Gunnan County, belonging to Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the northeast of Jiangsu Province, south of the Yellow-Huai Plain, bordering with Xiangshui County in the east, Lianshui County in the south, Shuyang County in the west, and Ganyun County in the north across the Xinyi River, making it the southern gateway to Lianyungang City, with a total area of 1,029.88 square kilometers. As of October 2022, there are 11 towns under the jurisdiction of Gunnan County. According to the seventh census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Gunnan County was 612,345 people.
Gunnan is known as "Haixi", also known as "Huize", and was named after its location in the basin of the Gou River, south of Ganyun County.In November 1957, the State Council passed the "Decision on Setting up Gunnan County in Jiangsu Province". "March 1, 1958, Gunnan county work completed, and officially started office. Gunnan gave birth to a large number of revolutionaries such as Hui Yu, Zhou Hui, Rui Xingwen, Tang Shuhong, etc., and cultivated many literary masters such as Wang Xiaogu, Wang Yongmei, JI Daoqing, etc. The culture of CaoYun, the Grand Canal, and the culture of the Grand Canal are also very important in Gunnan. CaoYun culture, Grand Canal culture, red culture, and western culture are intertwined with each other and reflect each other. Gunnan is a civilized city in Jiangsu Province and a nominated city for national civilized city, and has been awarded as a national sanitary city, a national model county for greening, a national export food and agricultural products quality and safety demonstration zone, a national e-commerce comprehensive demonstration county for rural areas, and a national demonstration county for factory production of edible fungi. The famous specialty Tangou wine is an old Chinese brand, a national geographical indication product, a national quality certification exemption product, and was awarded the gold medal in the China Famous Wine Expo.
In 2021, Gunnan County will realize a regional GDP of 42.8 billion yuan, an increase of 11%; general public budget revenue of 2.72 billion yuan, an increase of 13.6%; fixed asset investment of 16.2 billion yuan, an increase of 23.7%; total import and export volume of foreign trade of 230 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 29.6%; the actual utilization of foreign capital of 122 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 42%; the per capita disposable income of the residents amounted to 26,328 yuan The per capita disposable income of residents reached 26,328 yuan, an increase of 8.1%.