Jiangsu has over 1000 Km of Yellow Sea coastline and cover the lower reaches of the Yangtze river. It is a very wealthy province and one of China's largest regional economies, attracting the most inward investment of any Chinese region in 2003.
Administrative type | Province |
Area | 102,600 km 2 (1.1% of China's total area) - almost half of UK |
Capital City | Nanjing |
Other large cities | Wuxi Suzhou Xuzhou |
Population (2004) | 74.3 million (5th) 1 - one quarter higher than the UK |
GDP (2004) - per capita | US $186.4 (3rd) - one fifth greater than Scotland's GDP US $2,506 (5th) |
Consumption per capita (2004) | US $1085 (6th) |
Foreign Direct Investment (2003) | US $10.6 billion (1st) |
Exports Imports | US $88.0 billion (14.8% of China's total exports) US $91.5 billion (16.3% of China's total imports) |
Number of Universities (2004) Number of higher education graduates (2004) | 112 197,000 |
Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2005 | 1Regional rankings within China, 1st = highest, 31st = lowest |
Scottish Links
Government Links
Commercial Links
Scottish companies with a presence in Jiangsu include:
- Incline Global Technology Service
- Rosti Technical Plastics
- Worldmark
Educational/Science Links
Glasgow Caledonian University have a memorandum of agreement for advanced entry to Engineering programmes with Jiangsu University.
The Scottish Crop Research Institute and Mylnefield Research Ltd have an academic collaboration with Nanjing Agricultural University and the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science in Nanjing.
Cultural/Sports Links
The Executive is developing its database of Scottish links with each of China's regions. Do you know of any Sino-Scottish regional link that we have not included above or that is in need of updating? If so, please let us know by completing the regional links form.