Huai’an is located in the north-central part of Jiangsu Province and the eastern part of the Jianghuai Plain. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta region, an important central city in northern Jiangsu, a close circle city in Nanjing Metropolitan Circle, the first city in the Huaihe Ecological Economic Belt, and the intersection of the ancient Huaihe River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, on the “Qinling-Huaihe” line, the north-south divide of China. It is a national civilized city, a national historical and cultural city, a national health city, a national garden city, a national model city for environmental protection, a national low-carbon pilot city, and an excellent tourist city in China. It is one of the major birthplaces of Huaiyang cuisine and has been successfully selected as the “World Capital of Gastronomy”, and is one of the ancient cultural birthplaces of the Jianghuai Valley. It has an area of 10,030 square kilometers.
Huai’an has a history of more than 2,200 years as a city. It was established as a county in the Qin Dynasty and has the famous “Qingliangang Culture” site in its territory. Huai’an was once a transportation hub and a major salt transportation hub, with the offices of the General Governor of Water Transport and the Governor of the Jiangnan River. Huai’an was once known as one of the “four major cities” along the canal, along with Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yangzhou, and was known as the “capital of China’s canals”. The Huai’an section of the Chinese Grand Canal was selected as a World Heritage Site. Huai’an is a major transportation route from the south to the north and a regional transportation hub in the northern Yangtze River Delta. According to the seventh census, Huai’an has a resident population of 4,556,230 as of November 1, 2020. 2021, Huai’an will have a regional GDP of RMB 455,013 million.
Huai’an, with its outstanding people, is the hometown of Premier Zhou Enlai, a great man of his generation. [6] History has given birth to the great military man Han Xin, the great scholar of Han Fu, the heroine Liang Hongyu, the author of Journey to the West, Wu Chengen, the national hero Guan Tianpei, and Liu Oei, the author of The Travels of the Old Disabled.
Huai’an has famous red tourism scenic spots such as Zhou Enlai’s Hometown Scenic Area, Liulaozhuang Company Memorial Park of the New Fourth Army, Huanghuatang New Fourth Army Headquarters Memorial Hall, and Memorial Hall of the Old Site of Suwan Border District Government, etc., and ecological tourism scenic spots such as Ancient Huaihe River Cultural and Ecological Scenic Area, Li Canal Cultural Corridor, and Qingyan Garden.

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