The general area, population, geographical location and traffic conditions of Nantong, Taizhou, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou and Shanghai.

Nantong covers an area of 8544 square kilometers.

Population: 7,637,200 (end of 2008)

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".