What kind of city is Nanjing?

Nanjing, referred to as "Ning", was called Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times. It is the capital of Jiangsu Province, a sub-provincial city, a megacity and the core city of Nanjing metropolitan area. It is an important central city in eastern China, an important scientific research and education base in China, and a comprehensive transportation hub approved by the State Council. As of 202 1, there are 1 1 districts in the city, with a total area of 6,587.02 square kilometers, a built-up area of 868.28 square kilometers, a permanent population of 9,423,400, an urban population of 8188,900, and an urbanization rate of 86.9%.

Nanjing is located in the east of China, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and coastal waters. It is the seat of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, an important gateway city for the development of the central and western regions driven by the Yangtze River Delta radiation planned by the State Council, and an important node city for the strategic intersection of the eastern coastal economic belt and the Yangtze River economic belt.

Nanjing is one of the first national historical and cultural cities, an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, and has long been the political, economic and cultural center of southern China. Nanjing ape-man lived in Tangshan 350,000 ~ 600,000 years ago, with a history of over 7,000 years of civilization and nearly 500 years of capital construction. The excavation of Xijie ruins traces the history of Nanjing's city construction back to the Western Zhou Dynasty 365,438+000 years ago.

Nanjing is an important science and education center in China. Since ancient times, it has been a city that worships and values education. Known as "the literary hub in the world" and "the first school in Southeast China". More than half of the top scholars in China in Ming and Qing Dynasties came from Gongyuan in Jiangnan. As of 202 1, there are 68 institutions of higher learning in Nanjing, including two first-class universities 13, planned universities1institute, 2 1 1 institute, and 97 academicians of the two academies, all second only to each other. Among the top 20 scientific research cities in the world, Nanjing ranks eighth in the world and China ranks third.

In August 2020, UN-HABITAT released the list of Asia 100 big cities. Nanjing ranks 1 1 in Asia and 5th in Chinese mainland. In 2022, the GDP of Nanjing was 1690785 billion yuan, up by 2. 1% year-on-year.