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  Jiangsu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Jiangsu (江蘇, formerly transliterated as Kiang-su) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the eastern part of the country.
Jiangsu became a separate province in the 18th century.
Jiangsu's main list of products includes: rice, wheat, corn, sorghum, millet, potatoes, soybeans, peanuts, rape, sesame, tea; cotton, ambary hemp, silk cocoons, jute; peppermint, spearmint, bamboo, and medicinal herbs; apples, pears, peaches, loquats, gingko; coal, phosphorus, salt, pottery clay; aquatic products.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/ji/jiangsu.html   (241 words)

  
 China-Data-tbd3290
The ARC/INFO® export format file t3290 is the Jiangsu Province administrative regions GIS data in 1:1M, county level, on 31 December 1990.
It is part of the China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, Coun ty Level, 1990.
This dataset is composed of boundary files covering the administrative regions of Jiangsu, including 49 counties, 11 cities at the prefecture level, 15 cities at the county level, and 42 districts represented in 87 polygons.
sedac.ciesin.org /china/admin/bnd90/t3290.html   (91 words)

  
 Jiangsu - China-related Topics JI-JL - China-Related Topics
Although south Jiangsu was eventually the base for the kingdom of Wu (one of the Three Kingdoms from 222 to 280), it did not become significant until the invasion of northern nomads during the Western Jin Dynasty, starting from the 4th century.
Jiangsu Province spans the warm-temperate/humid and subtropical/humid climate zones, and has clear-cut seasonal changes, with temperatures at an average of -2 - 4 Celsius?C in January and 26 - 30 Celsius?C in July.
Jiangsu has an extensive irrigation system supporting its agriculture, which is based primarily on rice and wheat, followed by corn and sorghum.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Jiangsu   (2916 words)

  
 China History Forum, chinese history forum > Political Divisions of China : Province and Cities
Special administrative regions (特別行政區/特别行政区 tèbiéxíngzhèngqū) (SARs) are local administrative regions enjoying a high degree of autonomy under the One country, two systems arrangement, and come directly under the Central People's Government, as provided in the articles 12 of both basic laws of the two SARs.
Unlike provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, whose legal basis is provided for in Article 30 of the 1982 Constitution that governs administrative divisions, special administrative regions are provided for in Article 31 in anticipation of the retrocession of Hong Kong and Macau.
The ultimate goal is to reduce the different administration levels from five to three, (Provincial, County, Village) reducing the amount of corruption that goes on in between and reducing the number of government workers to reduce budget.
www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t7941.html   (3070 words)

  
 Global Insight // China's Shanghai-Jiangsu "Mega-Province" will be Asia's third Largest Economy by 2017
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All three regions are along the coast of China or, in the case of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong.
Regional profiles are also included that cover economic conditions, investment climate, operational issues, infrastructure, and politics and security.
China's regions are divided into 31 administrative units comprised of 4 provincial administrative level municipalities, 5 autonomous regions, and 22 provinces, with each of the units covered in detail by the China Regional Service.
www.globalinsight.com /About/PressRelease/PressRelease5753.htm   (706 words)

  
 China: The crackdown on Falun Gong and other so-called "heretical organizations"
On 14 April 1998 in Suning County, Hebei Province, Zuo Xiangxi (47) was administratively detained as an alleged leader of a group of seven members.
The SPC Notice (No.29, 1999)(32) was addressed to all high people's courts of provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, the military affairs court of the People's Liberation Army, and the 'Bingtuan'(33) division court of the High People's Court of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
He had been first detained for 15 days in the administrative detention centre of Jiuru village, Chengdu city, but instead of being released he was transferred to the criminal detention centre of Lianhua village.
www.amnestyusa.org /regions/asia/document.do?id=881234C280E6469B802568B00057ED13   (17597 words)

  
 Goway's China Things to know before you go - Orient Asia - Goway Travel Experiences.
The 22 provinces are Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Hainan.
The 5 autonomous regions are Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Guangxi and Tibet.
The 4 municipalities are Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing.
www.goway.com /orientasia/china/ch_beforeyougo.html   (778 words)

  
 Map of China Province - Region, Regional
Autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties are all ethnic autonomous areas.
A special administrative region is a local administrative area directly under the Central Government.
At the moment, China is divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions (see the following table).
www.cntravel.biz /china_columns/province_index.shtml   (159 words)

  
 Political divisions of China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The People's Republic of China has administrative control over 22 provinces; the government of the People's Republic of China considers Taiwan to be its 23rd province.
Apart from provinces there are 5 autonomous regions containing concentrations of several minorities; 4 municipalities for China's largest cities and 2 Special Administrative Regions (SAR) governed by the PRC.
The 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities can be collectively referred to as " mainland China ", a term which usually excludes Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.
www.biasedonchina.com /political_divisions_of_china.asp   (142 words)

