The area code of Qidong is: 0513, and the urban area code is: 226200.
Qidong City is located on the north side of the estuary of the Yangtze River. It is surrounded by water on three sides and looks like a peninsula. It is an important link between the river and the sea. The gateway is also the place where the sun rises earliest in Jiangsu. The city has a total land area of ??1,157 square kilometers and a population of 1.16 million. It has plains and green fields, pleasant climate, rich products and beautiful scenery. It is known as the "Pearl of the River and Sea". As one of the first batch of coastal areas open to the outside world in the country, Qidong City has been ranked among the top 100 counties and cities in terms of comprehensive rural strength in the country for three consecutive years. etc. titles.
Qidong is adjacent to the river and the sea, and has distinctive river and sea characteristics, which can be summarized as "four business cards".
First, it is the home of marine economy. Qidong has the famous Lusi Port. Lusi Fishing Ground is one of the four major fishing grounds in China. Lusi Fishing Port is one of the six central fishing ports in the country. It has more than 2,000 kinds of seafood resources. Aquatic products such as jellyfish, seaweed, clams, pomfret, and yellow croaker are famous at home and abroad. The output of seafood accounts for 10% of the total. 1/3 of the total in Jiangsu Province and 1/2 of Nantong City. Qidong is also the only Chinese mitten crab seedling breeding base in the country and the largest natural clam breeding base in the country. Qidong embraces the river with one hand and the sea with the other, and its river-sea style tourism has obvious characteristics. Located at the intersection of the Yangtze River, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, Yuantuojiao is the first place in Jiangsu to see the sunrise. The beach scenery, bathing beaches, self-catering on the beach, and clam climbing on the sea have become special items for people's leisure and entertainment. The tourism characteristics of Qidong River Fenghaiyun can be vividly described as: breathing in the green oxygen bar, watching the rising sun in the east, jumping in the sea disco, and listening to the symphony in the air.
Second, it is the home of power tools. Qidong's power tool industry started in the 1970s, emerged in the mid-to-late 1980s, and entered a stage of rapid development in the 1990s. There are 45,000 people operating power tools in Qidong, and the annual transaction volume reaches more than 15 billion yuan, accounting for about 60% of the total transactions in the national power tool market. Mr. Zhang Chuanfu, secretary-general of the National Power Tools Association, analyzed that the power tools operated by Tianfen people in Qidong are “one of the best in the country.”
The third is the hometown of architecture. Qidong is one of the first “Hometowns of Architecture” named by the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government and has a long history in the construction industry. In the 1920s, Tao Guilin of Qidong opened Fuji Construction Factory in Shanghai and undertook the construction of the 24-story International Hotel, the tallest building in Shanghai at that time. This opened a new chapter in the development of Qidong architecture. Today, Qidong Construction Iron Army is located in more than 60 large and medium-sized cities in 27 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) across the country, including Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, and Suzhou, and has set foot in more than 10 countries. It has won the highest award for Chinese construction projects nine times - " Luban Prize", and has created more than 280 provincial-level famous projects such as Shanghai's "White Magnolia", Jiangsu Province's "Yangtze Cup", and Beijing's "Great Wall Cup".
Fourth is the hometown of education. Qidong has outstanding people and its basic education is nationally famous and leading in the province. The city has 1 national-level model high school, 8 provincial key schools, and 1 national-level key vocational middle school. Qidong's general college entrance examination scores have been among the best in the province for many years. Qidong Middle School in Jiangsu Province has created the miracle of having about 20 students from one class admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University for many years in a row. It has created "ten gold medals and two gold medals" in the International Olympiad Subject Competition for middle school students. Silver" achievement.