Geographical feature

Yangzhou is situated in central Jiangsu at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It sits within the region that ties the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta,and the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt.

 

Main industries

"613" industrial system：comprised of 6 leading industrial clusters of high-end equipment,new energy,new materials,next-generation information technology,automobiles and auto parts, and life and health,and 13 emerging industrial chains covering aviation, industrial PCs and robots, high-tech ships and marine engineering equipment, smart grid,crystalline silicon photovoltaics,energy storage,hydrogen energy,high-performance composites,integrated circuits,artificial intelligence,new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, biomedicine,and novel food.（2024）

City symbols

City Flower: Qiong Flower（Viburnum keteleeri Carrière）; City Tree: Ginkgo Tree; City Song: Jasmine 

Number of visitors

Total 103.21 million (2023)

Administrative divisions

Yangzhou administers one county (Baoying), two county-level cities (Gaoyou, Yizheng), three districts (Jiangdu, Hanjiang, Guangling) and three functional zones (Economic and Technological Development Zone, Biodiverse Sci-Tech City, Shugang-Slender West Lake Scenic Area). 

Official website

http://www.yangzhou.gov.cn/