  
 China Mobilization OHT Set Leader's Guide
Administrative Areas - Introduces the 22 Provinces, 5 Autonomous Regions, 4 centrally-administered Municipalities, and 1 Special Administrative Region of China.
China is divided into 32 major administrative areas: 22 Provinces, 5 Autonomous Regions, 4 centrally administered Municipalities, and 1 Special Administrative Region.
It should be kept in mind that a map such as this can only show one language (or at most two) for each particular point on the map, whereas the reality is that a given area of China may have people within it who speak dozens of different languages and dialects.
www.gmi.org /products/china_g.htm   (3022 words)

  
 Administration Unit
Autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, and autonomous counties are all autonomous national minority areas.
At present,China has 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government, and two special administrative regions.The Capital of the People's Republic of China is Beijing.
The 23 provinces are Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Hainan.
www.chinatravel.com /china-travel-guides/china-travel-handbook/about-china/administration-unit.shtml   (416 words)

  
 Transhumant grazing systems in temperate Asia
Three case studies are presented in subsequent chapters: two from Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region - one on transhumance allied to irrigated haymaking and the other on lucerne breeding - form Chapters VI and VII, with a detailed study of the pastures and animal husbandry of Tibet Autonomous Region in Chapter VIII.
The regional distribution of cultivated forage is described by Hong Fuzeng (1989), and Chen Baoshu (2001) describes fodder cultivation.
The zone is one of the least polluted regions in the world, so there is the potential to produce “green” food to meet the increasing demand for such on the world market.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/006/Y4856E/y4856e0a.htm   (10094 words)

  
 Illuminating China's Provinces,Municipalities & Autonomous Regions-china.org.cn
Its northeast is adjacent to Shanghai, the largest city of China.
It covers a total land area of 101,800 square kilometers, of which the mountainous and hilly regions amount to 70.4 percent, the plains and basins make up 23.2 percent, and the rest 6.4 percent is rivers and lakes.
Among the province's numerous islands, 3,061 have a land area of 500 square meters or larger.
www.china.org.cn /english/features/43610.htm   (114 words)

  
 China Provinces
China's government uses adjustments to administrative divisions as a policy tool, and approximately 1% of the county-level units are changed each year.
These were subdivided into thirty provinces, twelve municipalities, one autonomous region, eight administrative prefectures, one territory, and one area.
I conclude that the one autonomous region was Inner Mongolia.
www.statoids.com /ucn.html   (3218 words)

  
 ERS/USDA Data - China Agricultural and Economic Data: China's Provinces
Provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang.
Five autonomous regions are the equivalent of provinces: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet, and Xinjiang.
Hong Kong and Macao are special administrative regions that are not included in statistics of the People's Republic of China.
www.ers.usda.gov /Data/China/Provinces.aspx   (130 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Introduction 1.1 Background of Project Jiangsu province is one of the most economically developed provinces in China, with its power system composing the most important part of the East China System.
During project site selection and design, the opinions of the governments at various level were solicited, specialists of different fields were invited to demonstrate the feasibility study report and the design alternatives from the technical, economic and environmental viewpoints.
The hilly region is occupied by yellowish brown soil, brownish red soil and limestone soil, the low-lying region by clay, rolling terrain generally by red soil, plain region mostly by yellow muddy soil, white muddy soil and fl muddy soil.
www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/11/11/000094946_02102904033416/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt   (13552 words)

  
 Urban Population Density, Economic Growth and Its Environmental Impact: A Shanghai Case Study
As the country's most fertile region, every acre of arable land in the Yangtze River Delta is under cultivation, in part to answer the enormous demand for food posed by the area's large population.
Increasing CO2 emissions in the Shanghai region is a pressing concern among scientists and local officials.
A similar trend was observed in the IPCC's 2001 report, which revealed regional temperature increases of 0.6-0.8C between 1976-2000, indicating that significant surface warming activity occurred in the last quarter of the century, coinciding with regional explosion of economic activity (fig.
www.columbia.edu /~imd2101/china/casestudy.html   (1369 words)

  
 China-Data-BND90
The data consist of 34 files (33 data files and one ReadMe file), and are at a scale of one to one million (1:1M) for national, provincial, regional, and county level s.
The data at the province level separates administrative regions into individual provinces and autonomous regions.
The county boundaries of 31 provinces and regions are identified individually in 31 files.
sedac.ciesin.org /china/admin/bnd90/bnd90data.html   (230 words)

