Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China

Economy | Industrial zones

🇨🇳 Nanchang is the capital and largest city of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. The built-up area is made up of 6 urban districts plus Nanchang county. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake. Because of its strategic location connecting the prosperous East and South China, it has become a major railway hub in Southern China in recent decades.

As the Nanchang Uprising in 1927 is distinctively recognised by the ruling Communist Party as "firing the first gunshot against the evil Nationalists", the current government has therefore named the city since 1949 "the City of Heroes", "the place where the People's Liberation Army was born", and the most widely known "place where the military banner of the People's Liberation Army was first raised". Nanchang is also a major city, appearing among the top 200 cities in the world by scientific research outputs, as tracked by the Nature Index and home to Nanchang University, the key national university of “Project 211” in the city.

Economy Nanchang is a regional hub for agricultural production in Jiangxi province. The yield of grain was 16.146 million tons in 2000. Products such as rice and oranges are economic staples. The Ford Motor Company has a plant in Nanchang, assembling the Ford Transit van as part of the Jiangling Motor joint venture. Much of its industry revolves around aircraft manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, metallurgy, electro-mechanics, textile, chemical engineering, traditional Chinese medicine, pharmaceuticals and others. Nanchang has a rapid economic development and ranks 15th among the fastest growing 20 cities in the world. It is one of the cities with the most potential for development in China and the world in the future.

In 2017, the city's gross regional product (GDP) was 500.319 billion yuan (US$80.03 billion ), an increase of 9.0% over the previous year. The primary industry's added value was 19.213 billion yuan, an increase of 4.0%; the secondary industry's added value was 266.61 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4%; The added value of the three industries was 214.496 billion yuan, an increase of 10.2%. The per capita GDP of 81,598 yuan was converted to 12,285 US dollars according to the average annual exchange rate, and the total fiscal revenue for the year was 78.282 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3% over the previous year.

The GDP of Nanchang in 2008 was 166 billion Yuan (US$24.3 billion ). The GDP per capita was 36,105 Yuan (US$5,285). The total value of imports and exports was 3.4 billion US dollars. The total financial revenue was 23 billion Yuan.

Industrial zones National level development zones • Nanchang Export Processing Zone Nanchang National Export Expressing Zone is located in Nanchang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, it was approved by the State Council on May 8, 2006, and passed the national acceptance inspection on Sep 7th, 2007. It has a planning area of 1 km² and now has built 0.31 km2. It enjoys simple and convenient customs clearances, and special preferential policies both for Nanchang National Export Expressing Zone and NCHDZ. • Nanchang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone Nanchang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone (NCHDZ for short hereafter) is the only national grade high-tech zoned in Jiangxi, it was established in Mar. 1991. The zone covers an area of 231 km² (89 sq mi), in which 32 km² (12 sq mi) have been completed. NCHDZ possesses unique nature condition and sound industry foundation of accepting electronics industry. NCHDZ has brought 25 percent industrial added value and 50 percent industrial benefit and tax to Nanchang city by using only 0.4 percent land area. • Nanchang Economic and Technological Development Zone Provincial level development zones • Jiangxi Sanghai Economic and Technological Development Zone • Nanchang Yingxiong Economic and Technological Development Zone Special economic district • Honggutan New District GanJiang New District

Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China 
<b>Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China</b>
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Nanchang is rated Sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Sufficiency level cities are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as not to be overly dependent on world cities.

Nanchang is ranked #197 by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. Nanchang was ranked #1108 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Nanchang has a population of over 4,300,000 people. Nanchang also forms the centre of the wider Nanchang metropolitan area which has a population of over 5,246,600 people. Nanchang is ranked #939 for startups with a score of 0.12.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Nanchang has links with:

🇪🇸 Albacete, Spain 🇨🇱 Copiapó, Chile 🇬🇪 Kutaisi, Georgia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lincoln, England 🇸🇮 Maribor, Slovenia 🇰🇷 Naju, South Korea 🇿🇦 Newcastle, South Africa 🇦🇷 Quilmes, Argentina 🇧🇷 Sorocaba, Brazil 🇯🇵 Takamatsu, Japan 🇲🇽 Toluca, Mexico 🇫🇮 Valkeakoski, Finland
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East of: 115.883

🇨🇳 Qiaocheng 115.883

🇨🇳 Jiujiang 115.954

🇦🇺 Guildford 115.973

🇨🇳 Yanqing 115.98

🇨🇳 Liaocheng 115.985

🇦🇺 Midland 116.01

🇨🇳 Lushan 116.045

🇲🇾 Kota Kinabalu 116.067

🇨🇳 Meijiang 116.1

🇮🇩 Mataram 116.117

West of: 115.883

🇦🇺 Perth 115.857

🇦🇺 Vincent 115.834

🇦🇺 City of Cockburn 115.833

🇨🇳 Fuyang 115.814

🇦🇺 Wanneroo 115.803

🇨🇳 Bozhou 115.779

🇦🇺 Mandurah 115.721

🇦🇺 Rockingham 115.717

🇨🇳 Xingning 115.717

🇨🇳 Hengshui 115.669

Antipodal to Nanchang is: -64.117,-28.683

Locations Near: Nanchang 115.883,28.6833

🇨🇳 Gao'an 115.361,28.441 d: 57.7  

🇨🇳 Zhangshu 115.546,28.055 d: 77.3  

🇨🇳 Lushan 116.045,29.448 d: 86.5  

🇨🇳 Fuzhou 116.358,27.949 d: 94  

🇨🇳 Jiujiang 115.954,29.661 d: 108.9  

🇨🇳 Yingtan 117.039,28.272 d: 121.9  

🇨🇳 Xiajiang County 115.183,27.617 d: 137  

🇨🇳 Jingdezhen 117.199,29.292 d: 144.8  

🇨🇳 Qichun 115.437,30.226 d: 176.9  

🇨🇳 Yichun 114.417,27.816 d: 173  

Antipodal to: Nanchang -64.117,-28.683

🇦🇷 Santiago del Estero -64.267,-27.783 d: 19913.9  

🇦🇷 Termas de Río Hondo -64.867,-27.483 d: 19862.7  

🇦🇷 San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca -65.773,-28.467 d: 19851.6  

🇦🇷 Concepción -65.583,-27.333 d: 19807.1  

🇦🇷 Tucumán -65.366,-26.944 d: 19786  

🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán -65.225,-26.83 d: 19782  

🇦🇷 Jesús María -64.1,-30.983 d: 19759.3  

🇦🇷 Cosquín -64.45,-31.233 d: 19729.7  

🇦🇷 Córdoba -64.185,-31.392 d: 19713.8  

🇦🇷 Villa Carlos Paz -64.517,-31.4 d: 19710.6  

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