Jiangxi, referred to as Gan for short, was named after Tang Xuanzong set up a western road in the south of the Yangtze River in 733 AD. It is also known as Ganjiang, the largest river in Jiangxi. Nanchang, the provincial capital, is located in the southeast of China, on the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with latitude of 24 29 ′14 ″ to 30 04 ′ 43 ″ and longitude of113 34 ′18 ″.
It borders Zhejiang and Fujian in the east, Guangdong in the south, Hunan in the west and Hubei and Anhui in the north. Jiangxi is the hinterland of Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Minnan Triangle.
Jiangxi is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with superior geographical position and convenient transportation. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the land of drought crossing", "the land with five heads at the end of Chu, the Guangdong households and the Fujian Pavilion", and it is also known as "the land of righteousness in the chapter, the hometown of white cranes and the abundant rice cultivation".
Some areas in Jiangxi belong to the economic zone on the west side of the Taiwan Strait. Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, is also one of the super-large copper industrial bases in Asia, with the reputation of "World Tungsten Capital", "Rare Earth Kingdom", "China Copper Capital" and "Hometown of Nonferrous Metals".
Jiangxi is a place with profound cultural heritage and a country with meaningful chapters, which has nurtured red culture, landscape culture, ceramic culture, academy culture, opera culture, farming culture, business culture and traditional Chinese medicine culture, Linchuan culture, Luling culture, Zhang Yu culture and Hakka culture.
Jinggangshan in Jiangxi is the cradle of China revolution, Nanchang is the birthplace of China People's Liberation Army, and Ruijin is the place where chinese soviet republic Provisional Central Government was established? Anyuan is the birthplace of the workers' movement in China.