Nanjing

   Nanjing, called Ning for Short, is the capital city of Jiangsu Province and one of the top four central cities along the Yangtze River Valley. It covers an area of 6598 square kilometers with a population of 5.63 million. There are 2 counties and 11 districts under its administration.

   Nanjing is located in the lower reaches plain area of Yangtze River Valley. It is blessed with superb geographic location and rich natural resources. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, it boasts picturesque landscape. Thanks to the harmonious combination of mountains, rivers, city proper and forest, it is crowned as one of China Excellent Tourist City in the first batch. It owns a great number of scenic spots and historic and cultural relics, among which the Dr. Sun Yatsen's Mausoleum and Qinhuai Scenic Belt are listed in China Top 40 Tourist Destinations. In history, it used to be the capital of 6 dynasties and 10 regimes, namely East Wu, East Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, South Tang, Ming, Taiping Heavenly Kindom and Republic of China. That is why it is called ? Ancient Capital of 6 Dynasties? and Metropolis of 10 Regimes?.

   Situated in the joining area of coastal open belt and Yangtze River Valley, Nanjing plays an important role in Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou Economic Core Zone and in the open strategy of coastal area, Yangtze Corridor, and Shanghai-Nanjing expressway. Nanjing is an important transportation and telecommunication hub in East China. It enjoys convenient transportation complete transportation ways including railway, highway, airway, waterway and pipeline. The three dimensional transportation network with large volume has taken into shape. Nanjing is an important comprehensive industrial base in eastern area of China. Based on its solid foundation, it has established comprehensive industrial system with the lead of electronics, automobiles, petrochemicals and a group of products with unique local features. It is also home to state chemical and industrial parks, economic and technological development zones, high and new tech development zones and Jiangning Development zone. It is famous for its strong scientific research and education force. It owns 35 various institutions of high learning (excluding military colleges) with 316,000 students, 114 independent research and development institutions, more than 300,000 scientific and technological talents and 68 academicians.