Zhangjiagang

The city of Zhangjiagang (张家港 市) is a county-level city in the east of the People 's Republic of China. It belongs to the administrative territory of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province and lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze underflow. It has an area of ​​813 km ² and has a population 868 640 ( 2004). Capital is the greater community Yangshe (杨舍镇).

Administrative Divisions

At the community level, Zhangjiagang is composed of eight large communities.

History

Zhangjiagang is a relatively newly built city, which developed in the course of China's economic reforms mid-80s from a village to the big city. In 1994, the city received the second highest economic assessment in China with a per capita income of $ 1000 per year. It is said that the rural population around Zhangjiagang is even wealthier.

1993 Zhangjiagang was appointed to a one-time existing in China Model City. Households were distributed brochures, specific guidelines for proper behavior. Among them were ten points that should be avoided and six instructions for actions to be observed. The guidelines should result in more " civilized behavior ". These new rules emphasized courtesy, mutual respect and obedience. Due to a strong enforcement of these rules, they are now so well obeyed that visitors to the city frequently praise the beauty and cleanliness of the city and the friendliness of its inhabitants as compared to other Chinese cities.

The government began due to the success in one of the "Learning from Dazhai " campaign reminiscent, Zhangjiagang to the positive model of the future Chinese city to propagate. So that as the objective is to be achieved, to make China a country of many "little Singapore ". In particular, the Chinese President Jiang Zemin, this objective was issued. This clean and friendly image Zhangjiagangs result, the city is visited by up to 300,000 tourists.

The former Dortmund steel mills Westfalenhütte and Phoenix East were dismantled in 2002 and 2003, and rebuilt in the steel plant in Zhangjiagang.

Sports

In the city, the 3750 -seat Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym.

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