Question: In what dynasty were textiles particularly popular?
Answer: Qing

Question: During the textile boom, how many jobs were created?
Answer: around 200 thousand jobs

Question: In what time period did Nanjing transform from a producer to more of a consumer city?
Answer: Into the first half of the twentieth century

Question: What mostly caused the shift to a consumer city?
Answer: the rapid expansion of its wealthy population

Question: What is Zhongyang Shangchang?
Answer: huge department stores

Question: In what year did the revenue of food and entertainment eclipse the output of industry?
Answer: 1933

Question: How much of the population worked in a service capacity at that time?
Answer: One third of the city population

Question: What did the government build in Nanjing during the 1950's?
Answer: a series of state-owned heavy industries

Question: The mistakes the government made during this period resulted in what type of growth?
Answer: negative economic growth

Question: How many Pillar industries were there from the 1960s to the 1980s?
Answer: Five

Question: The inability to compete with multinational firms led to what for workers?
Answer: large numbers of layoff

Question: The government wanted Nanjing to be what kind of industrial city?
Answer: “world-class”

Question: What type of industries are now dominant in Nanjing?
Answer: Service industries

Question: How much of the city's GDP do the service industries contribute to?
Answer: about 60 percent

Question: Companies such as Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo have built what in Nanjing?
Answer: many R & D centers and institutions

Question: Companies such as Ford, IBM, Lucent, Samsung and SAP have built what in Nanjing?
Answer: research center

Question: The top 3 industries in Nanjing are?
Answer: financial industry, culture industry and tourism industry

Question: What was Nanjing's GDP in 2013?
Answer: RMB 801 billion

Question: What was Nanjing's GDP per person in 2013?
Answer: RMB 98,174(US$16041)

Question: Was the GDP in 2013 an increase or decrease over 2012's levels?
Answer: increase

Question: How was Nanjing's unemployment rate, compared to the nation as a whole?
Answer: lower than the national average

Question: What was Nanjing's GDP ranking in all of China for 2013?
Answer: 12th

Question: What are the three types of transport in Nanjing?
Answer: land, water and air

Question: What is the most popular method of travel for citizens?
Answer: public transportation

Question: How many bridges does Nanjing have over the Yangtze River?
Answer: five

Question: How many tunnels does Nanjing have over the Yangtze River?
Answer: two

Question: Where is the city centre located?
Answer: on the south bank

Question: Nanjing's railway is important, and is located in what region of China?
Answer: eastern China

Question: What line does Nanjing serve as a railway junction for?
Answer: Beijing-Shanghai (Jinghu)

Question: What lines comprise the Beijing-Shanghai (Jinghu) line?
Answer: the old Jinpu and Huning Railways

Question: What high-speed railway is Nanjing connected to that contains Shanghai?
Answer: Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu Passenger Dedicated Line

Question: What type of railway lines are now under construction?
Answer: several more high-speed rail lines

Question: How many railway stations are there in Nanjing?
Answer: 17

Question: Which are the two most prominent railway stations?
Answer: Nanjing Railway Station and Nanjing South Railway Station

Question: When was the Nanjing Railway Station originally constructed?
Answer: 1968

Question: In what year was the Nanjing Railway Station re-built?
Answer: 2005

Question: Which station is one of the 5 hub stations on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway line?
Answer: Nanjing South Railway Station

Question: What type of highways let commuters get to cities fast?
Answer: Express highways

Question: How many miles of highways are in Nanjing?
Answer: 140 mi

Question: What are the names of the artery roads in Nanjing?
Answer: Zhongshan Road and Hanzhong

Question: Zhongshan Road and Hanzhong cross each other in what area of Nanjing?
Answer: in the city centre, Xinjiekou

Question: What is the total coverage of the city with roads, in miles?
Answer: 181.15 mi/100 sq mi

Question: What are the main types of public transportation?
Answer: bus, taxi and metro systems

Question: How many companies are involved with the network of buses?
Answer: three companies

Question: How many stations are there in total in the Nanjing metro system?
Answer: 121 stations

Question: When does Nanjing expect to finish it's light rail line?
Answer: 2030

Question: How many bus routes are there in Nanjing?
Answer: more than 370 routes

Question: What is Nanjing's airport called?
Answer: Lukou International Airport

Question: How many routes does Nanjing's airport run?
Answer: 85 routes

Question: How many passengers did the airport service in 2013?
Answer: 15,011,792 passengers

Question: When did the airport open for business?
Answer: 28 June 1997

Question: What airport was the primary airport before Lukou?
Answer: Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport

Question: What is the largest inland port for China?
Answer: Port of Nanjing

Question: How long is the Port of Nanjing?
Answer: 98 kilometres (61 mi) in length

Question: How many berths does the Port contain?
Answer: 64

Question: When did Longtan Containers Port Area open up?
Answer: March 2004

Question: How many containers can Longtan Containers Port Area handle?
Answer: one million container-capacity

Question: When was the very first Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge finished?
Answer: the 1960s

Question: What was the symbolism of the bridge?
Answer: symbol of modern China

Question: When did the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge first open for traffic?
Answer: 1968

Question: What type of design is the bridge?
Answer: a two-tiered road and rail design

Question: How many more bridges have been built since the first one was completed?
Answer: four

Question: How many ancient capitals does China have in its history?
Answer: four

Question: What type of people does Nanjing draw because of its culture?
Answer: intellectuals

Question: In what dynasties did poets congregate in Nanjing?
Answer: the Tang and Song dynasties

Question: When did the city serve as the official imperial examination centre?
Answer: the Ming and Qing dynasties

Question: What was the name of the examination centre?
Answer: Jiangnan Examination Hall

Question: How is Nanjing seen, from a cultural perspective?
Answer: as a “city of culture”

Question: Who provides strong support to Nanjing?
Answer: local educational institutions

Question: What city is considered one of the more pleasant cities to live in, by the Chinese?
Answer: Nanjing

Question: Does Nanjing have a long or short tradition of culture?
Answer: a long cultural tradition

Question: Where do some of the country's most prominent art groups call home?
Answer: Nanjing

Question: Which opera company is based in Nanjing?
Answer: Jiangsu Peking Opera Institute

Question: What art company is based in Nanjing?
Answer: Nanjing Xiaohonghua Art Company

Question: Name two dance groups that are based in Nanjing:
Answer: the Qianxian Dance Company, Nanjing Dance Company

Question: What is the name of China's oldest stage art?
Answer: Kunqu

Question: What is one of the best theatres for Kunqu?
Answer: Jiangsu Province Kun Opera

Question: What type of troupe is Jiangsu Province Kun Opera considered to be?
Answer: a conservative and traditional troupe

Question: What other types of operas are performed in Nanjing?
Answer: Yang, Yue (shaoxing), Xi and Jing

Question: What other types of theater performance are seen in Nanjing?
Answer: Suzhou pingtan, spoken theatre and puppet theatre

Question: What is the name of the largest art gallery in Jiangsu Province?
Answer: Jiangsu Art Gallery

Question: What type of art does Jiangsu Art Gallery contain?
Answer: traditional and contemporary art pieces of China