Jiangmen prefecture (yellow) and Jiangmen city (red) within Guangdong
Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Pengjiang District (22°40′N 113°05′E)
Area	9,260 km²
Coastline	? km (excluding islands)
Population	3,740,000 (2002)
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥ ¥
Major Nationalities	Han - >99.99%
County-level divisions	7
Township-level divisions	?
CPC Committee Secretary	?
Mayor	?
Area code	750
Postal Code	529000
License Plate Prefix	粤J

The Sino-British Restaurant, a renovated building along Changdi Middle road in the waterfront district.

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History

The port of Jiangmen opened to western trade in 1902. One legacy of this period is a historic waterfront district lined with buildings in the treaty port style. The city has an ongoing renewal project which has resulted in the restoration of many of these buildings. See Occident (movement) for the French political movement. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Nanking, August 29, 1842, Peace Treaty between the Queen of Great Britain and the Emperor of China The Treaty of Nanking (南京條約) is the agreement which marked the end of the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China. ...

Jiangmen was later established as a city in 1951, and then became a prefectural city consisting of the four cities over which it has administrative jurisdiction today. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Administration

Jiangmen has jurisdiction over:

• three urban districts:
  • Pengjiang District (Jiangmen City)
  • Jianghai District
  • Xinhui
• four cities at county level:
  • Taishan
  • Kaiping
  • Enping
  • Heshan

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Geography

Jiangmen city has an area of 9,260 km². The city is located on the lower reaches of the Xijiang river, in the west of the Pearl River Delta in the south middle of Guangdong Province. It faces the South China Sea in the south and is 100 kilometers away from Guangzhou and Zhuhai by highway. Xi River (西江, pinyin: Xī Jiāng, Postal System Pinyin: Si Kiang, lit. ... Map of Pearl River Delta (details) The Pearl River Delta (PRD, Chinese: 珠江三角洲; Mandarin Pinyin: ZhÅ« Jiāng SānjiÇŽozhōu; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: zyu1 gong1 saam1 gok3 zau1), China, occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the river flows into the South China Sea. ... The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. ... (Simplified Chinese: 广州; Traditional Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: GuÇŽngzhōu; Wade-Giles: Kuang-chou; Postal System Pinyin: Canton) is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. ... Zhuhai waterfront Zhuhai Campus of Zhongshan University Zhuhai (Chinese: 珠海; Pinyin: ; lit. ...

Its land area is about 10,000 square km, one quarter the size of Pearl River Delta.

The climate is subtropical with monsoon. Annual average temperature: 21.8 C. Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ... Monsoon in the Vindhya mountain range, central India A monsoon is a wind pattern that reverses direction with the seasons. ...

Economy

Jiangmen was not only selected by the state as a pilot city of a nationwide informationization programme, but also chosen by Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) as a trial city of the Regional Integration for Sustainable Economics (RISE) project. According to "Report on Investment Environment in China 2003" by the World Bank, Jiangmen ranked the forth, after Shanghai, Hangzhou and Dalian, among 23 cities in China under evaluation. Among various indicators, Jiangmen stands out in infrastructure, labour redundancy, proportion of joint ventures in all firms, informal payment to government, taxation, productivity and investment rate. The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) is a loosely binding economic agreement between certain members of the Pacific countries where different governments and corporations co-operate and discuss their economic affairs. ... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), stuated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China. ...   (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hángzhōu; Postal map spelling: Hangchow) is a sub-provincial city in China and the capital of Zhejiang province. ... Dalian (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Dàlián; Japanese: Dairen; Russian: Далянь, Dalian or Дальний, Dalny) is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China. ...

The economic development strategies within Jiangmen area focuses on one area (the three urban districts) and three lines (south, middle, and north lines). The city will develop four main economic areas: the central urban district of the city, Yinzhou Lake(銀州湖) economic area and economic area along transport axes.

Manufacturing industries

Similar to other cities in western Pearl River Delta, the manufacturing sector plays a significant role in Jiangmen's economy. The pillar industries include the manufacturing of motorcycles, household appliance, electronics, paper, food processing, chemical fibres and garments, textiles and stainless steel products. Some worldwide famous brand names include Haojue 125 motorcycle series, Jingling washing machines and Vinda toilet paper. A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... A major appliance is a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, food preservation, or cleaning, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting. ... The field of electronics comprises the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons (or other charge carriers) in devices such as thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) and semiconductors. ... Piece of A4 paper Paper is a thin material produced by the amalgamation of plant fibres, which are subsequently held together without extra binder, largely by hydrogen bonds and to a large degree by fiber entanglement. ... Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans. ... (See also List of types of clothing) Introduction Humans often wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments or attire) on the body (for the alternative, see nudity). ... This article is about the type of fabric. ... The 630 foot high, stainless-clad (type 304) Gateway Arch defines St. ... A roll of toilet paper. ...

Jiangmen Port

Jiangmen Port is the second largest river port in Guangdong province. The local government plans to develop a harbour industrial zone with heavy industries such as petrochemical and machinery industries. The local government decides an ocean economy as one of the city's development strategies. Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... Heavy industry does not have a single fixed meaning compared to light industry. ... Petrochemicals are chemical products made from raw materials of petroleum (hydrocarbon) origin. ...

Transportation

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Making use of the Jiangmen Port facilities, Chu Kong Passenger Transport (CKS) connects Jiangmen to Hong Kong (95 nautical miles) with high speed ferry services which take about 2.5 hours, one way. Chu Kong Passenger Transport (CKS) operate ferry services between Hong Kong and cities in Guangdong province, China. ... The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...

When compared to the sea transport, the development of Jiangmen's landtransport is relatively weak. However, the city retains a key route connection between the southwest region of Guangdong Province, also even the Guangxi Province, and Guangzhou. Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: Guǎngxī; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū) is a Zhuang autonomous region of...

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A network of routes is built since the late 1990s to facilitate industrial agglomeration of industrial zones within the city, which are fully supported with infrastructures.

Culture

Jiangmen is the famous hometown of 3.68 million overseas Chinese, who live in 107 countries and regions in the world. Strong oversea connections are found in Jiangmen villages. Overseas Chinese are Chinese people who live outside China. ...

Tourism

In relation to the history of great migration and overseas Chinese culture, lots of histrical heritage such as the fortified multi-story towers (known as "diaolou"碉樓 in Chinese) are valuable to tourists. In the local government's economic development strategies, the development of tourism and protection of the environment and the heritage is emphasized.

Miscellaneous

At Jiangmen are also world's tallest electricity pylons, the pylons of Pearl River Powerline Crossing. A pylon is a tall steel lattice structure used to support overhead electricity conductors for power transmission. ... The pylons of the Pearl River Crossing are three electricity pylons with heights of 240 metres, 253 metres, and 80 metres. ...