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Nanchang city, the capital of Jiangxi Province, is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2000 years and a reputation as "a place propitious for giving birth to great men, the greatness of a man lends glory to a place". It is also the only provincial capital on the Beijing-Kowloon railway line, and the biggest metropolis on the Gan River basin.
Tourism: Nachan, known as a place with "boasting rich resources and people of talents", has a long history with beautiful scenes and numerous resorts and relics, which all consist of special tourist resources.
Nanchang has Jingdong, Yaohu Water Park in the east, with Qingyunpu Badashanren Memorial and other cultural tourist area in the south, Meiling, Mengshan Mountain holiday tourist area in the west, Poyang Lake, Xiangshan migratory birds visiting area in the north. Tengwang Pavilion, listed first of the four Famous Ancient Structures of China, is located on the side of Ganjiang River, where Wangbo, a well-known pet of Tang Dynasty, ever wrote a famous poem describing it as "Sunset clouds fly with the solitary wild duck, Autumnal waters merge with the limitless sky ". Baihuazhou islet, Supu Park and Sudi dyke all own typical beauty of Chinese garden. Moreover, Guanting pavilion, Ruziting pavilion, Youmin Temple, Meiling Mountain, Wanshou Palace of West Mountain and Shengjin Tower are all national and provincial relics .In addition, there are some revolutionary memorials such as the "August 1st Uprising Headquaters "and so on. The mount Lushan, listed in the Chronology of Recognition of World Heritages in China, is near to Nachan City.
Human Resources: There are 136scientific research and technological development institutions with 69.5 thousand professional and technical personnel; 12 colleges and universities and 49 technical secondary schools with 15 thousand graduates every year.
Climate: The average annual temperature is 17.5℃.the average annual rainfall I s 1596.4 mm and the average annual frost-free period is 277.9 days.
Water Transport: The water transport channel goes from the Gan River down through Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River to the East Sea. The water channel can reach all the ports along the Yangtze River as well as the Shanghai port. The heaviest ship that can be moored at Nanchang harbor is of 500-ton-grade, and the annual loading and unloading capacity is near 1 million tons.
Railway: The railway lines such as Beijing-Kowloon, Zhejiang--Jiangxi, Jiangxi--Nanjing, Jiiangxi--Hunan railway lines etc. go through the city. Every day there are trains to Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xi'an, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Guangxhou, Shenzhen, Guilin etc.
Highways: Highways are crisscrossed in the city. The national No.105 Beijing-zhuhai High way, the national No.320 Shanghai--Yunnan Highway and the national No.316 Lanzhou--Fuzhou Highway all go through it. The Nanchang--Jiujiang Expressway goes through to the ports along the Yantze River.
Aviation: 34airlines have been opened, bringing the passengers to and from Hong Kong as well as serving the major cities of the country. Nanchang ChangBei Airport is one of the main airports of the country and it is located only 26KM from urban area.
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