What city is Yixing?

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It has been more than 2,200 years since Yixing was established as a county in the Qin Dynasty. In January 1988, Yixing County was abolished and Yixing City (county-level city) was established.

Yixing is located at the southern end of Jiangsu Province, in the center of the triangle of Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, and at the junction of Zhejiang and Anhui provinces. The city has a total area of ??2038.7 square kilometers and a population of 1.06 million. It consists of 14 towns, 4 streets, 1 national high-tech development zone, and 2 provincial economic development zones.

Yixing is a famous cultural city with a long history. It has been more than 2,200 years since the county was established in the Qin Dynasty. The starry sky of history shines with the glory of many Yixing celebrities. In ancient times, there were 10 prime ministers, 4 champions, and more than 380 Jinshi. In modern times, there are 24 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. There are more than 10,000 professors from Yixing scattered around the world, making it the "hometown of professors." In 2009, Yixing ranked among the "National Sustainable Development Experimental Zone" and "National Demonstration County (City) for Scientific and Technological Progress". The strategy of "revitalizing the city through science and education" keeps ancient Yixing forever young.

Yixing is "China's Excellent Tourism City", "National Garden City", "National Sanitary City", "National Environmental Protection Model City", "National Ecological Demonstration Zone", "Chinese Folk Liang Shanbo Zhu Ying" "Hometown of Taiwan". In recent years, Yixing has accelerated the implementation of the "tourism revitalization" strategy around the city's positioning as "Chinese Pottery Capital, Ecological Yixing". With five national AAAA-level scenic spots including Shanjuandong Scenic Spot, Bamboo Sea Scenic Spot, Longbeishan Forest Park, Yiyuan and Taozu Holy Land Scenic Spot as the core, nearly 20 independent scenic spots as supplements, and connected by tourist routes extending in all directions. A new territory has been basically formed, and tourism development and reception capabilities have been comprehensively improved. In 2009, the city received more than 8.5 million tourists, a record high.

The basic competitiveness of Yixing County's economy ranked sixth in the country in 2009. The city's regional GDP reached 67.02 billion yuan, a comparable increase of 15.7%; the total fiscal revenue exceeded 10 billion yuan, reaching 10.39 billion yuan. An increase of 18%, local general budget revenue was 4.5 billion yuan, an increase of 18.1%, of which the tax rate ranked first in the province; the growth rate of deposits and loans of financial institutions ranked first in the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou area. The city's per capita disposable income of urban residents and per capita net income of farmers reached 23,239 yuan and 11,210 yuan respectively, an increase of 12% and 10% respectively. The people's happiness continues to improve, and it was elected as the "Happiest City in China in 2009".