Nanjing City, Capital of Jiangsu Province

Nanjing Scene

Nanjing is a major international commercial port in the Yangtze delta region, second only to Shanghai. The total turn over of retail sales of the social consumer goods in 1995 amounted to 24 billion Yuan, a 27% growth over the previous year, ranking among ten major cities of the country. The monetary market plays an important controlling role in the economic operation of the city.

In Nanjing there are over 460 natural science research institutions with more than 320,000 technical personnel of different specialties and over 40 social science research institutions with more than 50,000 researchers. The scientific and technological strength thereof ranks third in the country. 291 major achievements have been made in the fields of science and technology throughout the city in 1995, of which 6% are up to the international standard and 42% are up to the domestic advanced standard.