Most Beautiful Bay on Yangtze River, Most Attractive City in Jiangnan—Zhenjiang

Abstract

Zhenjiang is a famous historical and cultural city with more than 3,000 years of history. Thanks to its unique locational advantage at the confluence of rivers and favorable ecological environment with mountains and forests, Zhenjiang was an important commercial port and traffic hub in the lower reaches of Yangtze River in history, a city where southern and northern cultures met and merged and that led the development of prosperous Jiangnan (south of Yangtze River). After reform and opening up, it experienced rapid economic and social development and became much stronger economically, but rapid development came with unprecedented pressure on resource and environment and challenges to sustainable development. Zhenjiang is the smallest and least populous city in Jiangsu Province with relatively insufficient resources.