The charming and fertile Rudong County is located on the northern side of the Yangtze River Delta in southeastern Jiangsu Province. She lies 120 42¡¯---121 25¡¯ East longitude and 32 12¡¯---32 37¡¯ North latitude with the northern part of the Yellow Sea to her south and east, Rugao City to her west, Hai¡¯an County to her northwest and Tongzhou city to her south. The land is from the western part of Zhuzhuang village of Yuanzhuang town in her west and the east-bank of Yanchang, Rudong in the east with a length of 68KM, and Nanhe Division of Zhujiayuan village, Juegang town in her south and New Reclaimed Area of Bengcha town in the north with a width of 40KM. Rudong County has coverage (excluding sea area) of 1,872km² and a population of 1.06 million (by the end of 2007). Through a bird-eye view, Rudong is just like a huge palm placing on the broad Jianghai Plain, containing the tremendous waves of the Yellow Sea, and the sandbanks spreading from the beach to the sea are just like its fingers. With the deepest area of 16-25 meters on the outer side of the west Sun Island, the channels between the sandbanks can pass the marine vessels; it¡¯s a fine-quality deep port resource and can be constructed as a deepwater dock of 100,000-300,000 ton class.

Rudong County enjoys fine national resources. The land is a typical kind of coastal plain, which is general even and flat with the west a little bit higher than the east and the south than the north, the altitude is 3.5-4.5meters. The county is located in the northern subtropical marine climate monsoon area, with the influence of the sea and monsoon circulation, it enjoys plenty sunshine and rainfall with a mean yearly temperature of 15¡æ, which is desirable for living and planting. The county boasts fertile land, rich water, grass and woods as well as green garden and fields, which is desirable for producing cotton, grain, vegetable and fruit. Rudong has toppled an annual whole cotton producing capacity of million kilograms for three times, which took the lead in Jiangsu Province and enjoyed a good reputation in China, and has thus attained praises by China State Council. Rudong is also the China advanced county of grain producing, China advanced county of goods lean swine raising, national advanced county of exporting goat skin, national advanced county in water reservation construction and China advanced county in plain greenery, so on and so forth. With a bird-eye view, you may see Rudong a county of a great deal of ponds and channels, flat fields, rich grains and flourishing domestic animals and fowls, the broad ¡°huge palm¡± is very affluent and colorful, which deserves the titles of ¡°little Southern Jiangsu areas¡± in the Mid-Jiangsu and a land of fish and rice.

Rudong boasts long coastlines and broad beaches, which is suitable for fishing and salt-making. Besides of the agricultural resources such as grain, cotton, oil, cocoon and swine, the broad sea areas and beaches make a tremendous and inexhaustible wealth. The county has a coastline of 106km and a beach of 1.04million mu. After 1951, the county has reclaimed land from the sea for 12 times, and has created a beach of 361,000mu named as the ¡°Second Rudong¡±. The county also enjoys rich inshore resources with over 50 kinds of shallow water shells such as clam, which is beautifully called ¡°the most delicious in the earth¡±, has an annual export capacity of over 15,000T, which makes the county the China largest base of clam producing and export. Additionally, the county also has ¡°Xishi Tongue¡±, razor shell, little whelk, boold clam, clam, Xiangsi whelk, horned whelk, etc., and over 100 kinds of fish with the most popular ones like yellow fish, pomfret, Spanish mackerel, Chinese herring, mullet, Chinese drums, saury, arrowhead fish, plank fish and balloonfish, etc. The most famous shrimps are red shrimp, white shrimp, prawn, golden-hooked shrimp as well as swimming crab, big black crab and Guangong Crab, so on and so forth. The eel fry, which is called ¡°soft gold¡±, laver, toasted eel, fried or powdered clam and ¡°the eight delicacies¡± are more popular in China and abroad.

¡°Rudong saw fishing and salt-making as people set roots.¡± Rudong was born from sea and now is standing beside it, from which, the local people also attained happiness. Since time immemorial, the county has the folklore goes like: ¡°the treasures everywhere in the beach of the Yellow Sea bring along a gold ox everyday.¡± The famous prime minister in feudal China, Wen Tianxiang once came out a poem right here reads: ¡°winds generates thousand tiers of waves, tide creates 10,000 hectors of sands; crab seeds are abundant in the spring while salt is made in the dusk.¡± The man of literature Sheyi of the Qing Dynasty also wrote a poem: ¡°to see from beach with the breath of sea and sound of river, there are few people living in the sands, the spring wind will blow the peach blossom open sooner or later.¡± The charm of marine foods of Rudong County could be sensed between these lines. The broad beaches also provide abundant tourist resources. The broad south Yellow Sea, endless beaches, charming coastal scene and primitive flavor of the village of fishing arouse great interests of the tourists from home and abroad. The constructing oriental grand port---Yangkou Port will bring the end to the history of ¡°the sea without port¡± of Nantong city and bring along the historic development from the times of river and pond to the era of river and sea of Nantong city.

 In the charming and affluent land, Rudong residents are working diligently and patiently. The glorious achievements of reclaiming land from the sea, the world famous delicacies, well-known local produces and tasted characteristic tourism not only constitute the prides of Rudong people, but make a great attraction to the guests all over the world. Rudong enjoys abundant natural resources, the raw materials of the nature offer an inexhaustible reservoir of treasures for us; Rudong also boasts countless of brilliant talents, the Rudong people today are striving for new development with pioneering spirit in fertile and primitive land. Nowadays, the spring wind of reform and opening up is overflowing in this land; the rich resources are continuously exploited. As the new century comes, Rudong economy is experiencing historic breakthrough, it¡¯s developing from the agriculture and fishing oriented county to a county strong in industry. Presently, the industrial system with complete categories, involving the backbone industries such as textile, pharmaceutic and chemical engineering, e-information, light industry and marine biology, etc. has been formed, the city also owns the Asia-largest processing export base of towel, glove and iron chain. In the newly constructed industrial park, there are rows of factory buildings and sees a great batch of overseas investors. The investment environment is constantly improved, a heat situation of grand opening-up, grand development and exploration is more and more cleared. The development pattern of globalization of the industrial economy of the city is basically formed, the overall strength is constantly increased. The county had been appraised as one of the China 100 top counties in countywide basic competitiveness for five times, the county ranked in the county with maximum investment value in Yangtze River Delta and China 100 Top Counties in comprehensive strength of Rural Economy. Additionally, Rudong is also the one of the national 100 star counties, one of the national 100 top counties in sci-tech and post, the advanced county of family planning in China, advanced county of radio and television in China, the land of folk painting in China and Jiangu provincial better-off county. Rudong enjoys convenient transportation with five provincial level roads passing through, it takes only half an hour from the county proper to Xingdong Airport by car. After the completion of Sutong Bridge, the county will be in the ¡°1.5-hour-drive Shanghai Economic Circle¡±. Rudong is also strong in basic education. The education quality of Jiangsu province ranks the first level in China while that of Rudong is advanced in Jiangsu province. The broad land of Rudong county is displaying encouraging future and great vitality.

As you look into afar on the Fangong Bank, you may see thousands hectors of fine fields and fragrant grains inside and broad beaches offering tremendous fortune outside. Here boasts plenty of grains, cottons and marine products as well as charm of materials, scene and people, which is more attractive. Rudong, one of the earliest costal counties open to the outside, is just like a bright pearl lying in the golden coastline, collecting the enormous scenery in the ¡°huge palm¡± while offering the tremendous treasures of the affluent land to the people in the world.