Nantong, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu and the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta. Children for short. Also known as Jinghai, Chongzhou, Chongchuan, Zilang and North Shanghai, Tongzhou was called in ancient times. One of the first 14 coastal cities in China, open to the outside world, with the Yellow Sea in the east and the Yangtze River in the south, invited by lights in Suzhou, Shanghai, and bordering Taizhou and Yancheng in the west and north. Because it is the intersection of rivers and seas, the throat of the north and the south, it is called "Northern Guangzhou". Nantong combines the advantages of "golden coast" and "golden waterway" and has a coastline of 226 kilometers along the Yangtze River. ?

Nantong has a history of more than 5000 years, because of the rising sand and alluvial land. Nantong has a history of 1000 years since the third year of Xiande in the following week (956). After the Revolution of 1911, Tongzhou was changed to Nantong County. 1983, Nantong was abolished and Nantong was established. Nantong has jurisdiction over 3 districts, 2 counties and 3 county-level cities, covering an area of 8,544 square kilometers. The first batch of coastal open cities. ?

Historical evolution:

According to geographical changes and historical origins, Nantong today is roughly divided into two parts: north and south. Today, Hai 'an and Rugao in the north of Nantong belonged to wuyue, Chu and other countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the seventh year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (4 1 1), Ninghai and Rugao counties were located and belonged to Hailing County, which was the beginning of establishing counties in the northern region. Today, the predecessor of southern Nantong is Tonghai area.

In the Tang Dynasty, Hu Douzhou developed. In the second year of Xuanzong's reign (875), Nantong restrained Langshan Town. Later, fengle town, Daan Town, Chongming Town and Langshan Town were established in the Five Dynasties. In the Five Dynasties, it was the Yao family that directly ruled Jinghai and Dongzhou. Yao is building a town hall called "the Capital of Jinghai", which governs four major towns: Langshan, Fengle, Daan and Chongming.