As far as economic development is concerned, 13 cities in Jiangsu are very good, and they have all entered the list of the top 100 cities in China. Among them, Suzhou ranks sixth in the country with a GDP of 1.92 trillion. Suqian, the lowest ranked city, has a GDP of more than 300 billion, ranking 84th in the country. Jiangsu Province 13 cities all entered the 300 billion mark.
Figure: Schematic diagram of Jiangsu administrative divisions.
13 Among the cities, there are three cities with GDP exceeding one trillion: Nanjing, Suzhou and Wuxi. Looking at the whole country, Guangdong Province can be compared with it. Not surprisingly, Nantong's GDP will also exceed the trillion mark in 2020, when four cities in Jiangsu Province will have GDP exceeding one trillion. The GDP of Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu has also exceeded 700 billion yuan, ranking 27th in China, surpassing many provincial capitals.
Jiangsu province is not only a prefecture-level city, but also a province with the largest number of top 100 counties in China. In 2020, Jiangsu Province, one of the top 100 counties in county economy, will occupy 25 seats, even the top three. Among them, the first place in the country is Kunshan, the second is Jiangyin and the third is Zhangjiagang. So many top 100 counties are enough to prove the balanced development of Jiangsu. It also proves the vitality of Jiangsu's own economy.
Photo: Kunshan
This is the difference between Jiangsu and Guangdong. Jiangsu's development model is a bottom-up industrialization model, which is a way for township enterprises to give priority to development and promote the overall industrial progress in the region. Guangdong's model is more a top-down industrialization model supported by national strategy.
Jiangsu's balance is not only reflected in economic development, but also in the level of science education. Besides Nanjing University, there are many good universities in other cities. There are 2 1 1 Suzhou University and 985 China Renmin University (Suzhou Campus) in Suzhou, 21/Jiangnan University in Wuxi and 21/China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou. In addition, Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang, Yangzhou University in Yangzhou and Changzhou University in Changzhou are also good.
Photo: Suzhou University
In addition, Jiangsu's culture is also balanced. Jiangsu's culture is extremely diverse and rich. Jiangnan culture represented by Suzhou, Nanjing culture represented by Nanjing, Huaiyang culture represented by Yangzhou and Han culture represented by Xuzhou. Although Suqian has no famous history and culture, it has a strong wine culture. Yancheng also has salt culture.
Even a county-level city in Kunshan has a famous Kunqu opera.
Taizhou is the hometown of Mei Lanfang, Xuzhou is the hometown of Liu Bang, and Suqian is the hometown of Xiang Yu.
Photo: Xuzhou motioned
Nanjing is too strong, Suzhou is too strong, Wuxi is too strong and Nantong is too strong; Yangzhou is strong, Taizhou is strong, Xuzhou is strong, and everyone is strong. This has caused everyone to be self-superior and unable to form an absolute center. Therefore, cities in Jiangsu Province compete with each other and no one will obey anyone. However, this may also be the underlying logic of Jiangsu 13, which further caused the good development of cities.
In a word, Jiangsu Province is a very powerful province, but it is also very diverse and balanced. This is obviously different from other provinces. Other provinces are either underdeveloped or unbalanced in development. There are few strong provinces that can balance like Jiangsu.