According to official website, Ganyu District People's Government, located at the junction of Sulu and Shandong, on the coast of Haizhou Bay and the Yellow Sea, is the "North Gate" of Jiangsu. Ganyu is an old county and a new district. Ganyu County in Qin Dynasty was known as "the Pearl of the Yellow Sea, the hometown of Xu Fu". In 20 14, the whole county was divided into districts, governing 15 towns and 2 provincial development zones, with an area of 1477 square kilometers, registered population of1/8000, and permanent population of the seventh census of 1004.