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Jiangyan 姜堰 Contents 目录 The origin of the Name of Jiangyan Today’s Jiangyan Jiangyan is developing Why is it called “Jiangyan”? About the origin of the name of Jiangyan,there is a moving and true story. In the old times, the people who lived here often suffered from floods. During Song dynasty, the richest business whose name was Jiang Renghui led the local people in building the dam to prevent the flood. They remained on the bank for almost half a year, without leaving a while, overcoming many unexpected difficulties. At last the great dam was completed. In honour of his contributions, the local people named the place “Jiangyan”. （许正刚） Where is Jiangyan? Jiangyan borders Dongtai and Hai’an on the east, and Taixing, Xinghua and Taizhou on the south, north and west respectively. It has 18 towns, one economic development zone and one scenic region. It is the county-level jurisdictions. It has as an area of 1,044 square kilometers, with a population of nearly a million. It is crisscrossed by canals and rivers and the total water surface occupies 15% of its land. Jiangyan’s average temperature is 15℃.it’s not too cold and too hot.（ 陈璟阳） Jiangyan’s economy Jiangyan’s economy has developed quickly. In the past, Jiangyan’s economy traditionally depended on its agriculture earnings. But now the sector only earns less than 5% of the total income of the city. Jiangyan is trying hard to produce more organic products. Heheng, a village which is the Global 500 Roll of Honor of the United Nations Environment, is famous for its green produce like eggs,rice,etc. There are more industries than before. In Jiangyan and an industrial part and an economic development zone are under construction to attract more investment projects. （王颖） Jiangyan’s transport Jiangyan has convenient transportation system, including roads railways and waterways. Ni