- Danyang, Jiangsu
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Danyang (Simplified Chinese: 丹阳市; Traditional Chinese: 丹陽市; pinyin: Dānyáng Shì) is a county-level city administered by Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province. It is famous for its spectacles industry and it has the Spectscles City.
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Economy
Danyang is located in southern Jiangsu Province. It has a total area of 1,059 km2 and a population of roughly 890,000. Danyang locals speak a dialect of Wu Chinese, and the city is on the linguistic borderline between Wu Chinese and Jianghuai Mandarin.
As one of the key cities in the Yangtze River Delta open to foreign trade, Danyang has shown strong economic and standard-of-living growth since 2000. In 2007, the GDP and per capita GDP of Danyang reached 35.7 billion yuan (US$4.7 billion) and 44,242 yuan (US$6,061) respectively.
Businesses from 32 countries and regions have invested in Danyang with accumulated paid-up capital of US$1 billion. As a developing city within the Shanghai economic sphere of influence, Danyang attracts domestic and foreign businesses.
Transport
Local food
Barley gruel, Huangjiu
External links
- Government website of Danyang
- Danyang City English guide (Jiangsu.NET)
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