Jiangsu is a long, narrow province hngging the coast south of Shandong. Low- lying, flat and wet, it is one of the most fertile and long-inhabited areas of China, dense in population and with plenty of sights of interest. The provincial capital, Nanjing, one of the great historical cities of China, was until only fifty years ago the nation’s capital. Suzhou and Yangzhou are ancient cities famous throughout China for their gardens and silk production, while Wuxi attracts thousands of tourists to the shores of Tai Hu for its scenery, fruit trees and fish, and for the caves of Yixing across the lake.

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Jiangsu Province is one of China’s developed provinces and areas with developed communications. Highway and waterway transportation is very convenient. The Yangtze River flows through the whole province from west to east, and the Great Canal flowing north to south links up various rives, canals and lakes, so that inland waterways extend in all directions. Water transport volume amounts to two-thirds of the total provincial transport volume. Nanjing, Zhenjing, Yangzhou and Nantong are not only important ports of inland rivers but also major ports for foreign trade in the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River. Lianyungang in North Jiangsu is the starting point of the eastern end of the railway passing through the European continent and the Asian continent, and it is also one of the provincial ports for foreign trade along the coast.

Nanjing and Xuzhou are the pivot of railway communication. Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Lanzhou-Lianyungang Railway and Nanjing-Tongling Railway all pass through Nanjing or Xuzhou or both. Highway communication has developed very quickly, especially in North Jiangsu and hilly areas. Highways are good in quality. Bus service is available in each county. Between towns and villages run short-distance traffic vehicles. With Nanjing as the center, airlines extend to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Guanzhou, Guilin, Changsha, Chengdu, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Guizhou and other places. There is also a local airline from Nanjing to Yancheng.

Major Cities of Jiangsu Province are: Suzhou ,Nanjing,Yangzhou,Xuzhou and Nantong

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 Situated in the climatic transition zone of warm-temperate and sub-tropical zones, Jiangsu has mild weather, moderate rainfall and clear-cut seasonal changes. The climate differs between north and south: The mean annual temperature is 13ºC in the north and 16ºC in the south while the mean annual precipitation is 800 mm. in the northwest and 1,200 mm. in the southeast. There are frequent “plum rains” between spring and summer, and typhoon rains between late summer and early autumn.
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