted much attention, has sent for the country Lin Li, Ge Fei, Huang Xu, Li Ju, Chen Junk, Chen Ruolin, Zhong Man 7 Olympic champions and Zhang Jieyun, Wu Jianqiu, Jing, Zhao Jianhua, Ji Lei, Hu Xin, Lu Bin, Zhao Tingting and a number of sports celebrities, by the former director of the National Sports Commission Wu Shaozu known as the "Cradle of the World Championship".

Economic development

In 1984, Nantong was included in the first batch of coastal development cities by the State Council. 2003. Nantong city's GDP reached 100.671 billion yuan. In 2003, Nantong's GDP reached 100.671 billion yuan and its fiscal revenue reached 11.699 billion yuan, realizing a historic breakthrough of "double super" with GDP exceeding 100 billion yuan and fiscal revenue exceeding 10 billion yuan. 2005 saw the city's GDP reach 147.208 billion yuan and its fiscal revenue reach 17.119 billion yuan. 2008 saw the city overtake Changshu. 2007 saw the retail sales of consumer goods reaching 73.654 billion yuan. In 2007, the total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 73.654 billion yuan, an increase of 18.4% over the previous year. In terms of urban and rural areas, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas and county towns amounted to RMB 41.703 billion, an increase of 20.0%, while the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas (below the county) amounted to RMB 31.951 billion, an increase of 16.5%. By industry, the wholesale and retail industry retail sales of 66.572 billion yuan, an increase of 17.6%; accommodation and catering industry retail sales of 6.894 billion yuan, an increase of 27.4%; other industries retail sales of 188 million yuan, an increase of 19.7%.

According to customs statistics, the total value of imports and exports in 2007 was 12.776 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 27.4% over the previous year. Among them, exports amounted to 9.023 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 25.7%; imports amounted to 3.753 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 31.9% (see the table below for the main classification). In the city's total imports and exports, foreign-invested enterprises for 9.110 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 28.3%. Among them, exports amounted to 6.135 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 25.1%; imports amounted to 2.975 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 35.4%.

All year round, 744 new foreign investment agreement projects were signed, of which 246 projects with more than 10 million US dollars; the newly-approved agreement registered 7.740 billion US dollars of foreign capital, an increase of 11.5% compared with the previous year; the actual arrival of registered foreign capital amounted to 3.117 billion US dollars, an increase of 21.1%.

Annually, the newly signed foreign contracted labor service contract amounted to 804 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 48.4% over the previous year; the turnover of the contracted labor service was 849 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 40.3%; the newly dispatched laborers were 15,400, an increase of 5.3%; at the end of the year, 37,600 people were employed outside the labor force, an increase of 11.5% compared with the end of the previous year.

In 2007, Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone realized GDP of 10.8 billion yuan, an increase of 20.0% over the previous year, and local general budget income of 1.13 billion yuan, an increase of 34.9%. The whole area has formed 108 enterprises with output value exceeding 50 million yuan, including 55 enterprises with over 100 million yuan. There are 110 projects under construction throughout the year, including 100 projects with over ten million yuan. The year newly approved 31 foreign-invested projects, including 18 projects of more than 10 million U.S. dollars. The total import and export amount of the whole region is 2.635 billion U.S. dollars (including export processing zones), an increase of 14.6%. Among them, imports of 1.130 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 23.9%, exports of 1.504 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 8.5%.