Lianyungang is located in the middle part of China’s coastal line and the northeast end of Jiangsu Province. It is the eastern starting point of the New Eurasian Land Bridge Economic Corridor and one of the first batch of coastal cities opened to the outside world. It won the honors of National Civilized City, National Health City, National Garden City and Innovative Pilot City. The land area is 7,626 square kilometers, the sea area is 7,516 square kilometers and the urban area is 324 square kilometers. Its registered population is 5.31 million and the permanent population is 4.6 million.

It is a millennium old historical city with a rich cultural heritage. In Qin Dynasty (221 B.C. - 207 B.C.), it was established as Qu County and was first called Haizhou during the Eastern Wei Dynasty (A.D. 534- 550). In the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it was named “Xinhailian City”. In January 1953, it was transferred from Shandong Province to Xuzhou Special District in Jiangsu Province. In September 1961, it was renamed “Lianyungang City” and became a city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province in June 1962. In the late Paleolithic period, there were traces of ancient human activities. The Jiangjun Cliff rock paintings, known as the “Oriental Book of Heaven”, have a history of over 6,000 years and the Tenghualuo Site can be traced back to 4,600 years ago. Confucius once climbed mountains and looked at the sea here. The First Emperor of Qin toured to the east and established a stone as the “Eastern Gate of Qin”. The alchemist Xu Fu of the Qin Dynasty sailed to the east to the ancient Japan from Ganyu District. With nearly 2,000 years history, the Han Cliff Sculpture of Kongwang Mountain is the earliest Buddhist stone sculpture group in China, over 200 years earlier than the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang. During the Han and Tang Dynasties (202 B.C.-A.D. 907), it became one of the starting points of the “Maritime Silk Road” and an important landing place for Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty. Drama writer Guan Hanqing from Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) wrote the folk legendary book Injustice Suffered by Dou E from the inspiration of the Donghai Filial Wife. Novelist Wu Cheng’en from Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) created Journey to the West here, and writer Li Ruzhen from Qing Dynasty (1616-1912) wrote Flowers in the Mirror while living in Banpu, Lianyungang.

Education in Lianyungang: jyj.lyg.gov.cn