Yancheng

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盐城市
Yánchéng Shì

Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Yandu District (33°23′N 120°7′E)
Area - Total - Urban center	16920.83 km² 1,696 km²
Coastline	582 km
Population - Total - Urban center	7,982,800 (2004)
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥87.136 billion (2004) ¥10,928 (2004)
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	9
Township-level divisions	144
CPC Committee Secretary	Zhang Jiuhan (张九汉)
Mayor	Zhao Peng (赵鹏)
Area code	515
Postal Code	224000 (Urban center) 224100-224700 (Other areas)
License Plate Prefix	苏J

Yancheng (Simplified Chinese: 盐城; Traditional Chinese: 鹽城; pinyin: Yánchéng; lit. "Salt City") is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. The largest city in Jiangsu in terms of physical size, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, Yangzhou and Taizhou to the southwest, Nantong to the south, and looks out to the Yellow Sea to the east.

Yancheng, literally "Salt City", is named after the many sea salt harvest fields around the city. According to historical records, collection and production of sea salt in the region began as early as 119 BC during the Western Han Dynasty, when the settlement on the current location of Yancheng was named Yandu County (盐都县).

1 Administration
2 History
3 Geography and climate
4 Economy
5 Notable people
6 Sister cities
7 External links

[edit] Administration

The prefecture-level city of Yancheng administers 9 county-level divisions, including 2 districts, 2 county-level cities and 5 counties.

Yandu District (盐都区)
Tinghu District (亭湖区)
Dongtai City (东台市)
Dafeng City (大丰市)
Xiangshui County (响水县)
Binhai County (滨海县)
Funing County (阜宁县)
Jianhu County (建湖县)
Sheyang County (射阳县)

[edit] History

Yancheng has a history of 2,100 years since the first canton was founded here in Han Dynasty at year 119 BC. Yancheng was in the limelight during the Chinese Civil War from the 1930s to 1940s. The New Fourth Army (N4A) led by the Communist Party of China was reestablished in Yancheng after being ambushed and battered by the enemy. After the revival, the N4A played a very important role in the war and finally the foundation of the People's Republic of China. Many monuments in honor of N4A heroes can still be found around Yancheng.

[edit] Geography and climate

Yancheng is a preferred habitat of several endangered species, including the Red-crowned Crane.

[edit] Economy

Yancheng's financial income used to rely heavily on agricultural industry. Recently, Yancheng's economy has been boosted by the automobile industry. The joint venture between local Yueda Corporation and the multinational company Kia has set up car factories in Yancheng. Up to today three models including two saloons and one MPV have been released and the production is going to reach 50,000 units/year soon.

Moreover, the Yueda group is constructing a new production facility in the Western development district of Yancheng. When this facility is complete in late 2007, it will proruce an additional 200,000 units per year.

[edit] Notable people

There has been a number of notable people born in Yancheng. Qiao Guanhua (1913-1983) was the Chinese Foreign Minister during the 1970s and he was the first top Chinese diplomat at the UN after the legitimate position of China was restored during the Cold War. Hu Qiaomu (1912-1992) served as a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, Director of the Party Literature Research Centre of the Central Committee, Director of the Party History Research Centre of the Central Committee and President of the Chinese Academy of Social Science in the 1980s. Two of them are always referred to "Two Qiao" of Yancheng.

[edit] Sister cities

Yancheng is twinned with the following domestic and foreign cities.

[edit] Domestic

[edit] International

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In addition, the county-level city of Dafeng, administered by Yancheng, is also twinned with Ascoli Piceno, Italy (September 2001) and Guri, South Korea (February 20, 2003) respectively.

[edit] External links

Government website of Yancheng (available in Chinese and English)
Yancheng Tourism Board (in Simplified Chinese)

Prefecture-level divisions of Jiangsu

Sub-provincial cities:	Nanjing
Prefecture-level cities:	Changzhou \| Huai'an \| Lianyungang \| Nantong \| Suqian Suzhou \| Taizhou \| Wuxi \| Xuzhou \| Yancheng \| Yangzhou \| Zhenjiang

List of Jiangsu County-level divisions

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