Danyang, located in the Yangtze River Delta and Shanghai Economic Corridor, is a county-level city in Nanjing metropolitan area, located in the south of Jiangsu Province, and belongs to Taihu Lake Basin. 200 kilometers east of Shanghai and 68 kilometers west of Nanjing, the provincial capital; It is adjacent to Wujin District and Xinbei District of Changzhou City in the east, Dantu District and jurong city of Zhenjiang City in the west, Jintan District of Changzhou City in the south, and Zhenjiang New District and Yangzhong City across the river in the north. Now it is the administrative escrow of Zhenjiang City.

Danyang has a total area of 1.047 square kilometers, and governs 1 town, 1 provincial economic development zone (curved street), 1 provincial high-tech zone (Yunyang street) and Lianhu resort. It is a new central node city of Shanghai-Nanjing line. In 20 16, the comprehensive strength and industrial economy ranked 18 among the top 100 counties in China, and successively won the titles of the strongest manufacturing county and city in China in the Yangtze River Delta, the county and city with the most investment value in the Yangtze River Delta, the national health city and the harmonious city in China. ?

Danyang is the central node city of the Yangtze River Delta. Beijing-shanghai railway, Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway and Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway pass through the city, while Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, National Highway 3 12 and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal pass through the city. Changzhou Airport is located in the territory, and the foreign trade port is only 30 kilometers away from the urban area, forming a comprehensive three-dimensional traffic pattern of railway, highway, waterway and aviation, and constructing Danyang's unique location advantage.

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Danyang is a city of culture with a long history and rich humanities. Danyang has a history of more than 2400 years and is the birthplace of Wu culture. It has many places of interest, such as Yuruquan in the Western Jin Dynasty, stone carvings in the Southern Dynasties, Jiashan Temple in the Northern Song Dynasty and Wanshan Pagoda in the Ming Dynasty. Danyang was the secluded place of ji zi, a great virtue, a wise man and a saint in the Spring and Autumn Period, and also the hometown of Emperor Qi Liang in the Southern Dynasties.

Xu Hun, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, Ma, a famous educator in modern times and founder of Fudan University, Dai, a famous sociologist and educator, a famous painter and art educator, a great linguist, and a large number of celebrities and people who contributed to the revolutionary cause, such as Huang Jingxi, Guan Yu and so on, all came from Danyang.

Danyang is a city with developed industry and distinctive characteristics. After years of development, Danyang has formed traditional advantageous industries such as glasses, hardware tools, automobiles and parts, and wood industry. It ranks among the top counties and cities (regions) in the Yangtze River Delta 10, and enjoys the reputation of "the capital of glasses", "the kingdom of drill bits", "the city of auto parts", "the world of lamps" and "the aircraft carrier of wood industry" in China.

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