Zhenjiang City is a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, China. It is located in the southwest of Jiangsu Province, on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. At the end of 2024, the permanent population was 3.228 million. As of 2025, it will manage three county-level cities and three districts, with a total area of 3840 square kilometers and a dialect of Zhenjiang dialect.
The overall terrain of Zhenjiang City presents a pattern of high in the west, low in the east, high in the south, and low in the north, with low mountains and hills as the main geomorphic features The forest coverage rate reaches 25.6, and the mountains, waters, cities, and forests are integrated into one, known as the "urban mountains and forests". It belongs to the northern subtropical monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 15.4 in the urban area, distinct four seasons, simultaneous rain and heat, and abundant natural resources . Zhenjiang City has a history of over 3000 years of establishment. During the Spring and Autumn Period, it was called "Zhufang", during the Three Kingdoms Period, it was called "Jingkou", and during the Southern Song Dynasty, "Nanxu" was established in Jingkou. After the unification of the Sui Dynasty, it was renamed "Runzhou". Zhenjiang has been named since the Northern Song Dynasty and was the capital of Jiangsu Province during the Republic of China period. On April 23, 1949, the urban and suburban areas of Zhenjiang were designated as Zhenjiang City, under the jurisdiction of the Zhenjiang Special Administration of the Sunan Administrative Region. In 1953, the administrative system of Jiangsu Province was restored, and the Zhenjiang Commissioner's Office was established. Zhenjiang City was designated as a county-level city and the seat of the special agency. In March 1983, Zhenjiang City was upgraded to a provincial-level city.
Zhenjiang is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the "Golden Cross Waterway" of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, and is an important advanced manufacturing base and regional center city in the Yangtze River Delta. In 2025, Zhenjiang City will achieve a regional gross domestic product of 573.678 billion yuan, with a constant price calculation, an increase of 5.4% over the previous year . In 2025, the annual cargo throughput of Zhenjiang Port in Jiangsu Province will break through the historical milestone of 300 million tons. Throughout history, literati and scholars have left behind numerous timeless masterpieces in Zhenjiang, giving rise to outstanding figures such as Liu Yu, Shen Kuo, Mi Fu, and Mao Yisheng. Chinese cultural treasures such as "Wenxin Diaolong," "Mengxi Bitan," and "Zhaoming Wenxuan" have been born, and legends such as "Bai Niangzi floods Jinshan" are widely known.
Zhenjiang is one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta, an advanced manufacturing base and regional center city in the Yangtze River Delta. It is a national historical and cultural city, an important port, tourism and livable city
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