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Lianyungang () is a
prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
in northeastern
Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...
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, China. It borders
Yancheng Yancheng (), formerly known as Yandu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern coastal Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai' ...
to its southeast,
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and
Suqian Suqian ( zh, s=, t=, p=Sùqiān, IPA: ) is a prefecture-level city in northern Jiangsu Province, China. It borders Xuzhou to the northwest, Lianyungang to the northeast, Huai'an to the south, and the province of Anhui to the west. History Suqi ...
to its south,
Xuzhou Xuzhou ( zh, s=徐州), also known as Pengcheng () in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in ...
to its southwest, and the province of
Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...
to its north. Its name derives from
Lian Island Lian Island ( zh, s=连岛, p=lián dǎo) is the largest island in Lianyun District, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China. The island is located inside Haizhou Bay in the Yellow Sea. It is long from east to west across the island and it has an area of . ...
, the largest island in Jiangsu which lies off its coastline, and Yuntai Mountain, the highest peak in Jiangsu, a few miles from the city center, and the fact that it is a port. The name can be literally translated as the Port Connecting the Clouds. Lianyungang was home to 4.65 million inhabitants as of the 2020 census whom 1,210,767 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of Haizhou and Lianyun counties. Lianyungang was known in the West as Haichow (Postal romanization), which means the City of Sea. Haichow was opened to foreign trade by the Qing imperial government in 1905.


Geography

Lianyungang is between 118°24' and 119°48' east longitude and 34°11' and 35°07' north latitude. Lianyungang covers an area of . Lianyungang City is located in the central coastal area of China, in the northeastern part of Jiangsu Province. It borders the Yellow Sea in the east, faces North Korea, South Korea and Japan across the sea, borders Rizhao City in Shandong Province in the north, Linyi City in Shandong Province and Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province in the west, and Suqian City, Huai'an City and Yancheng City in Jiangsu Province in the south.


Administration

The
prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
of Lianyungang administers six county-level divisions, including three
districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
and three
counties A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
.


Economy

Lianyungang is one of the first 14 Chinese coastal cities opening to the outside world and a rising center of industry, foreign trade, and tourism in east China. It is the eastern terminus of the
New Eurasian Land Bridge The New Eurasian Land Bridge, also called the Second or New Eurasian Continental Bridge, is the southern counterpart to the Eurasian Land Bridge and runs through China and Central Asia with possible plans for expansion into South and West Asia. Th ...
and the proposed
Northern East West Freight Corridor The Northern East West Freight Corridor, usually referred to as the N.E.W. Corridor, is a project organized by the International Union of Railways UIC and Transportutvikling AS to connect the East Coast of the United States to East Asia by rai ...
. The New Eurasia Continental Landbridge continue by land, connecting Lianyungang with over 40 countries and regions in
Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
,
South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...
and the
Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
by railway networks. The Lianyun-Port, in the center of the coast, links eastern sea routes with western land routes.
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
and
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
in the east can be reached economically and conveniently from Lianyungang. Near the port, the
Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant (NPP) on the coast of the Yellow Sea, approximately 30 kilometers east of downtown Lianyungang, Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in ...
is one of the biggest nuclear power plants in China, with two operational units and six more planned. Lianyungang is also rich in mineral resources.
Donghai County Donghai County () is under the administration of Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Linyi (Shandong) to the north and Xuzhou to the west. The county has 300 million tons of quartz and 300,000 tons of r ...
has 70% of the national reserve of natural crystal, and is manufacturing 80% of China's crystal products. The
Chinese government The government of the People's Republic of China is based on a system of people's congress within the parameters of a Unitary state, unitary communist state, in which the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacts its policies through people's ...
has stated its intention to build an economic belt along the New Eurasia Continental Landbridge in "the Ninth Five-Year Plan of the National Economy and Social Development and the Long-range Goal for the Year 2010." On "China's 21st Century Agenda", Lianyungang is to be developed into an international seaport linking countries on the Pacific rim with those in Central Asia. In the "National Ocean Development Plan" it is listed as one of three special development zones. Lianyungang Economic & Technological Development Zone was approved by the State Council as one of the first batch of state-level development zones in December 1984. It is in the eastern new seashore urban area of Liangyungang City. The distance to the nearest airport, Liangyungang Airport is and the distance to the nearest highway G310 is . Lianyungang port is . On July 18, 2019, began a construction on a large petrochemical storage dock in the Xuwei area of the port of Lianyungang.


