Nantong's introduction is as follows:

Nantong is a national historical and cultural city. It has been more than a thousand years since Zhou Xiande built the city three years after the Five Dynasties. In the modern history of China, Nantong founded the first normal school, the first museum, the first textile school, the first embroidery school, the first drama school, the first specialized school and the first weather station. Historically known as "the first city in modern China".

Nantong, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu and the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta. The abbreviation of "Tong", also known as Jinghai, Chongzhou, Chongchuan, Zilang and North Shanghai, was called Tongzhou in ancient times. Nantong is one of the first batch of 14 coastal cities in China, an economic center in the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, a modern port city and a national historical and cultural city.

It is bordered by the Yellow Sea in the east and the Yangtze River in the south. Invited by lights from Shanghai and Suzhou, it borders Taizhou and Yancheng in the west and north. 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.

Nantong, referred to as "Tong", was called Tongzhou in ancient times, also known as Jinghai and Chongzhou. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, a central city in the Yangtze River Delta, an economic center in the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta in China and a modern port city approved by the State Council. Nantong is a national historical and cultural city. It has been more than a thousand years since Zhou Xiande built the city three years after the Five Dynasties.

By the end of 20021,Nantong had Chongchuan District, Tongzhou District, Haimen District and Fumin Port Office (co-located with Nantong Development Zone Management Committee), and had jurisdiction over Rudong County, Qidong City, Rugao City and Hai 'an City. There are 65 towns, 38 streets, 1292 rural communities, 632 urban communities and 4 kindergartens in the city.

Nantong city is located at 3 1 4 1' 06 "~ 32 42' 44 "north latitude and1201'47" ~154' 33 east longitude. The maximum distance from north to south is 1 14.2km, and the widest point from east to west is158.8km. The city is adjacent to the Yellow Sea in the east, the Yangtze River in the south, Yancheng in the north and Taizhou in the west.