Nantong
Nantong
南通市 Nantung | |
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Skyline of Nantong CBD Nantong Bell Tower Tianing Temple | |
Location of Nantong City jurisdiction in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates (Nantong municipal government): 31°58′52″N 120°53′38″E / 31.981°N 120.894°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Municipal seat | Chongchuan District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Municipal Secretary | Lu Zhipeng (陆志鹏) |
| • Mayor | Han Liming (韩立明) |
| Area | |
| 8,544.1 km2 (3,298.9 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,840 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,840 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 7,726,635 | |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,766,534 |
| • Urban density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,766,534 |
| • Metro density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 1.103 trillion US$ 164 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 142,642 US$ 21,211 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 226000 (Urban centre) 226100-226600 (Other areas) |
| Area code | 513 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JS-06 |
| Major Ethnicity | Han |
| County-level divisions | 8 |
| Township-level divisions | 146 |
| Licence Plate Prefixes | 苏F |
| Website | www |
Nantong is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north; Taizhou to the west; Suzhou, Wuxi and Shanghai to the south across the river; and the East China Sea to the east. Its population was 7,726,635 as of the 2020 census, 3,766,534 of whom lived in the built-up area made up of three urban districts.
On September 26, 2004, the first World Metropolitan Development Forum was held in Nantong. In 2005, Nantong had a GDP growth of 15.4%, the highest growth rate in Jiangsu province, and in 2016 Nantong's GDP had a total of about 675 billion yuan, ranking 21st in the whole country.
Although the city took a blow from the economic depression of the 1930s, as well as the Japanese occupation of the 1930s and 40s, Nantong has remained an important center for the textile industry. Because of its deepwater harbor and connections to inland navigational canals, it was one of 14 port cities opened to foreign investment in recent Chinese economic reforms.