First, Nantong's traditional cultural elements and customs are outstanding and have a long history. According to the textual research of ancient cultural sites, as far back as the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago, primitive clans and tribes flourished in Qingdun area of Hai 'an. The five dynasties set up a county in this city, which is called Jinghai. In the fifth year of Xiande in the later Zhou Dynasty (AD 958), the city was built and named Tongzhou. In the first year of Song Tiansheng (1023), it was renamed Chongzhou, also known as Chongchuan. After the Revolution of 1911, the abandoned state set up a county named Nantong County, which was known as "the first city in modern China". 1949 After the liberation of Nantong in February, Nantong City was built in the districts of the city, Langshan and Tianshenggang, which was successively under the jurisdiction of the administrative office in northern Jiangsu and the institutions in Nantong. 1962 was changed to a provincial city. 1983 Nantong area merged with Nantong city to implement the system of city governing county.
There are many talents and celebrities. Many famous artists such as Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Mi Fei and Wen Tianxiang left their masterpieces and anecdotes in Nantong. Hu Yuan, a famous minister of the Three Kingdoms, an outstanding educator in the Song Dynasty, Chen Shigong, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, Li, one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" in the Qing Dynasty, and Zhang Jian, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty, and other celebrities have added luster to the history of Nantong. In the history of modern culture, science and education in China, Nantong has established the first normal school, the first folk museum, the first textile school, the first embroidery school, the first drama school, the first private school for the deaf and the first weather station, which occupies an important position. Zhao Dan, a contemporary performing artist, Wang Geyi, a master of traditional Chinese painting and Yang Le, a famous mathematician, and more than 20 academicians of China Academy of Sciences and Engineering were born.
Jiangfeng Haiyun has beautiful scenery. Haohe Scenic Area, located in the center of the city, is a national 4A-level tourist scenic spot. Surrounded by the ancient city, the Sanlihao River is praised by domestic and foreign tourists as "the emerald necklace around the girl's neck". The museum group along the Haohe River, which is being planned and developed, will give Tongcheng a deeper cultural connotation. Langshan Scenic Area is located in the southern suburbs of Jiangsu Province. It is a national 4A-level tourist scenic spot and one of the six natural scenic spots in Jiangsu Province. Lang Mountain ranks first among the eight famous Buddhist mountains in China. Since the expansion of Guangjiao Temple in the early Tang Dynasty, incense has flourished and its reputation has spread far and wide. Jianshan, Junshan, Maanshan and Huangni, which are located on both sides of Langshan Mountain, have been developed and built in recent years, and many new scenic spots have been added. Baili County has no shortage of places to explore and win. The Qingdun Cultural Site in Hai 'an, the Shuihui Garden and Dinghui Temple in Rugao, the South Pavilion of Wen Tianxiang in Tongzhou, the "disco on the sea" (stepping on a clam) and the "symphony in the air" in Rudong, and the sun pavilion at the round supporting angle in Qidong are all famous.
Although Nantong has a history of only 1000 years, the salt industry has promoted the prosperity of the city and the scale of the city has been expanding day by day. By the Ming Dynasty, Nantong had become an important city in northern Jiangsu. Later, as the beach silted up and the coastline moved eastward, the sea salt industry began to decline. However, with the development of cotton planting and the prosperity of home-made homespun industry, it has quickly become a distribution center for loose cotton homespun and has gradually become an important commercial city. From 65438 to 0895, Zhang Jian, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty, returned to his hometown to establish Sheng Da Textile Factory and Sheng Da Enterprise Group. Nantong became one of the birthplaces of modern textile industry in China and a famous textile city. Now it has become the third largest home textile city in the world!
Nantong has the earliest normal school in China (1902) and Nantong Museum, a national key cultural relic protection unit (1905). It is surrounded by the Haohe River. Langshan Scenic Area is mainly composed of five mountains, including Langshan Mountain, Junshan Mountain and Jianshan Mountain, which stretches for nearly 4 kilometers along the river. It is one of the eight famous Buddhist mountains in China and a famous tourist and leisure resort in Jiangsu. Scenic spots include Tongzhou Three Pagodas and Shuihui Garden.
Second, Nantong introduced Nantong, facing Shanghai across the river, where the "Golden Waterway" and the "Gold Coast" meet, and the strategic opportunities such as the "Belt and Road", the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta overlap here. The high-speed railway along the Beihe River and the Haitai River crossing channel are about to start, and the planning and construction of Nantong New Airport is progressing in an orderly manner. Cross-river link to the world's seaport, upstream service to the inland, and relying on the window advantage of Shanghai's integration into the world are accelerating into development, and the city's potential can be expected.
A cultural city is full of vitality.
6000 years ago, our ancestors flourished in the Qingdun area in the west of Nantong. A hundred years ago, the sage Zhang Jian independently opened up a new road and built the "First City of Modern China" in Nantong. Nantong is a famous hometown of cultural relics, education, sports and longevity. It is also a rare national forest city built on the plain. The proportion of days with excellent air quality is leading in the whole province, and the ecological restoration of Binjiang area in Wushan area has become a national model. Nantong is livable and suitable for business, and the new city and the old city complement each other. You can enjoy the elegant demeanour of "competing for five continents' civilization" a hundred years ago in Haohe and Tangzha ancient towns, or you can go to Nantong Grand Theatre by Zilang Lake to watch plays and exhibitions in the art museum.
Chongshang Heavy Industry is economically active.
As one of the birthplaces of modern national industries in China, the century-old trade has a long history, covering the whole country and the world 120 countries and regions. In recent years, Nantong's GDP has crossed four hundred billion steps, and all counties (cities, districts) under its jurisdiction have exceeded 100 billion. In 2020 and 20021year, the city's GDP exceeded the trillion yuan mark for two consecutive years, and reached 100363 billion yuan in 2020, ranking second in large and medium-sized cities in China and eighth in prefecture-level cities.
Chongwen attaches importance to education, respecting talents and loving talents.
Nantong prospers because of people and talents, and always insists that innovation is the first driving force, makes good use of talents as the first resource, and vigorously implements the strategy of rejuvenating the city through science and technology and strengthening the city through talents. Nantong is the first city in Jiangsu Province to legislate for talents. 202 1, Nantong integrated, optimized and upgraded the original talent policy around the construction of a youth talent-friendly city, and launched version 3.0 of the new talent policy. We will introduce a series of valuable and competitive support policies, such as start-up capital, financial policy support, and talent recommendation and reward, establish and improve a multi-level housing supply system from "one bed" to "one room" and then to "one suite", and constantly improve the supporting functions of public services such as children's education, medical security, and parents' pension, so as to provide the greatest support for talent entrepreneurship.