Northern Jiangsu in the modern sense refers to the five cities in northern Jiangsu. Although there are only five cities and the area is only about 1/200 of the country, it spans the north and south, and the northern part of northern Jiangsu (north of the Huaihe River and the Yellow River)

The climate and landforms of the Huaihe River area and southern Jiangsu Province (the Jianghuai area south of the Huaihe River) are also different.

The climate, culture, and customs of the five cities in northern Jiangsu are extremely diverse. The Jianghuai region has a rainy season all year round, while the Huanghuai region is relatively dry.

There are many paddy fields in the Jianghuai River and many dry fields in the Huanghuai River. The farmland in northern Jiangsu is basically a rotation of rice and wheat, with two crops a year.

Northern Jiangsu has fertile land, dense water networks, and no contiguous mountainous areas or deserts. Therefore, the agriculture and fishery industries are developed. The famous specialties of Northern Jiangsu include: wine-Gaogou, Shuanggou, Tanggou, Yanghe, tobacco-Suyan, Yipinmei

, Xuyi lobster, Peixian dog meat, Pizhou ginkgo, Funing cake, Binhai sausage, cloud beans, Shuyang flowers and trees, Lianshui tied hoof, Donghai Huai pig, Ganyu loach, Sheyang rice, Dongtai watermelon, Huaguoshan

Wind goose, Hongze Lake/Luoma Lake/Baima Lake/Dazong Lake hairy crabs? etc.

Most of the rural areas in northern Jiangsu now have buildings with two floors or above. The roofs of houses in Huanghuai area are mainly red tiles, and the roofs of houses in Jianghuai area have more black tiles.

Expert 2: I am from Suqian, Jiangsu.

The city achieved a regional GDP of 275.072 billion yuan in 2018, an increase of 6.8% over the previous year and 0.1 percentage point faster than the province's growth rate.

Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 30.084 billion yuan, an increase of 3.0%; the added value of the secondary industry was 127.954 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 117.034 billion yuan, an increase of 7.3%.

The per capita GDP reaches 55,906 yuan, which is 8,448 US dollars based on the average exchange rate.

The city's three industrial structure adjustments were 10.9:46.5:42.6.

Among them, the proportion of the added value of the primary industry decreased by 0.3 percentage points compared with the previous year, the proportion of the added value of the secondary industry decreased by 1.5 percentage points, and the proportion of the added value of the tertiary industry increased by 1.8 percentage points.

New technologies, new business forms, and new kinetic energy continue to develop. The added value of the city's service industry has grown 0.5 percentage points faster than GDP. The service industry has contributed 43.7% to the city's GDP growth, driving the city's economic growth by 3.0 percentage points; above designated size

The output value of industrial high-tech industries increased by 4.8%, accounting for 26.5% of the industrial output value above designated size.

Investment in the technology industry increased by 3% over the previous year, accounting for 9.1% of fixed asset investment; the wholesale and retail industry achieved retail sales of 6.007 billion yuan through the public network, an increase of 18.6% over the previous year, accounting for 9.1% of the fixed asset investment.

The proportion of tax revenue was 21.5%, an increase of 3.3 percentage points from the previous year; tax revenue accounted for 84.0% of general public budget revenue.

Shuyang County is one of the “top 100 counties in the country”, and Siyang County is one of the top 100 counties in the country in terms of economic competitiveness.

Expert 3: Northern Jiangsu is the northern region of Jiangsu, including the five prefecture-level cities of Xuzhou, Lianyungang, Suqian, Huai'an, and Yancheng. It is a region with a low level of economic development in Jiangsu Province. Of course, this is a relative term. , Jiangsu is one of the economically developed provinces in my country, and its development is relatively balanced. Although the development level of southern Jiangsu is far lower than that of southern Jiangsu, it is at a medium level nationwide.

Moreover, the economic strength of the cities in northern Jiangsu is not weak, with GDP exceeding 270 billion yuan, and they are all among the top 100 cities in China.

However, compared with southern Jiangsu, the gap between northern and southern Jiangsu is all-round. Whether it is GDP, per capita GDP or per capita income, northern Jiangsu cannot be compared with southern Jiangsu.

Taking per capita income as an example, the five cities with the lowest per capita disposable income in Jiangsu in 2018 were all located in northern Jiangsu, and their per capita incomes were all below 30,000 yuan.

Only Yancheng's per capita disposable income is slightly higher than the national average (the national per capita disposable income in 2018 was 28,228 yuan).

Due to the large gap in development levels, many migrant workers from northern Jiangsu move to southern Jiangsu and even the entire Yangtze River Delta.

The terrain in northern Jiangsu is dominated by plains, with fertile land and dense water networks, so the agriculture and fishery industries are relatively developed.

Transportation in northern Jiangsu is also relatively developed. All administrative villages have achieved the "seven connectivity" goals of electricity, roads, buses, tap water, telephones, cable TV, and broadband. Railways, water transportation, highways, and aviation

, ports and other modern transportation networks are beginning to take shape.