Nanjing—a great ancient metropolis mixed with modern significant
“It is hard to find another city like this.” Dr Sun Yat-sen, the 20th century revolutionary and politician, said this line after gazing over the city, which is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals in China and is much loved by Sun. He is still considered as “the Father of Modern China”.
He once wrote the city of “The setting of Nanjing is wonderful. Mountains, lakes and plains are all around here,” as his mausoleum lies in Nanjing. However, the historical and contemporary significant has made the city more than greatness.
Lying in the lower Yangzte River basin and the Yangzte River Delta economic zone, Nanjing was the capital of China over six ancient dynasties and serves as the capital of Jiangsu Province today. It is still playing its historical role as a centre of education, research, transportation, and tourism. Besides, its setting at the intersection of the Yangzte River with many traditional overland transportation routes has flagged it as a key point between the east-west waterways and the north-south road and railway networks.
Scaling over a total of 6,598 square kilometers with 7.4 million permanent residents, of which 75% now are classed as urban dwellers, Nanjing is the second largest commercial center in Easter China after Shanghai. A great amount of investments in recent years in its economy, commerce, industry and infrastructure has increased the city’s GDP to $6,000 per head of population, together with technical competence and resource, Nanjing has topped first 10 among all mainland cities.
Recently, Nanjing has been named as “one of the most promising cities in the Asia-Pacific” and “one of the top three commercial cities in the Chinese mainland” by Forbes, the authoritative US business magazine.
Geographical advantage
As the most important transportation hub in eastern China and the downstream Yangzte River area, Nanjing’s advanced transport network offers a vital link between land, air and waterway services.
Nanjing Lukou International Airport, one the 10 largest airport in China, has a great number of regular passengers and cargo flights to international destinations, such as London, Ftankfurt, Amsterdam, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Chicago, Moscow, Tokyo, Singapore and Seoul.
The city’s harbor is the largest inland harbor in Asia and services some 200 ports in 80 different countries and regions.
A historic and cultural city
Nanjing city was established 2,500 years ago, but the ealiest civilizations in the Nanjing area can be traced back to 6,000 years. Nanjing has served as the national capital of more than 10 dynasties and regimes during its long history. This role was ended by the day of the foundation of the Republic of China when Beijing was appointed as the capital. The long history has left the city with countless antique artifacts and cultural treasures.
Climate and environment
Nanjing put forward an “urban green space” policy in 2003 and till now, nearly half of the tree-planting initiative has been completed. The green area of this city has increased to 12 square meters per head of population.
Recognized as “The National Park of the Year”, “The National Urban Hygiene Awards” and as a model city by both the National Environmental Protection agency and the National Afforestation agency, Nanjing is widely honored for its eco-friendly progress in its sustainable development.
Due to its low crime rate and high reputation for public security, Nanjing is one of the cities national wide with high living standard.
Speaking the climate, Nanjing falls within the northern subtropical monsoon climate zone and enjoys four seasons with plentiful sunshine and rains. The average temperature is 17.8C and the annual amount of rainfall is 1,034 mm.
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