  
 China
The establishment in March 2003 of the State Asset Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) to replace the State Economic and Trade Commission as the leading institution with respect to China's state-owned industrial sector, is one manifestation of this new system, the significance of which has yet to be fully clarified.
While industries report improved cooperation with administrative enforcement agencies in regard to raids, the administrative penalties for IPR violations, often no more than confiscation of the counterfeit final products or nominal fines, are generally insufficient to deter counterfeiters.
One possible explanation is that the political turmoil elsewhere in the region in the wake of the Asian financial crisis reduced the perception of risk with respect to China.
www.state.gov /e/eb/ifd/2005/42000.htm   (12751 words)

  
 Battles-CHINA   MAP
China is divided into 23 provinces (including Taiwan) and 5 autonomous border regions, where other ethnic groups constitute a majority of the population.
For ease of reference the provinces and autonomous regions are usually grouped into 6 large administrative regions.
National autonomous regions, districts, or counties have been established in areas where these ethnic groups are concentrated.
www.usmta.com /Battles-China-Map.htm   (484 words)

  
 List of Chinese provinces and regions - Wikitravel
Various ethnic groups have autonomous regions, although their autonomy is far from complete.
For the traveller, these can generally be thought of as provinces, but in political discussions (best avoided!) the distinction may be important.
Hong Kong and Macau are special administrative regions (SARs).
wikitravel.org /en/List_of_Chinese_provinces_and_regions   (249 words)

  
 Nanjing - China Tour - Travel to China
Image:Nanjing_China.pngNanjing is highlighted on this map of Jiangsu province
It is the capital city of Jiangsu Province in the People's Republic of China (and is the official capital of Republic of China in accordance with the current Constitutional Law of the ROC, although outside its actual jurisdiction).
Now it is the second largest city in Yangtze River delta region after Shanghai.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Nanjing   (1302 words)

  
 Administrative divisions. The World Factbook. 2003
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8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
10 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor
www.bartleby.com /151/fields/44.html   (5016 words)

  
 China - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau are covered in their own articles.
For the full list of administrative regions — provinces, municipalities that are not in provinces, Autonomous Regions for various ethnic groups, Special Administrative Regions (SARs) such as Macau and Hong Kong and Special Economic Zones (SEZs} set up to encourage development — see List of Chinese provinces and regions.
China Scholarship Council (CSC) Conducting the enrollment and administration of foreign students who have scholarships from the Chinese Government, and dealing with the applications of those who are sent to study in China by foreign academic and educational organizations, non-governmental friendship teams or organizations.
wikitravel.org /en/People's_Republic_of_China   (14848 words)

  
 China's division - United Planet
China's administrative units are currently based on a three-tier system, dividing the nation into provinces, counties and townships:
A county or an autonomous county is subdivided into townships, ethnic townships and towns.
The People's Republic of China has 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 centrally administered municipalities and 2 special administrative regions (see the following table).
www.unitedplanet.org /forum/showthread.php?p=21647   (213 words)

  
 Amnesty International: People's Republic of China:
The government replied that the prison administration had discovered in May 1994 that Phuntsok Yangkyi had a tuberculoma and had sent her to hospital for treatment.
In it, the government stated that over the years, particularly since China had ratified the Convention in 1988, it had adopted "effective" legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures to "rigorously forbid all acts of torture and guarantee that the rights of the person and the democratic rights of citizens are not violated".
Although the Committee was aware of the obvious difficulties facing China it expressed concern at the use of administrative detention and cases of alleged torture.
www.amnesty.org /ailib/intcam/china/china96/hrv.htm   (8071 words)

  
 [No title]
Map 1 Administrative Areas China is divided into 32 major administrative areas: 22 Provinces,1 5 Autonomous Regions, 4 centrally administered Municipalities, and 1 Special Administrative Region.
Permanent pastures account for 43% of the land use, and forests and woodlands occupy 14%.
Map 7 Distribution of Chinese Dialects A common misconception is that while the minorities of China have different languages, all Han Chinese speak the same language.
www.gmi.org /products/china_g.txt   (3046 words)

  
 People's Republic of China: Falun Gong practitioners: list fo sentences, administrative sentences and those detained
They reportedly continued to do this after the organization was banned and of attendingillegal gatherings.
Wang Tianyou, Wang Bing and one other were reportedly administratively detained as at 3/01/00.
They had been in a large group of practitioners who travelled to Beijing to try to deliver an open letter to the government appealing for detained practitioners.
www.amnestyusa.org /regions/asia/document.do?id=7937D5F725A048A3802568C50051AFE6   (3796 words)

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