Where is Nantong?

It covers an area of 8544 square kilometers.

Population: 7,765,438+0,000 (end of 2006)

Postal code: 22600 1

Code 320600

Automobile brand su f

Area code 05 13

Pinyin Nantong city

Resident chongchuan district

It is divided into two municipal districts, Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone, two counties and four county-level cities.

City Tree: Magnolia grandiflora

City flower: chrysanthemum

Latitude and longitude: 3 1 4 1'-32 43' north latitude and 0/2012'-155' east longitude.

Note: Yuantuojiao in Qidong, Nantong is the earliest place where the sun rises in Jiangsu.

Nantong became the mainland because of the alluvial wind and sand, and it has a history of more than 5000 years. "Tong" for short, also known as Chongzhou, Chongchuan and Zilang, and Tongzhou in ancient times. It has a history of 1000 years since Xiande built the city for three years at the end of the Zhou Dynasty (956). After the Revolution of 1911, it was named Nantong to distinguish it from Tongzhou, Hebei. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.

geographical position

Nantong is located in the south of the Yellow Sea, on the north bank of the Yangtze River estuary, facing Suzhou and Shanghai across the river in the south, bordering Taizhou in the west and Yancheng in the north, with a total area of 800 1 km2. Nantong is a plain, with an average elevation of about four meters, except for the Langshan low mountain.

On the map of China, only two cities are located at the intersection of the T-shaped structure of the coastal economic belt and the Yangtze River economic belt and at the head of the Yangtze River Delta. One is the international metropolis Shanghai, and the other is Nantong on the north bank of the Yangtze River separated by water. Nantong is known as the "North to Guangzhou" because it is the intersection of rivers and seas, the throat of the north and south, and faces the most economically developed areas in Shanghai and China, Sunan, across the river. The north is connected with the vast northern Jiangsu plain, and the railway connects the Eurasian Continental Bridge. From the Yangtze River estuary to the sea, you can reach the coastal areas of China and ports all over the world; Upstream, you can reach Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and Henan provinces. After the completion of Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge, Nantong will enter the one-hour economic circle of Shanghai. Nantong faces two economic radiation plates, overseas and inland, and has similar geographical advantages with Shanghai. Known as the "Pearl of the Rivers and Seas" and "the first window of the Yangtze River".

Population profile

Nantong is a city with a large population. At the end of 2007, the city's total population was 7,693,500, the population density was 962 /km2, the birth rate was 5.46‰, and the natural population growth rate was -2.27‰. The population density ranks first among prefecture-level cities in China.

Nantong is the city with the earliest family planning work and the most remarkable effect in controlling population growth in China. In the early days of liberation, Nantong had a large population base. 1953 At the time of the first census, the total population of Nantong reached 5,073,200, ranking first in Jiangsu Province. The population density is 634 people per square kilometer, 267 people more than the provincial average. Under the influence of the "Left" trend of thought criticizing Ma Yinchu's new population theory and the "Cultural Revolution", Nantong's population experienced two birth peaks, the first in 1954-1958 and the second in 1962-6958. The ringing of the population alarm has aroused great attention from party and government departments at all levels. In the early 1970s, Nantong resumed and rebuilt the leading bodies of family planning organizations and grass-roots work networks. By formulating and issuing the population plan, publicizing and implementing the policy of "late, little, little" marriage and childbearing, Nantong's population birth rate dropped rapidly to 15.62‰ in/972, and the natural population growth rate dropped to 8.68‰, taking the lead in realizing the the State Council Plan eight years ahead of schedule in China. In the early 1980s, the population and family planning work in Nantong entered an important turning point, especially after the publication of the "Open Letter" of the Central Committee, which strongly advocated that a couple should have only one child. The city's birth rate and natural population growth rate have further declined. Although influenced by the periodicity of the previous two baby boomers, the third baby boomer lasted for 8 years from 1986, under the atmosphere of strictly controlling the excessive population growth, through the joint efforts of governments at all levels and population and family planning workers, the peak of this baby boom is much lower than the previous two baby boomers, with a net increase of only 365,000 people. From 1997, Nantong achieved zero population growth, and from 1998, there was a negative population growth in 10. Since the implementation of the basic national policy of family planning, there have been 3.5 million fewer births in the city. Effective population control has laid a solid foundation for the harmonious development of Nantong's economy and society and the improvement of people's living standards.

