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A city with well-preserved cultural and historical resources
Updated: Jun 1, 2021
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Population: 4,559,800 (2020)
Area: 6,591 square kilometers
Location: east part of the Chinese mainland and middle of Jiangsu province
Economy
Yangzhou is getting momentum to develop its economic strength in automotive, machinery, IT, tourism, construction, and food industries.
In 2017, Yangzhou recorded GDP of 506.5 billion yuan ($80.3 billion), a growth rate of 8.0 percent. Such increase was sustained due to the city's continuous optimization of industrial structure, with the industrial economy surpassing its transformational pace, service industry accelerating quickly, and modern agriculture maintaining steady progress.
Administrative divisions
Yangzhou city governs two county-level cities – Yizheng and Gaoyou, one county – Baoying county, and three districts - Guangling district, Hanjiang district and Jiangdu district.
Sister cities
| International Sister Cities | Date Signed | International Sister Cities | Date Signed | International Sister Cities | Date Signed |
| Karatsu, Japan | Feb 22, 1982 | Atsugi, Japan | Oct 23, 1984 | Kent City, U.S.A | April 8, 1994 |
| Westport, U.S.A | June 5, 1995 | Offenbach, Germany | May 6, 1997 | Yangon, Myanmar | July 8, 1997 |
| Rimini, Italy | March 16, 1999 | Southen Grampians Shire, Australia | Sept 25, 1999 | Yongin, South Korea | May 10, 2000 |
| Goulburn, Australia | Nov 21, 2000 | Stanford, U.S.A | Sept 28, 2003 | Bree, Belgium | June 1, 2006 |
| Attleboro, U.S.A | May 18, 2007 | Balashikha, Russia | Oct 30, 2008 | Gyeongju, South Korea | Nov 24, 2008 |
| Breda, Netherlands | April 19, 2009 | Korcula, Croatia | April 16, 2010 | Nara, Japan | May 23, 2010 |
| Colchester, U.K. | Sept 29, 2015 | Ballarat, Australia | Sept 30, 2015 | Konya, Turkey | Dec 23, 2015 |
| Luxor, Egypt | Jan 26, 2018 |