Climate

The temperature in Lianyungang can reach average highs of 30 °C in the summer and drop to as low as −4 °C in the winter. Lianyungang's climate is classified by
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and Geiger as Cwa (humid subtropical climate with dry winters). Due to the regulation of the ocean, the climate type is a humid monsoon climate with slightly maritime climate characteristics. Climate characteristics: four distinct seasons, cold and dry in winter, hot and rainy in summer. There is sufficient sunlight and moderate rainfall. The vast majority of precipitation occurs between June and August, where it can measure up to 278mm of rainfall on average. Winter precipitation is quite low, making snowfall rare and short-lived. Extremes since 1961 have ranged from a record high of on July 15, 2002, to a record low of on 5 February 1969.


Tourism


Lian Island Resort

One of the most popular tourist attractions in Lianyungang and the only AAAA-Class beachfront in Jiangsu Province,
Lian Island Lian Island ( zh, s=连岛, p=lián dǎo) is the largest island in Lianyun District, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China. The island is located inside Haizhou Bay in the Yellow Sea. It is long from east to west across the island and it has an area of . ...
( zh, s=连岛, p=lián dǎo) is a beautiful island connected to Lianyun District by a sea dyke, the longest in China. Lindao has a forest coverage rate reaches 80%. According to national standards, the water temperature suitable for swimming is 108 days in a year. Liandao has a monsoon marine climate transitioning from warm temperate zone to subtropical zone. It is close to the Haizhou Bay fishery. It has a wide variety of plants, abundant seafood, and unique resource advantages of sea erosion geology. There are two main beach and swimming areas, several places to eat, as well as hotels. Lian Island is home to an annual music extravaganza featuring some of China's most famous pop stars.


Huaguo Mountain

Lianyungang City, where Huaguoshan Scenic Area is located, is located in the middle of China's thousands of miles of maritime territory, in the northeast of Jiangsu Province, bordering the Yellow Sea to the east, the Central Plains to the west, Qilu to the north, Jianghuai to the south, and facing Japan and the Korean Peninsula across the sea. The scenic area covers an area of 75.39 square kilometers and has 136 peaks. Among them, the Yunu Peak of Huaguo Mountain is the highest peak in Jiangsu Province, with an altitude of 624.4 meters and majestic cliffs. Lianyungang is famous for its "Huaguo Shan, Shuilian Dong" () attraction. Shuiliandong literally means the "Water Curtain Hole," since, according to legend, the hole was hidden behind a waterfall, therefore resembling a "curtain of water." The hole is famous because according to legend it is the home of
Sun Wukong Sun Wukong (, Mandarin pronunciation: ), also known as the Monkey King, is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West''. In the novel, Sun Wukong is a monk ...
, commonly known as the Monkey King from the epic novel ''
Journey to the West ''Journey to the West'' () is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the Classic Chinese Novels, great Chinese novels, and has been described as arguably the ...
''. In this hole, underneath the mountain is where he and his monkey subjects lived. After learning
Tao The Tao or Dao is the natural way of the universe, primarily as conceived in East Asian philosophy and religion. This seeing of life cannot be grasped as a concept. Rather, it is seen through actual living experience of one's everyday being. T ...
, the Monkey King travelled back to the hole so that he and his subjects could eat and play for eternity. Eventually, the
Jade Emperor In the Chinese mythology, myths and Chinese folk religion, folk religion of Chinese culture, the Jade Emperor or Yudi is one of the representations of the Primordial Divinity (Tai Di), primordial god. In Taoist theology, he is the assistant of ...
sent heavenly armies to battle him at this spot because of his misdeeds. While the Monkey King story is a work of fiction,
Xuanzang Xuanzang (; ; 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Bhikkhu, Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making ...
, the monk whom he accompanies on the journey of the novel, was based on a historical person.


Jade Girl Peak

Jade Girl Peak, with an altitude of 625 meters, was formed during the Paleozoic Era. The name of Jade Girl Peak comes from the fact that Jade Girl Peak stands tall and tall for dozens of feet, and looks like a graceful girl from a distance.


Transport

Lianyungang has convenient transport including highway, railways, port and airport. It is one of the 42 major transportation hub cities in China.


Airport

Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport is an airport serving the city of Lianyungang in East China’s Jiangsu province. Opened on 2 December 2021, it is Lianyungang's main airport, with the existing dual-use Lianyungang Baitabu Airport ...
, south of downtown Lianyungang, provides scheduled passenger service to dozens of airports in China.
Lianyungang Baitabu Airport Lianyungang Baitabu Airport is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base in the city of Lianyungang in East China's Jiangsu province. It served as the city's civilian airport from 26 March 1985 until 2 December 2021, when all commercial flights w ...
(IATA: LYG, ICAO: ZSLG) was a dual-use military and public airport serving the city of Lianyungang. All flights were transferred to
Lianyungang Huaguoshan Airport Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport is an airport serving the city of Lianyungang in East China’s Jiangsu province. Opened on 2 December 2021, it is Lianyungang's main airport, with the existing dual-use Lianyungang Baitabu Airport ...
on 2 December 2021.


