Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Nanjing, formerly Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a mega-city and the second largest city in the East China region. Nanjing, which is located in south-western Jiangsu, has an administrative area of 11 districts.

Situated in the Yangtze River Delta region, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and has thus long been a major centre of culture, education, research, politics, economy, transport networks and tourism, being the home to one of the world's largest inland ports. The city is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure, enjoying jurisdictional and economic autonomy only slightly less than that of a province. Nanjing has been ranked seventh in the evaluation of "Cities with Strongest Comprehensive Strength" issued by the National Statistics Bureau, and second in the evaluation of cities with most sustainable development potential in the Yangtze River Delta. It has also been awarded the title of 2008 Habitat Scroll of Honor of China, Special UN Habitat Scroll of Honor Award and National Civilized City.

Nanjing has many high-quality universities and research institutes, with the number of universities listed in 100 National Key Universities ranking third, including Nanjing University which has a long history and is among the world top 10 universities ranked by Nature Index. The ratio of college students to total population ranks No.1 among large cities nationwide. Nanjing has the eighth-largest scientific research output of any city in the world and has been regarded as one of the world's top three scientific research centres in chemistry (behind Beijing and Shanghai), according to the Nature Index.

Nanjing, one of the nation's most important cities for over a thousand years, is recognised as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. It has been one of the world's largest cities, enjoying peace and prosperity despite wars and disasters. Nanjing has many important heritage sites, including the Presidential Palace and Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Nanjing is famous for human historical landscapes, mountains and waters such as Fuzimiao, Ming Palace, Chaotian Palace, Porcelain Tower, Drum Tower, Stone City, City Wall, Qinhuai River, Xuanwu Lake and Purple Mountain. Key cultural facilities include Nanjing Library, Nanjing Museum and Jiangsu Art Museum.

The current economy of the city is dominated by Service industries, accounting for about 60 percent of the GDP of the city, and of those the top three are: financial industry, culture industry and tourism industry. Industries of information technology, energy saving and environmental protection, new energy, smart power grid and intelligent equipment manufacturing have become pillar industries. Big civilian-run enterprise include Suning Commerce, Yurun, Sanpower, Fuzhong, Hiteker, 5stars, Jinpu, Tiandi, CTTQ Pharmaceutical, Nanjing Iron and Steel Company and Simcere Pharmaceutical. Big state-owned firms include Panda Electronics, Yangzi Petrochemical, Jinling Petrochemical, Nanjing Chemical, Jincheng Motors, Jinling Pharmaceutical, Chenguang and NARI. The city has also attracted foreign investment, multinational firms such as Siemens, Ericsson, Volkswagen, Iveco, A.O. Smith, and Sharp have established their lines, and a number of multinationals such as Ford, IBM, Lucent, Samsung and SAP established research centre there. Many China-based leading firms such as Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo have key R&D institutes in the city. Nanjing is an industrial technology research and development hub, hosting many R&D centres and institutions, especially in areas of electronics technology, information technology, computer software, biotechnology and pharmaceutical technology and new material technology.

There are a number of industrial zones in Nanjing: Nanjing New and High-Tech Industry Development Zone; Nanjing Baixia Hi-Tech Industrial Zone; Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone

Nanjing is the transport hub in eastern China and the downstream Yangtze River area. Different means of transport constitute a three-dimensional transport system that includes land, water and air. As in most other Chinese cities, public transport is the dominant mode of travel for the majority of citizens. As from October 2014, Nanjing had four bridges and two tunnels over the Yangtze River, linking districts north of the river with the city centre on the south bank.

Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China 
<b>Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China</b>
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Nanjing is rated Beta by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Beta level cities are cities that link moderate economic regions to the world economy.

Nanjing is the #114 city in the world according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) which evaluates and ranks the competitiveness of the major financial centres of the world according to a wide range of criteria โ€“ Human Capital, Business, Finance, Infrastructure and Reputation.

Nanjing is ranked #42 and rated C+ by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. C+ cities are strong international gateway cities. Nanjing was ranked #893 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Nanjing has a population of over 8,187,828 people. Nanjing also forms the centre of the wider Nanjing metropolitan area which has a population of over 9,314,685 people. Nanjing is ranked #205 for startups with a score of 2.041.

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Nanjing is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Literature see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Nanjing has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Acre, Israel ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Barranquilla, Colombia ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Birmingham, England ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bloemfontein, South Africa ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Concepciรณn, Chile ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Daejeon, South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Daejon, South Korea ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Dallas, USA ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Florence, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Leipzig, Germany ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Limassol, Cyprus ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malacca City, Malaysia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Maribor, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Metz, France ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexicali, Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Mogilev, Belarus ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Nagoya, Japan ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Sparkbrook, England ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ St. Louis, USA ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Stuttgart, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Yaroslavl, Russia ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ York, England
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UNESCO Creative Cities for Literature include: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Angoulรชme ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Baghdad ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Beirut ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Bremen ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Bucheon ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Buffalo City ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Dublin ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Dunedin ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Durban ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Edinburgh ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Exeter ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Granada ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Heidelberg ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Hobart ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Iaศ™i ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iowa City ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Kozhikode ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Krakรณw ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kuhmo ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Kutaisi ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lahore ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Leeuwarden ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Lillehammer ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ljubljana ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lviv ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Lyon ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Melbourne ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Milan ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Montevideo ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Nanjing ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Norwich ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Nottingham ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น ร“bidos ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Odessa ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Okayama ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Prague ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Quรฉbec City ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Reykjavรญk ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Rio de Janeiro ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Seattle ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Slemani ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Sulaymaniyah ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Taif ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Tartu ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Tukums ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Ulyanovsk ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Utrecht ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Wonju
See Also: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Nanjing, Jilin Province, China

Antipodal to Nanjing is: -61.235,-32.063

Locations Near: Nanjing 118.765,32.0631

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Xuanwu 118.848,32.06 d: 7.8  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Qixia 119.003,32.135 d: 23.8  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Jurong 119.164,31.946 d: 39.8  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Maanshan 118.507,31.669 d: 50.1  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chuzhou 118.333,32.256 d: 46  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Ma'anshan 118.35,31.7 d: 56.3  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Zhenjiang 119.423,32.205 d: 63.9  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Yangzhou 119.431,32.384 d: 72.1  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Yaxi 119.15,31.367 d: 85.6  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Danyang 119.563,31.993 d: 75.6  

Antipodal to: Nanjing -61.235,-32.063

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Sastre -61.833,-31.75 d: 19948.7  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz -60.7,-31.633 d: 19945.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Santa Fe -60.7,-31.633 d: 19945.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Caรฑada de Gรณmez -61.4,-32.817 d: 19929.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Paranรก -60.533,-31.733 d: 19939.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Rafaela -61.483,-31.267 d: 19923.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท San Lorenzo -60.733,-32.75 d: 19925.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Rosario -60.678,-32.956 d: 19902.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Marcos Juรกrez -62.1,-32.7 d: 19907.3  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Bell Ville -62.683,-32.633 d: 19865  

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