Nantong is a city with a relatively good population environment. Nantong is one of the earliest 14 coastal cities in China, one of the cities with the best living environment, and a famous hometown of education, architecture, sports and longevity. Abundant high-quality labor resources have provided great impetus for Nantong's reform, opening up and economic take-off; The developed medical and health system provides a reliable guarantee for the health of Nantong people; The cumulative one-child rate is as high as 90%, the sex ratio of the birth population has remained in the normal range for more than 30 years, and the maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate have achieved the control target of 20 10 planned by the the State Council Women and Children's Commission six years ahead of schedule; In 2007, the average life expectancy reached 77.6 years.

Nantong is one of the fastest aging areas in China. The age structure of Nantong population changed from young adults to adults in 1960s, and 1982 began to age as soon as it became a stable adult. 1982 in the third national census, there were 529,395 elderly people over the age of 65 in Nantong, accounting for 7.2% of the total population, which was earlier than the national announcement of entering an aging society in 2000 18. Since then, the aging rate of Nantong population has been accelerating. In 200 1 year, there were 943,453 elderly people aged 65 and above in the city, accounting for 12.03% of the total population in the same period, which was significantly higher than the level of 7.9% in Jiangsu and the whole country in the same period and close to the developed level in the United States and the world. With the aging trend of the elderly population, the number of long-lived elderly people is increasing. According to the data of "Five-year Plan", there are 80-year-old people 17. 10000 in the city, accounting for 2.3% of the total population. As of June 2003, there are 449 elderly people over 65,438 in this city, which is equivalent to 57 centenarians per million people. Rugao has the highest proportion, with 83 people per million people, exceeding the United Nations standard of 75 years old or above 100 years old, which can be defined as the hometown of longevity with 8 million people. There are 138 townships (towns, streets) in the city, with a distribution area of 88.5%, of which the oldest is male 105 and female 106.

natural resource

Nantong combines the advantages of "golden coast" and "golden waterway", with 226 kilometers of Yangtze River coastline, of which more than 30 kilometers can be used to build 10,000-ton deep-water berths; It has a coastline of 2 10 km, in which more than 40 kilometers of deep-water berths with a tonnage of over 50,000 tons can be built. The coastal area of the whole city is10.3 million square kilometers, and the coastal beach is 210.0 million hectares, which is one of the richest coastal land resources in China. The proven mineral resources mainly include iron ore, oil, natural gas, coal and marble. The city's total cultivated land area is 7 million mu, the soil is fertile, and there are many kinds of suitable plants, rich in rice, cocoon, cotton, oil and other crops. Rich in aquatic resources, China is the export base of Meretrix meretrix, Porphyra, Eel, Nereis and Prawn. Lvsi Fishing Ground is one of the four largest fishing grounds in China and one of the nine largest fishing grounds in the world.

History and culture

Historical background

Nantong is formed by the continuous development and merger of the ancient sand mouth on the north bank of the Yangtze River and belongs to the alluvial plain in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. More than 6,000 years ago, the Yangtze River water carried a large amount of sediment from the upper reaches and deposited in the estuary, thus Nantong became land and gradually extended from west to east to south. The geographical outline of the whole territory is longer in the east-west direction than in the north-south direction, surrounded by water on three sides and filled with sea on one side, which looks like an irregular diamond. It consists of Langshan residual hill area, Hai 'an Helixia area, North Shore Gushazui area, Tonglu water ridge plain area, Nantong ancient river tributary plain area, southern plain and mainland area, Sanyu marine plain area and coastal new reclamation area.

Cultural characteristics

During the Five Emperors in China's ancient legends, tribes in northern Jiangsu often fought against tribes in the Central Plains. Dongyi tribe living in Huai and Yi areas was defeated by Zhongyuan tribe. In order to escape the war, the Dongyi tribe had to move. Guqingdun people are one of them. They are the earliest ancestors and immigrants in Nantong. They planted the seeds of northern culture at the earliest time and branded it with the imprint of northern culture.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, destroyed Xing (west of Hai 'an and northwest of Rugao) and marched north to the Central Plains, "sealing his man between Jianghuai". In 506 BC, Wu defeated (northeast of jiangling county, Hubei) in the expedition. The adherents of Yunzhou participated in the patriotic struggle at the instigation of the State of Wu. Shortly after Chu defeated Wu, he withdrew his troops and settled in Lifa Township, Hai 'an County. In 473 BC, the more Wu was destroyed, the capital moved to Langya (now Jiaonan County, Shandong Province) and immigrated to the north on a large scale. At the beginning of Han Dynasty, King Dong Ou migrated to Jianghuai. Some immigrants scattered in Hailing (now Taizhou, Haiyang), and they brought Wu-Yue culture here, forming a trend of "culture from south to north".