Railway

Lianyungang is the eastern end of the
Longhai Railway The Longhai railway (), formerly romanized as the is a major arterial east–west railway in China. It runs from Lianyungang, Jiangsu, on the Yellow Sea to Lanzhou, Gansu, through the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu, cove ...
(formerly the Lunghai Railway), connecting it with
Lanzhou Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. His ...
in central China. As a major arterial east–west railway in China, it runs from Lianyungang to
Lanzhou Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. His ...
,
Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...
through the provinces of Jiangsu,
Anhui Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...
,
Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...
,
Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...
, and Gansu, covering a total length of 1,759 km. Lianyungang-Xuzhou High speed Railway, connecting Lianyungang and the important provincial transportation hub of
Xuzhou Xuzhou ( zh, s=徐州), also known as Pengcheng () in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in ...
, is under construction. The length of this railway is and the speed standard is . Qingdao-Yancheng High speed Railway, part of China's Coastal High-speed Railway, goes through Lianyungang. The length of this railway is 429 km and the speed standard is 200 km/h. Lianyungang-Nanjing/Zhenjiang High speed Railway connects Lianyungang and the provincial capital,
Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...
. The length of this railway is and the speed standard is .


Expressway

Lianyungang is the intersection of
G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway The Shenyang–Haikou Expressway (), designated as G15 and commonly referred to as the Shenhai Expressway () is an expressway in China that connects the cities of Shenyang, Liaoning, and Haikou, Hainan. When fully complete, it will be in lengt ...
,
G25 Changchun–Shenzhen Expressway The Changchun–Shenzhen Expressway (), designated as G25 and commonly referred to as the Changshen Expressway (), is an expressway that connects the cities of Changchun, Jilin, China, and Shenzhen, Guangdong. When complete, it will be in length ...
and
G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway (), designated as G30 and commonly referred to as the Lianhuo Expressway (), is
.


Port

Lianyungang port is among the 10 largest ports in China and the 30 largest port in the world. The cargo throughput of Lianyungang port is 210 million ton/year (2015). The container throughput is 5 million TEU/year (2015). The port is part of the Maritime
Silk Road The Silk Road was a network of Asian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over , it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the ...
that runs from the Chinese coast to the south via
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
towards the southern tip of
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
, to
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, then through the
Suez Canal The Suez Canal (; , ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, Indo-Mediterranean, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest ...
to the Mediterranean with its connections to Central and
Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the Europe, European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern boundary is marked by the Ural Mountain ...
. Lianyungang Port connects the Yangtze River Delta to the south, the Bohai Bay to the north, Northeast Asia to the east across the sea, the central and western parts of the country to the west, and direct access to Central Asia and Europe. It is at the intersection of east–west communication and sea-land transformation. It is the eastern bridgehead and the new Eurasian Continental Bridge. It is one of the three main ports in my country's coastal major ports, regional central ports and the Yangtze River Delta port group.


Notable people

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Chen Qinggang Chen Qinggang (; born June 1966) is a Chinese journalist who served as the bureau chief of ''Hangzhou Daily News''. He took many photographs mainly about people's livelihood. Biography Chen was born in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coa ...
(born 1966), journalist and newspaper bureau chief * Zhong Huijuan (born 1961), pharmaceutical entrepreneur *
He Bingjiao He Bingjiao (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 21 March 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She won the silver medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2019 Asian Championships. She also won the bronze medals at the 2018 and 2021 World Champions ...
(born 1997), Chinese badminton player


Sister Cities

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, Kyrgyzstan * Greater Geelong, Australia *
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, South Korea * Napier, New Zealand *
Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...
, Spain *
Saga Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...
, Japan *
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, Japan * Volzhsky, Russia


See also

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List of twin towns and sister cities in China This is a list of places in China which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "Sister city, town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world). A Anguo * Dongdaemun Distri ...
*
Chinese frigate Lianyungang (522) BNS ''Umar Farooq'' () is a Type 053H3 frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. She has served in the Bangladesh Navy since 2020. The ship is named after the second Rashidun Caliph Omar. History The Type 053H3 frigate BNS ''Umar Farooq'' was previously k ...


References


External links


Government website of Lianyungang

Lianyungang comprehensive guide with open directory
(Jiangsu.net)

{{Authority control Cities in Jiangsu Prefecture-level divisions of Jiangsu Port cities and towns in China National Civilized City