1, the hometown of textiles

Tongzhou area has been able to "smell the sound of looms and sunrise everywhere" since ancient times. The establishment and rise of Nantong textile industry originated from Mr. Zhang Jian, the pioneer and pioneer of modern textile industry in China.

Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, Nantong's traditional textile industry has been continuously transformed and upgraded, and the home textile industry has sprung up suddenly, becoming one of the world's three major home textile production bases and home textile professional markets.

2. The hometown of Wenbo

A long history has left a rich cultural heritage. Nantong Museum is the first museum in China, which initiated the cause of China Museum and established Nantong's position as the "hometown of cultural relics".

The spring breeze of reform and opening up has opened a new chapter in Nantong's culture and cultural undertakings. At present, the Wenbo Museum Group, composed of 28 museums including China Abacus Museum and Audit Museum, is the first demonstration project to establish a national public cultural service system. In 2009, Nantong was listed as a national historical and cultural city by the State Council.

3. Home of education

At the beginning of the last century, Mr. Zhang Jian, adhering to the concept of "father's industry, mother's education", founded a large number of educational institutions with modern significance in Nantong, and gave birth to the first normal school in China and other schools with modern significance, which made a great contribution in the history of modern education in China.

After the founding of New China, there were nearly 30 academicians from Nantong, including the famous mathematician Yang Le. Since 1990s, the quality of basic education in Nantong has been in the leading position in the whole province and even the whole country.

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. ?

By the end of February 65438+2020, Nantong had three municipal districts, 1 county and three county-level cities, with a total area of 800 1 square kilometer. In 20021year, Nantong achieved a regional GDP of 1 10269 billion yuan, an increase of 8.9% over the previous year, with a permanent population of 7.733 million at the end of the year.

Nantong is located in the east of China and southeast of Jiangsu, bordering the Yellow Sea in the east and the Yangtze River in the south. It is an important part of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, the gateway to the northern wing of Shanghai metropolitan area, and one of the first batch of 14 coastal cities in China. It combines the advantages of "golden coast" and "golden waterway" and has a coastline of 226 kilometers. Known as "the intersection of rivers and seas, the throat of the north and south."

Nantong is a famous national historical and cultural city, which has a history of 1000 years since it was founded in the third year of Xiande last week (956).

In the modern history of culture, science and education in China, Nantong established the first normal school, the first museum, the first textile school, the first embroidery school, the first drama school, the first deaf-mute school run by China people and the first weather station, which is called "the first city in modern China". ?

Nantong is the birthplace of "Nantong Phenomenon of Spiritual Civilization" and one of the most advanced areas in China and Jiangsu Province. It was rated as a national civilized city for five times in a row, and was selected as a national smart city pilot and a broadband China demonstration city.

20/KLOC-In May, 2004, Nantong was awarded the first "Longevity Capital of the World" by the International Society of Natural Medicine and the Certification Committee of the World Longevity Town. On June 20 18, 10, it won the first annual symbol city of healthy China, and ranked 22nd in the list of the top 100 cities in China in 20 18.