During the Jin Dynasty War, the population of the north moved southward on a large scale, and during the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, it moved to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. At that time, the immigrant population in Hailing area surged dozens of times, and the northern culture and the southern culture met here.

During the reign of Emperor Liang Yuan of the Six Dynasties (AD 552), Hudouzhou (also known as Hudouzhou) appeared at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and there were people who cooked salt. These people mainly come from Changzhou in the south of the Yangtze River (now Changzhou, Wujin, Yixing, Wuxi, Xishan and Jiangyin), and they basically retain the characteristics of Wuyue culture. Hu Douzhou belonged to Hailing in Sui Dynasty, and Langshan became a military stronghold under the jurisdiction of West Road in Zhejiang Province and Changzhou in Zhejiang Province because of military needs in Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Yao family ruled Hudouzhou (now called Jinghai) and Dongbuzhou for half a century, with tens of thousands of troops and their families, mostly Wuxing people. At that time, southern culture was dominant.

In the weekend, he was virtuous for three years (AD 956). In the week, he took Huainan and the area north of the Yangtze River in the southern Tang Dynasty, and he was promoted to Jinghaidu Town as a still water teacher, belonging to Yangzhou. Soon it was changed to Tongzhou, with Jinghai and Haimen counties. Because Jing Island is connected with the mainland and changed to Hailing County, Jinghai people have increasingly frequent contacts with residents in Rugao and other places, and a large number of Hailing people have moved between the two places or settled down. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, another northern prisoner was exiled to Tongzhou, and the influence of southern culture seemed to gradually weaken. However, Zhang Shicheng rose in the south of the Yangtze River at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and a large number of Jiangnan residents moved to Rugao at the beginning of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. During the Opium War and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, many businessmen and craftsmen from the south of the Yangtze River came to Rugao to settle down. Rugao is a county under Tongzhou in 1724.

Haimen Island, formed in Dongbuzhou, was originally a place where prisoners were exiled, and immigrants also came from Changzhou. Due to the cultural isolation caused by the rise of Jinghai County after 130 years, Haimen people have always maintained the characteristics of Wu culture. In the early Ming Dynasty, some Jiangnan scholars who supported Zhang Shicheng were punitively moved to Lvsigang. They gathered at Egret Harbor in Changshu and crossed the river to Lvsi. This is what people call "jiding". They also retained the customs of Jiangnan culture. At the beginning of18th century, Chen (1688- 176 1), a Chongming native, led his wife to open up wasteland along the river in Haimen, which led to a large number of Chongming people moving to Jiangbei. They worked hard and gradually turned the newly reclaimed land along the river into a village. At that time, there were more than 10 thousand people in Haimen and nearly 3 thousand people in Chongming. The formation and rise of modern textile industry attracted more and more industrial and commercial households and other people from Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shanghai and Zhenjiang to settle down, do business and conduct cultural exchanges in Nantong. The influence of southern culture has almost continued.

Southern culture has a great influence on Nantong. In Nantong dialect, Wu dialect is spoken by the most people. Nantong Peking Opera belongs to the South School of Peking Opera, and Guanyin Bodhisattva is generally worshipped by the people. Northerners often treat Nantong people as Jiangnan people, while southerners often treat Nantong people as northerners (Su Beiren). This dislocation just shows the cultural characteristics of Nantong as a transitional zone between north and south, which has both culture-south wind and north rhyme.

