# Jingjiang

Jingjiang (Chinese: 靖江; pinyin: Jìngjiāng) is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is located on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River, and is the southernmost part of Taizhou City, bordering Nantong to the northeast, Suzhou to the southeast, Wuxi to the south, Changzhou to the southwest, and Zhenjiang to the west. The area of Jingjiang is 655.6 square kilometres and the population was 663,408 at the 2020 census.

## History

The terrain of Jingjiang nowadays was originated as a shoal in the Yangtze River, which was known Matuosha in the ancient China. As the shoal had been extended, it was separated from then Jiangyin county to found a new county in 1471. As being looted by the Wokou for several time, it is designated Jiangjiang (means "pacifying the Yangtze River").
The county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yangzhou originally, was converted to a county-level city in 1993, then was transferred to the Taizhou in 1996.

## Geography

The Yangtze had split into the north and the south distributaries at Jingjiang, but the city merged into the north bank later than the 1610s inasmuch as the north distributary was filled in by continued deposition.

## Climate

Climate data for Jingjiang, elevation 10 m (33 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 34.3 (93.7) | 35.1 (95.2) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.1 (102.4) | 39.6 (103.3) | 37.1 (98.8) | 33.2 (91.8) | 28.1 (82.6) | 22.2 (72.0) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.9 (84.0) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.1 (89.8) | 28.0 (82.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 16.9 (62.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 20.9 (69.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 5.7 (42.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 24.0 (75.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 12.6 (54.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | 16.6 (62.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.4 (43.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.6 (70.9) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 20.8 (69.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 3.0 (37.4) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.2 (15.4) | −8.8 (16.2) | −5.5 (22.1) | 0.3 (32.5) | 6.0 (42.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 9.4 (48.9) | 0.8 (33.4) | −4.8 (23.4) | −11.2 (11.8) | −11.2 (11.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.2 (2.25) | 54.6 (2.15) | 76.2 (3.00) | 74.4 (2.93) | 94.7 (3.73) | 196.9 (7.75) | 200.0 (7.87) | 178.9 (7.04) | 88.6 (3.49) | 59.8 (2.35) | 54.5 (2.15) | 37.4 (1.47) | 1,173.2 (46.18) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.6 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 119.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 73 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 134.1 | 134.3 | 161.6 | 186.1 | 199.8 | 161.1 | 207.5 | 214.6 | 186.0 | 181.8 | 154.3 | 151.5 | 2,072.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 42 | 43 | 43 | 48 | 47 | 38 | 48 | 53 | 51 | 52 | 49 | 49 | 47 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transportation

The city is part of the Yangtze River Delta region and has one river crossing. The Jiangyin Suspension Bridge, which carries the G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway to Jiangyin, is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. The G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway to Nanjing and Shanghai also passes through the city.

## Economy

Traditionally, the city has been noted for its core manufacturing industries in electronics, auto parts, biochemicals, textiles and machinery. Emerging industries include shipbuilding and logistics (transport).
Seven major local shipyards, including one of China's largest private shipyards New Century Shipyard and its subsidiary New Time Shipyard; New Yangtze Shipyard, which went public in Singapore in 2007 and it was the first ever China's private shipyard listed on overseas stock exchange.

## Administrative divisions

Jingjiang city consists of 1 subdistrict and 8 towns:

### 1 subdistrict

* Jingcheng (靖城街道) - is upgraded from town.

### 8 towns

| Xinqiao (新桥镇) Dongxing (东兴镇) Xieqiao (斜桥镇) Xilai (西来镇) | Jishi (季市镇) Gushan (孤山镇) Shengci (生祠镇) Maqiao (马桥镇) |
-Former town is merged to other.
* Binjiang (滨江新城)
In addition the city has a provincial level economic development zone (Jingjiang Economic Development Zone).

## School and Education

Middle School:
* Jiangsu Jingjiang Senior Middle School
* Jiangsu Jingjiang Xieqiao Middle School
* Jiangjiang No.1 Middle School
* Jingjiang Bingjiang School
* Jingjiang Foreign Language School

## Food

The city is noted for its pork jerky and slices, along with steamed soup dumplings filled with crab juices.

## Notable people

* Gao Jin
* Henry Liu
* Tao Siju
* Song Zude
* Younan Xia