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Lianyungang city lies between 34o12£§and 35o07£§north latitude, and between 118 o24£§and 119 o48£§east longitude, and is located in the middle of China¡¯s east coast, with a width of 129 km from east to west, and a length of 132 km from south to north, covering a total land area of 7499.9 sq km and a total water area of 1759.4 sq km. With its center part facing the Lian Island, backed by the Yuntai Mount, and embracing the port, the city gets its name from the mixture of above three names in Chinese.
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The city governs four counties including Donghai, Ganyu, Guanyun, Guannan, three districts including Xinpu, Haizhou, Lianyun, and a state-level economic and technological zone, with a total population of 4.72 million.
Being listed among the first batch of China¡¯s coastal open cities, the top ten seaport cities, the key national highway hub cities, China¡¯s Excellent Tourist Cities, and the top three commercial, trade and logistics centers in Jiangsu province, Lianyungang city boasts unique location advantages, huge development potential, and is striding forward towards its ambitious goal of international coastal city, modernized industrial port city, and well-known tourist city featuring a mixture of blue sea and green mountains. |
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¡¾Scientific & Technical Research¡¿ |
Lianyungang city is a region with relatively plentiful scientific and technical personnel, and comparatively high scientific and technical research standard. The city owns 17 independent scientific research institutes, 48 R&D centers founded by large and medium-sized enterprises, 5184 scientific and technical personnel. The institutes and research personnel have contributed the city 131 scientific and technical achievements which have passed examinations, among them, three reach international standards, nine fill domestic blanks, and eighty reach domestic advanced standards. |
¡¾Education ¡¿ |
| Lianyungang has four colleges with totally 37,000 students at school, of which one is affiliated to the province, three are affiliated to local government. In the city, there are four secondary specialized schools with 18,500 students at school; 680 primary and middle schools with 810,000 students at school; 759 kindergartens with 100,7000 children; and there are also 5 skilled workers'school£¬16 vocational middle schools, and 1052 adult education institutions. |
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| The city owns 4 state-level model middle schools, 16 three-star middle schools, 25 provincial model junior middle schools, and 30 provincial experimental primary schools, 15 provincial model kindergartens and 5 provincial-level and above key vocational schools. |
¡¾Health¡¿ |
Lianyungang city possesses one Grade-III hospital, 20 Grade-II hospitals, 25 Grade-I hospitals,107 health hospitals£¬and has formed an optimized health system that integrates medical treatment, prevention, convalescence, health-care, and research together, equipped with advanced medical apparatus including spiral CT, nuclear magnetic resonance, linear accelerator, color Doppler ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, automatic analyzer for microbes, electrocardiocorder. |
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The city owns the largest emergency center, blood bank, internet-based remote consultation center in North Jiangsu and South Shandong areas. |
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