But it can be called Jiangnan.

Northern Jiangsu was once a provincial administrative division in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, including most areas north of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu, namely Yangzhou, Taizhou, Yancheng, Huai 'an, Nantong and Suqian.

Subei, referred to as Subei for short, is located in the Yangtze River Delta with Shanghai as the leader, and is an important part of China coastal economic belt. Northern Jiangsu is dominated by plains, with a vast northern Jiangsu plain, governing rivers and seas, and controlling Huaihe lakes, with prosperous economy and developed transportation.

Nantong is the gateway city of the northern wing of Shanghai metropolitan area, one of the first batch of 14 coastal cities in China, the economic center of the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, a modern port city and a national historical and cultural city. East to the Yellow Sea, south to the Yangtze River, across the river from Shanghai and Suzhou, and west and north to Taizhou and Yancheng. Because it is the intersection of rivers and seas, the throat of the north and the south, it is called "Northern Guangzhou".

Nantong combines the advantages of "golden coast" and "golden waterway", with 226 kilometers of Yangtze River coastline, which is an important part of Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt.

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Nantong features:

1, Nantong covers an area of 800 1 km2, and belongs to the alluvial plain of the Yangtze River Delta with subtropical monsoon climate.

Nantong is an influential hometown of textiles, architecture, education, sports, culture, longevity, peace and overseas Chinese. It has been awarded as a national civilized city, a national environmental protection model city, a national health city, a national garden city and a national ecological city.