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淮The安City Hof uai'an
Geographical Location Huai’an lies in comparable to that of Germany. Huai’an has 7
the north of port areas with an annual handling capacity over
90 million tons. Huai’an New Port is operating
Yangtze River container lines to Shanghai, Nanjing, and
Lianyungang, etc. 2 high-speed railways are under
Delta and the center of northern Jiangsu province. construction and to be completed in 2019. When
high-speed railways are put into operation, it takes
Covering an area of 10,100 square kilometers, 3, 2, and 1 hour respectively to Beijing, Shanghai and
Nanjing.
Huai’an has a population of 5.68 million.
Industries Major manufacturing industries
Culture Thanks to its geographical location, include IT, salt chemicals, food
Huai’an, as a capital city along the processing, new energy automobile
Grand Canal, is a city with a unique and bio-pharmaceutical. Major service industries
combination of grace of southern China and include logistics, e-commerce and healthcare. Major
generosity of northern China. This unique culture agricultural industries include high quality rice and
cultivates numerous celebrities in Huai’an, namely aquatic products. IT and food processing industries
the first premier of P.R. China Zhou Enlai, famous have become pillars of Huai’an.
ancient strategist Hanxin, great novelist Wu
Cheng’en, etc. The city is also the birthplace of Platforms Huai’an has 8 state-level
many historic famous books, such as Journey to the platforms, including national
West and Travel Notes of Lao Ts’an. Furthermore, economic and technological
Huai’an is the home of Huaiyang Cuisine, one of the development zone, new and high-tech industry
four traditional Chinese cuisines. development zone, comprehensive tax-protected
zone, entrepreneurship park for returned people,
Transportation Huai’an airport offers over software park, etc. as well as 7 provincial-level
20 routes flying to and
from Beijing, Shanghai,

Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Taiwan, etc. 5 national

expressways intersect in Huai’an, with a density

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