Local culture

Copper Opera: Copper Opera is a local opera in Nantong. Originally a boy's play, it originated from Shangboy. The so-called "boy wizard" is a folk professional wizard. Witches who originated in Chu and Yue merged with local dialects, cultures, customs and people's feelings, and gradually formed another branch of ancient wizards with distinctive local colors in Nantong-Nantong Boy. In the process of superstitious activities in rural areas, Tongzi put on makeup and put on a series of performances by processing rap, nonsense, seven-character decrees and ancient children's books with certain stories. It is deeply loved by farmers with its singing accompanied by gongs and drums, rough singing and easy-to-understand lyrics. Although the boy's acting skills in Persuasion are too simple and crude, it is indeed a typical folk drama, with hundreds of thousands of audiences and enduring. Like Nantong, a city with developed economy and culture in the coastal area, Nantong boy still retains his original and simple style. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Tongzi abandoned the superstitious content of worshipping gods and exorcising ghosts, and performed modern drama in the form of rap, bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, and gradually transformed into ordinary drama, which improved in choreography, performance, music and dance beauty. In recent years, Nantong Tongzi has not only been listed as a key research topic, but also attracted more and more attention and interest from scholars at home and abroad.

Nantong Dongzi Club: Once upon a time, after Nantong suburbs appeared every autumn, there was always a "Dongzi Club", also called "Tang Wei Club", which was presided over by a respected elder in Tang Wei. They chose to watch the sun in mid-June, and invited Dongzi to perform, seeking happiness with the help of "sky lanterns".

At the beginning of the "Dongzi Club", Huang Longqi held high, the host lit incense and opened the altar, and invited Dongzi paddock to perform acrobatic performances: "attacking the fire circle", "drilling the fire knife" and "rowing the tiger" ... It's really eight immortals crossing the ocean, showing their magical powers. If you have this skill in the pond, you can also perform for fun. In the afternoon, under the leadership of the host, an activity called "Disaster Collection" was held to celebrate the bumper harvest. In the evening, the bright moon was used as a lamp, and lotus palace lanterns were hung to entertain the Ming Dynasty. Dong Zi acted. Most of the plays are folk oral rap or seven-character songs, and most of them are persuasion plays to suppress evil and promote good.

It is said that during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, a Dongzi in Tongzhou, with a golden mouth and a loud voice, caught the patient's psychological rap "Bao Gong Li Liang" and "cured" the depression of the county official's mother. The old mother took her son to listen to the song book together, and his son woke up like a dream, reducing taxes for the people. Since then, the value of Dong Zi has increased. Dong Zixie Association also appeared, a performance between Tang Wei and Tang Wei. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the custom of "Dong Zi Club" ceased to exist, and Dong Zi became a drama artist.

In 2006, Nantong was recognized as a "national environmental protection model city" by the State Environmental Protection Administration. In 2007, Nantong was rated as "National Health City" by the state, and at the same time, Nantong was also rated as "the best leisure and tourism city in China". In 2008, Nantong was rated as "National Garden City" by the state.

Industry and transportation

Nantong leads the country in basic education and quality education. At present, Nantong has 15 world champions and Olympic champions * * * who have won 50 gold medals for the motherland, ranking first among prefecture-level cities in China, and is known as the "cradle of world champions". Nantong Construction Industry won 38 Luban Awards, the highest award in China, ranking first among prefecture-level cities in China. There are the first museums in China-Nantong Natural Museum and the museums around Haohe River.

traffic

Highway:

There are four expressways in Tong Ning, Tongqi, Tongyan and Binhai, and a world-class bridge-Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge.

In addition, the Chongqi Yangtze River Bridge and Chonghai Yangtze River Bridge under construction will narrow the distance between Nantong and Shanghai.

Through the 204 and 328 national highways in China, Nantong's highway network has become increasingly shaped and mature.

Aviation:

Nantong Xingdong Airport is located in Xingdong Town, Tongzhou City, northeast of the urban area18km, covering an area of1700mu. /kloc-0 was completed at the end of 992 and put into use the following year.

Nantong Xingdong Airport Terminal has a building area of nearly 6,000 square meters, which can meet the annual passenger flow of 240,000 passengers and peak hours of 250 passengers. The terminal building adopts the modern architectural technique of the first floor technology in the front row, and absorbs the characteristics of the rural Qingwapo roof in Nantong, which has a local style.

Nantong Xingdong Airport is designed according to the national second-class airport standard, with good clearance conditions in the flight area, advanced radio communication navigation system, approach instrument landing system, navigation aid lighting system and automatic weather station. In addition, it is equipped with a complete wired communication system, power supply system, water supply, cooling and heating system and aircraft oil supply system, which can be used for the take-off and landing of most D-type aircraft such as MD-82, Boeing 737 and A320.

