Jiangsu
Sign in to saveJiangsu is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fourth most populous, with a population of 84.75 million, and the most densely populated of the 22 provinces of the People's Republic of China. Jiangsu has the highest GDP per capita and second-highest GDP of Chinese provinces, after Guangdong. Jiangsu borders Shandong in the north, Anhui to the west, and Zhejiang and Shanghai to the south. Jiangsu has a coastline of over along the Yellow Sea, and the
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Jiangsu is a coastal province in eastern China that punches above its weight economically and demographically—despite being the third smallest province by area, it has the second-highest provincial GDP in China and the highest GDP per capita, driven by strength in finance, technology, education, and tourism. With a population of 84.75 million people packed into a relatively small space, Jiangsu is China's most densely populated province and plays an outsized role in the nation's economic development.
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- 63370000 (74%)
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34 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Imperial dynasties
- Modern times
- Geography
- Climate change in Jiangsu
- Administrative divisions
- Politics
- Courts
- Economy
- Demographics
- Religion
- Transportation
- Air
- Rail
- Road
- Metro (subway)
- Culture
- Education and research
- Higher education
- Double First Class Universities in Jiangsu
- Additional schools
- Tourism
- Sports
- Nature
- International relations
- Twin Provinces
- Twin towns and sister cities
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
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Jiangsu is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fourth most populous, with a population of 84.75 million, and the most densely populated of the 22 provinces of the People's Republic of China. Jiangsu has the highest GDP per capita and second-highest GDP of Chinese provinces, after Guangdong. Jiangsu borders Shandong in the north, Anhui to the west, and Zhejiang and Shanghai to the south. Jiangsu has a coastline of over along the Yellow Sea, and the Yangtze flows through the southern part of the province.
Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, Jiangsu has been a national economic and commercial center, partly due to the construction of the Grand Canal. Cities such as Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Shanghai (separated from Jiangsu in 1927) are all major Chinese economic hubs. Since the initiation of economic reforms in 1990, Jiangsu has become a focal point for economic development. It is widely regarded as one of China's most developed provinces, when measured by its Human Development Index (HDI). Its 2025 nominal GDP per capita reached CN¥167,970 (US$24,113), becoming the first province in China to reach the $20,000 mark in 2021.