Jingjiang City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, administered by Taizhou City, is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with the river near the sea, east, west and south of the river, between latitude 31 ° 56 ′ ~ 32 ° 08 ′, longitude 120 ° 01 ′ ~ 120 ° 33 ′, Jiangsu Province, an emerging port industrial city, with a total area of 665.58 square kilometers, with a Yangtze River coastline of 52.3 kilometers, of which 35 km of deep-water shoreline. It has a total area of 665.58 square kilometers, with 52.3 kilometers of Yangtze River coastline, including 35 kilometers of deep-water coastline. The terrain of the territory is low and flat, with only one lonely mountain towering in the center.At the end of 2022, the resident population of Jingjiang City was 661,600, with the proportion of urban population at 69.66%. As of October 2022, Jingjiang City has a total of 1 street, 8 towns and 5 townships under its jurisdiction. The municipal government is located in Jingcheng Street.
In the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty (1471), Jingjiang County was established and belonged to the Changzhou Prefecture, and on July 14, 1993, Jingjiang was abolished as a county and established as a city, and on July 19, 1996, the prefecture-level Taizhou City was set up, and Jingjiang City was transferred to Taizhou City as a substitute city. The city is the starting point of the Battle of the Crossing of the Yangtze River, and is known as the place where the "First Sail on the Eastern Front" was raised. It has given birth to Liu Guojun, a famous industrialist and a proud son of national industry, and 31 generals of the Republic and 9 academicians of the two academies have come out of the city. It has 3 geographical indications products such as Xiangsha Taro, Jingjiang Crab Roe Soup Buns, Jingjiang Dried Pork, etc. In December 2020, CASS released "Top 100 Comprehensive Competitiveness of National County Economies", and Jingjiang ranked 30th. Jingjiang is the key point of land and water transportation in eastern China, and it is at the intersection of the central axis and the Yangtze River of Jiangsu Province with well-developed water transportation; Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway, High-level Highway Along the River, and National Highway 345 (New Jiangping Road) It is well developed in water transportation; Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway, Yanjiang Highway, National Highway 345 (New Jiangping Road), Beijing-Shanghai Expressway (Guangjing Expressway Section), Yanshi Line (Former Jiangbaji Highway) run through the north and south, and Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge connects both sides.
In 2022, Jingjiang City will realize a GDP of 122.618 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3%, with the ratio of the three industrial structures for the year at 2.2:55.5:42.3, and a per capita GDP of 184,902 yuan.