Railway:

Xinchang Railway and Ningqi Railway pass through the territory, and the main domestic passenger stations are Nantong Station, Rugao Station and Hai 'an County Station. Nantong station has been integrated into the national railway network, and all parts of the country can be reached from Nantong. In addition, the Hutong Railway Bridge is under planning and construction. Upon completion, Nantong Station will become a hub station in East China.

Waterway:

Nantong Port is one of the top ten ports in China, and it is also a direct transit hub for inland river transportation in the Yangtze River system. Nantong and Shanghai have two speedboats going back and forth every day. Jiang LUN of Shanghai-Hankou and Shanghai-Chongqing both call at Nantong. From downtown and long-distance bus station to Nantong Port, you can take bus No.4 directly.

Car ferry:

There are Haitai Ferry, Ordinary Ferry, Sha Tong Ferry and Zhanggao Ferry along the Yangtze River, which are connected with the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the traffic is very convenient.

During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, transportation will adhere to the positioning of "Nantong as the hub", complete infrastructure investment of 2 1 100 million yuan, basically build highway and waterway infrastructure with reasonable layout, perfect structure and close connection, and fully integrate into the Yangtze River Delta. Fully form the road network structure of "inline going out and fast communication", and realize the 30-minute expressway in the city, the regional 1 hour traffic circle, the Shanghai 1 hour traffic circle and the three-hour traffic circle in the Yangtze River Delta. It takes 30 minutes from county to township, 40 minutes from town to town, and 5 minutes from administrative village node to county road/kloc-0. At the same time, speed up the construction of the river-crossing channel, the Sutong Bridge will be completed and opened to traffic, and the construction of Chongqi Bridge and Chonghai Bridge will be started to build a fast-track extending in all directions in Nantong and Shanghai. Construction of Yang Qi Expressway started, forming a "one horizontal, one vertical and one ring" expressway network in the city, effectively connecting with southern Jiangsu.

Go sightseeing

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 planned development of museums along the Haohe River 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 Water Painting Garden and Dinghui Temple in Rugao, the South Pavilion of Wen Tianxiang in Tongzhou, the disco on the sea in Rudong, the symphony in the air (flying kites by the sea), and the sun pavilion in the round corner of Qidong are all famous.

Modern Nantong people, represented by Zhang Jian, the top scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, creatively carried out urban construction, making Nantong the first urban model planned and built by China people according to advanced concepts, 15 ranked first in the country, and created the reputation of "the first city in modern China". Nantong's first-class quality and beautiful living and tourism environment, Haohe, located in the center of the city, has a unique and beautiful style, and won the "2005 China Human Settlements Model Award".

Nantong's beaches are flat and open, and there are tourism projects such as sea discos.

Langshan Mountain in Nantong is the first mountain from the sea to the river, and it is called the first mountain in the river and sea. Mountain height106.94m. Langshan is the Dojo of Bodhisattva, one of the three saints in Buddhism. The mountain is also dedicated to the only Great Sage Bodhisattva wearing a dragon robe, ranking first among the eight famous Buddhist mountains.

Nantong Haohe River is a beautiful and intoxicating urban river. Take a boat trip to Haohe River, and you can enjoy the wonderful artistic conception of the city sitting in the water and people traveling in a pictorial world. Nantong is the city with the highest proportion of longevity population in China. The proportion of centenarians is more than twice the international standard, and there are more than 600 centenarians in the city. The phenomenon of longevity has attracted worldwide attention. Visiting the Oriental Shouxing Garden and experiencing the mystery of health will definitely make you live longer.

More than 300 years ago, Dong Xiaowan, one of the four beauties in the late Ming Dynasty and one of the eight beauties in Qinhuai, performed a romantic love story in Shuihui Garden. When you arrive in Nantong, don't forget to go to Rugao to see the unique garden of Huizhou style-Shuihui Garden and taste Dong Tang made by Dong Xiaowan himself.

In addition, Nantong Underwater World also met with the public in 2007. The unique underwater scenery witnessed the birth of the third underwater world city in Jiangsu.

