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1、The Rise of the Nantong Harbour and the Development Strategy of Nantong City Zeng Zungu Geography Department of Nanjing University Nantong in Jiangsu Province is one of the 14 coastal port cities designated to open to the outside world. Recent years saw the increasing importance of the Nantong Harbo
2、ur, with its cargo handling capacity miraculously shooting up from 2.96 million tonnes in 1980 to 10.19 million tonnes in 1985. Nantong has grown from a lack luster inland river harbour into an important sea port of China and the hub of the river-sea coordinated transport system in the Yangtze River
3、 Valley. Although it is common for harbour and cities to depend on and promote each other, the relationship between Nantong Harbour and Nantong city has its own unique features: Firstly, Nantong is still inaccessible by railway and air, which is rare among large Chinese ports with cargo handling cap
4、acity that surpasses 10 million tonnes and even among the world;s port cities. Therefore, the rise of the Nantong Harbour pJays an even more prominent role in the development of Nantong city. Secondly, the rise of the Nantong Harbour is not entirely due to good local conditions, but rather due to ec
5、onomic development in the Yangtze River Valley as a whole under Chinas open-door policy. Thus for Nantong city, the development of the Nantong Harbour is undoubtedly a leading element which, in turn, demand Nantong city to readjust its role and reorganize its economic structure for a new stage of de
6、velopment. It is of vital importance and urgency for Nantong to grasp this favourable opportunity to reassess its needs under the current situation, formulate a realistic development strategy and do its best to implement it. Having carried out an initial study on the following issues, I put forward
7、my views for discussion. I . Fully Understanding the Advantage of the Nantong Harbour. Nantong is one of the cities where the national industry was first developed. In the last century, the late Qing Dynasty (1644 1911) set up industrial businesses in the Nantong area. Since the founding of the Peop
8、led Republic in 1949, Nantong has developed into an industrial city which en- 43 * 71994-2016 China Academic Journal Electronic Publishing House. All rights reserved, http:/ki. gages mainly in textile and other light industries and becomes one of the 46 state defined key cities and one of the 33 com
9、prehensive production bases of export commodities. Now the city has gained a reputation of ;/star city. Nantong has many advantages to lake. For example, it has the vast northern Jiangsu plain as its hinterland which is rich in livestock resources and it is favourably located with a fast rising harb
10、our. These objective conditions play an important role in local economic development. To identify the major advantages calls for a comprehensive analysis. The economic development in Nantong, however, is hampered by some unfavourable conditions. While making a correct analysis of the conditions favo
11、urable for Nantongs economic development, I feel it necessary to probe into the unfavourable conditions and the possibility of improving them. Nantong still has no railway to link it up with the interior (this will be expounded in the last part of this article); its economic power is not strong and
12、the development of its surrounding areas is only average among Chinas coastal areas. Hence Nantong is short of capital and poor in technological development. Furthermore local resources lack variety and the supply of raw materials for its industry is unsatisfactory. Generally speaking, the major fav
13、ourable conditions are the decisive factors for city development. These decisive factors, however, are not static. Under Nanjing historical conditions, they will change their nature. When appraising the advantageous factors, we should not do it purely from the * 44 * angle of a single locality or ci
14、ty; instead, we should view them within the context of the regional economic system or the national economic system and compare them with those of other cities. It is evident from history that the natural resources of northern Jiangsu were the main advantages of Nantong before the end of the Qing Dy
15、nasty. At that time, northern Jiangsu was one of the major producers of sea salt, cotton and handwoven cloth. The exchange, transportation and marketing of these products resulted in the formation and development of the city of Tongzhou (predecesor of present-day Nantong). After the downfall of the
16、Qing Dynasty in 1911, Nantong grew into national industrial base. Its cotton textile business while held an important position in China constituted Nantongs major advantage and promoted the citys various undertakings and became the decisive factor of urban development. In the last 30 years or more a
17、fter the founding of New China in 1949, in particular in the last few years, great changes have taken place in Nantong. Its economy is no longer based on the exploitation of resources from northern Jiangsu but also on energy and raw and processed materials imported from the other parts of the countr
18、y. Although the absolute value of the output of textile and other light industries is still on the increase in Nantong, their importance decreases in Nantong because of their development in other parts of China as a whole and in other cities in the Yangtze River Valley or in Jiangsu Province. So, wi
19、th the diversification of the industrial base and the development of other economic sectors in 71994-2016 China Academic Journal Electronic Publishing House. All rights reserved, http:/ki. Nantong, the importance of textile and other light industries keeps decreasing in the local economy. Neverthele
20、ss, the resources, textile and other light industries in northern Jiangsu Province still constitute the basic criteria for the development of Nantong, but not the major factors which play a decisive role. Judging by the actual situation, the chief advantage of Nantong lies in its harbour whose cargo
21、 handling capacity of which increases very rapidly in recent years, promoting the development of Nantong city in various ways. Moreover, Nantongs own favourable conditions, in particular its geographical location, provide great vistas for development. As the nearest port on the Yangtze River to the
22、sea, the Nantong Harbour is 155 kilometres from the mouth of the Yangtze River in the east. It has very good conditions for harbour construction: a coastline of some 30 kilometres; stable river water flows, a silt-free navigation route which is more than 10 metres deep and 1.5-1.8 kilometres wide an
23、d can accommodate oceangoing ships and barges. In terms of conditions favourable for the Yangtze River sea and the Yangtze River land coordinated transport, Nantong is not inferior to Shanghai which is situated by the Huangpu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Nantong habour is considered an i
24、deal site for the construction of a large comprehensive river port in the Yangtze River mouth area. However these good conditions are not exploited for a long time due to the (economic drawbacks and social factors created by history and, in particular. the backward economy in northern Jiangsu and th
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