Nantong

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Nantong 南通市 Nantung
Prefecture-level city
Left to right, top to bottom: Nantong skyline on the Hao River, Nantong Bell Tower, more buildings in Nantong, Shuihui Garden, the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge to Changshu.
Location of Nantong City jurisdiction in Jiangsu
Nantong Location of the city center in Jiangsu Show map of Jiangsu Nantong Nantong (Eastern China) Show map of Eastern China Nantong Nantong (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Nantong municipal government): 31°58′52″N 120°53′38″E / 31.981°N 120.894°E / 31.981; 120.894
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Municipal seat	Chongchuan District
Government
• CPC Municipal Secretary	Lu Zhipeng (陆志鹏)
• Mayor	Han Liming (韩立明)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	8,544.1 km2 (3,298.9 sq mi)
• Urban	2,840 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
• Metro	2,840 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	7,726,635
• Density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
• Urban	3,766,534
• Urban density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
• Metro	3,766,534
• Metro density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 1.103 trillion US$ 164 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 142,642 US$ 21,211
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	226000 (Urban centre) 226100-226600 (Other areas)
Area code	513
ISO 3166 code	CN-JS-06
Major Ethnicity	Han
County-level divisions	8
Township-level divisions	146
Licence Plate Prefixes	苏F
Website	nantong.gov.cn

Nantong^[a] is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north; Taizhou to the west; Suzhou, Wuxi and Shanghai to the south across the river; and the East China Sea to the east. Its population was 7,726,635 as of the 2020 census, 3,766,534 of whom lived in the built-up area made up of three urban districts.

In September 26, 2004, the first World Metropolitan Development Forum was held in Nantong. In 2005, Nantong had a GDP growth of 15.4%, the highest growth rate in Jiangsu province, and in 2016 Nantong's GDP had a total of about 675 billion yuan, ranking 21st in the whole country.^{[citation needed]}

Although the city took a blow from the economic depression of the 1930s, as well as the Japanese occupation of the 1930s and 40s, Nantong has remained an important center for the textile industry. Because of its deepwater harbor and connections to inland navigational canals, it was one of 14 port cities opened to foreign investment in recent Chinese economic reforms.

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