Nantong specialty

Xitingsu pancake

Langshan chicken

Nantong xiangtao sesame seed cake

Baipu yellow rice wine

Shi gang ru fu

Canned anchovies

Baipu "Sanxiangzhai" dry tea

Rare seafood-Meretrix meretrix

menthol

Blue printed cloth

Nantong kite

Nantong embroidery

Crochet clothes

tie-dye

Ji Desheng snake pill

Wang Bao Akamaru

Dongtang

Rugao radish

Lin Zichao cake

Rugao floss, ham, floss.

Bonsai (such as Pai and Tung Pai)

clam

outstanding

Nantong is full of people and celebrities. Writers such as Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Mi Fei and Wen Tianxiang left many immortal poems and stories in Nantong. Shen Shou, a master of modern Suzhou embroidery, also has many connections with Nantong. Chen Shigong, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, Li, one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou, and Zhang Jian, the top scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, were all from Nantong. Contemporary performing artist Zhao Dan, Chinese painting master Wang Geyi, snake medicine expert Ji Desheng and mathematician Yang Le are also from Nantong. Sports has attracted much attention. It has cultivated seven Olympic champions, including Huang Xu, Li Ju, Chen and Zhong Man, and a number of famous athletes, such as Zhang, Wu, Qin Yan, Zhao Jianhua, Ji Lei, Lv Bin and Zhao Tingting, and was praised as the "cradle of world champions" by Wu Shaozu, former director of the State Sports Commission.

economic development

65438-0984 Nantong was listed in the first batch of coastal development cities by the State Council. In 2003. Nantong's GDP reached 1006.7 1 100 million yuan. The fiscal revenue reached1169.9 billion yuan, achieving a historic breakthrough of "double surpassing" in GDP and fiscal revenue. In 2005, the city's GDP reached 65.438+047.208 billion yuan and its fiscal revenue reached 65.438+0765.438+065.438+09 billion yuan. In 2008, it surpassed Changshu. In 2007, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 73.654 billion yuan, an increase of 65.438+08.4% over the previous year. In terms of urban and rural areas, the retail sales of consumer goods in cities and towns (urban areas and county towns) was 4170.3 billion yuan, an increase of 20.0%; The retail sales of social consumer goods in rural areas (below the county level) was 3 19.5 1 100 million yuan, an increase of 16.5%. By industry, the retail sales of wholesale and retail reached 66.572 billion yuan, an increase of 65.438+07.6%; The retail sales of accommodation and catering industry was 6.894 billion yuan, an increase of 27.4%; The retail sales of other industries reached 65.438+0.88 billion yuan, an increase of 654.38+0.9%.

According to customs statistics, the total import and export value in 2007 was $654.38+02.776 billion, an increase of 27.4% over the previous year. Among them, exports reached 9.023 billion US dollars, up by 25.7%; Imports reached US$ 3.753 billion, up by 3 1.9% (see table below for main categories). In the city's total import and export, foreign-invested enterprises accounted for 9 1. 1 billion dollars, an increase of 28.3%. Among them, the export was US$ 665,438+35 million, an increase of 25.1%; Imports reached US$ 2.975 billion, up by 35.4%.

In 2001, 744 new foreign investment agreements were signed, including 246 projects with10 million dollars or more; The registered foreign capital of the newly approved agreements was 7.74 billion US dollars, an increase of11.5% over the previous year; The actual registered foreign investment in the account was USD 365,438+0.10.7 billion, up by 2 1. 1%.

In 2001, the newly signed foreign contracted labor service contracts amounted to 804 million US dollars, an increase of 48.4% over the previous year; The turnover of contracted labor services was US$ 849 million, up by 40.3%; The new labor force was 65,438 +0.54 million, an increase of 5.3%; At the end of the year, 37,600 laborers went abroad, an increase of 1 1.5% over the end of last year.

In 2007, Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone achieved a regional GDP of 654.38+008 billion yuan, an increase of 20.0% over the previous year, and the local general budget revenue was 654.38+065.38+300 million yuan, an increase of 34.9%. Enterprises with output value exceeding 50 million yuan 108 in the whole region, including 55 enterprises with output value exceeding 100 million yuan. There are 1 10 projects under construction throughout the year, including 100 projects with over 10 million yuan. In 20001year, 3 1 foreign-invested projects were newly approved, including 81projects with more than $0.00 million. The total import and export volume of the whole region reached US$ 2.635 billion (including export processing zones), an increase of 14.6%. Among them, the import value165438+30 million US dollars, an increase of 23.9%; The export value15.04 million USD, up by 8.5%.