Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, Jiangsu Province has been a national economic and commercial center, partly due to the construction of the Grand Canal.
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28 Facts About Jiangsu Province
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Jiangsu Province is home to many of the world's leading exporters of electronic equipment, chemicals and textiles.
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Jiangsu Province has many highly ranked educational institutions, with 16 number of universities listed in the Double First-Class Universities, ranking second after Beijing.
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Jiangsu Province's name is a compound of the first elements of the names of the two cities of Jiangning and Suzhou.
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Under the reign of the Han dynasty, Jiangsu was removed from the centers of civilization in the North China Plain, and was administered under two zhou : Xu Province in the north, and Yang Province in the south.
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Cities in southern and central Jiangsu Province swelled with the influx of migrants from the north.
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Jurchen Jin dynasty gained control of North China in 1127 during the Jin-Song wars, and Huai River, which used to cut through north Jiangsu Province to reach the Yellow Sea, was the border between the north, under the Jin, and the south, under the Southern Song dynasty.
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Jiangsu Province's borders have been for the most part stable since then.
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Jiangsu Province changed hands several times, but in April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek established a government at Nanking; he was able to bring most of China under his control.
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Nanjing was the seat of the collaborationist government of East China under Wang Jingwei, and Jiangsu Province remained under Japanese occupation until the end of the war in 1945.
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The decisive Huaihai Campaign was fought in northern Jiangsu Province; it resulted in Kuomintang defeat, and the communists were soon able to cross the Yangtze River and take Nanking.
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The economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping initially focused on the south coast of China, in Guangdong province, which soon left Jiangsu behind; starting from the 1990s they were applied more evenly to the rest of China.
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Jiangsu Province is flat, with plains covering 68 percent of its total area .
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Jiangsu Province has a well-developed irrigation system, which earned it the moniker of .
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Large lakes in Jiangsu Province include Lake Tai, Lake Hongze, Lake Gaoyou, Lake Luoma, and Lake Yangcheng.
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Jiangsu Province is divided into thirteen prefecture-level divisions, all prefecture-level cities :.
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Politics of Jiangsu Province is structured in a one party government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
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Governor of Jiangsu Province is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Jiangsu Province.
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Jiangsu Province has an extensive irrigation system supporting its agriculture, which is based primarily on rice and wheat, followed by maize and sorghum.
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Jiangsu Province is an important producer of freshwater fish and other aquatic products.
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Jiangsu Province has coal, petroleum, and natural gas deposits, but its most significant mineral products are non-metal minerals such as halite, sulfur, phosphorus, and marble.
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Jiangsu Province is historically oriented toward light industries such as textiles and food industry.
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Since 1949, Jiangsu Province has developed heavy industries such as chemical industry and construction materials.
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Jiangsu Province contains over 100 different economic and technological development zones devoted to different types of investments.
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Predominant religions in Jiangsu Province are Chinese folk religions, Taoist traditions and Chinese Buddhism.
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Jiangsu Province is home to one of the most extensive transportation networks in China.
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Jiangsu Province cuisine is one of the eight great traditions of the cuisine of China.
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