City guide:Huai’an

1. General introduction

    Huai'an, referring to "Everlasting Peace of Huai River" in Mandarin, is a city with its

mythology on the ability of flood control techniques in the ancient Chinese history, in

which a legendary emperor, the Great Yu, was once taming the Huai River.

Location & population

    Huai'an is located in the center of northern Jiangsu Province, with the Huaihe River

flowing through its domain. It is bounded on the north by Lianyungang, and neighbors

Yangzhou and Anhui Province in the south. The time-horned Grand Canal and the

modern Beijing-Shanghai Express meet each other in the city. The forth largest

freshwater lake in China, Hongze Lake, is just lies in the west of Huai'an.

    The city has a population of five million and the land size is more than 10,000

square kilometers.

Climate

    Huai'an has the climatic features belonging to the warm temperate and subtropical

zones, the boundary of which is the Huaihe River. Therefore, its annual value of solar

radiation is greater in northern Huai'an, while the precipitation is just the reverse. At

the turn from spring to summer, the plum rain may bright the city heaviest rainfall

of a year.

Economy & industry

    Huai’an is traditionally considered as a farming land and its vast and fertile plain

and moderate rainfall make the city one of Jiangsu’s agricultural areas. The

agricultural income occupied about one third of the city’s economy in past but has

been shrinking over years. The principal agricultural products include crop, vegetable,

fruit, oil seed, poultry, livestock, forestry and aquatic products. The city has established

its national reputation for its green farm and organic products.

    Huai’an industrial sector is in a shape of vast expansion, including chemicals,

mechanical, textile, bio-technology, new material, etc. Due to improvement of

transportation, more national or international investors are coming and the city’s

economic capability is enhancing. Now the industrial income has occupied more than

a half of the city’s GDP.

    Urbanization and industrialization have started to bring environmental damages. The

municipal government has already drafted a protection plan for its lakes and rivers to

reduce contaminations and carbon dioxide emission from chemical factories. More

parks and trees have been established and planted in the urban area to protect its

environment.

2. Transportation

Railway

    Huaian Northern Train Station, which was opened in Feb. 2007, has become the

name card of Huaian and the train routes from Huaian to Beijing, Harbin, Chengdu,

Lanzhou, Qingdao, Taizhou, Xian and Baoji are opened for use currently.

Air

    Huai'an Lianshui Airport (IATA: HIA, ICAO: ZSSH) is an airport serving the city of

Huai'an in Jiangsu Province, China. It is located in the town of Chenshi in Lianshui

County, 22 kilometers northeast of the city center. Construction of the airport started

in October 2008 with a total investment of 800 million yuan, and commercial flights

began in September 2010.

    The airport has one runway that is 2,400 meters long, and a 14,600 square meter

terminal building. It is designed to handle 600,000 passengers and 10,000 tons of

cargo annually. The airport is also used as a pilot training base for China Eastern

Airlines.

3. Education & Health care

International Schools

Best International Kindergarten

    Huaian Best International Kindergarten is a first high-standards private kindergarten

in the town, built in the beautiful scenery of on Yanhe River Bridge Huaiyin District.

With a total area of 5000㎡, and 3600㎡ building area, and teaching facilities equipped

with most advanced and modern educational equipment to meet the “Jiangsu

Province high standards of modern education equipment standards.” With all this

BIK stands as the best early childhood care institution in the whole city. BIK’s

elegant environment, high standards educational facilities, its outstanding teaching

stuff, makes it the most appropriate for kids growing in international multi-cultural

paradise.

    Below we give you our six little features:

    International's human cultural heritage - a selection of 50 Chinese classic

children's books and 50 Western illustrated books, free access to the library to

develop the love of reading among the children, introduce them to Western

culture and strength their Chinese roots in the same time.

    Fluent English communication - full-time foreign teachers and Chinese assistant,

in a pleasant multicultural environment assisted with all high-tech interactive learning

materials, pushing the kids’ English skills to the top in three years, to be able to

maintain fluent English conversation with foreigners, no country, they can get good

English education and Western cultural influence with out to gong abroad.

    Super ability - to develop kid's creativity and perception skills, NIK brought you

“Montessori”, “pottery” classes and Origami activities etc. 

    Outstanding logical memory - developing the natural logical cognitive process

through Chinese and Western kids' songs and stories. 

    Remarkable art and physical skills - carrying out a variety of sports and fun

activities: football, golf, sportive competition ECT. So that every child will have a health

body and mind we hired the city's top dance, calligraphy, chess and other artistic skills

experts and teachers, for a regular training an entertainment.

    Refined ladies and gentlemen - during his training every child will show above five

basic features, and according to the child's age. Holding regular “Family” activities

about different topics as: travel, friendship, Etiquette, healthy social behavior etc.,

every child will be forged to become a respectful lady and gentleman in the future.

Hospitals

The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People's Hospital

    Huaian First People’s Hospital was founded in 1950 and is the biggest Level Three

Grade A hospital in Huaian. It is also known as Huaian First Hospital affiliated to

Nanjing Medical University and a network hospital of International Emergency

Assistance of Ministry of Health. The hospital has a land area of 115,800 square

meters and its newly built ward building has 15 stories and a total floor space of

46,000 square meters. The hospital now has 1,285 employees, 1,200 beds, 500,000

outpatient visits per year, and 25,000 inpatient admissions per year. In addition, it

has three well-managed branch hospitals.

Address: East Yuemiao Street, Huai’an, Jiangsu

Tel: 86-517-591 4991

The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an 

    The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an was founded in 1892. It is a collection

of medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, prevention, first aid, health,

rehabilitation and integration of national level General Hospital. There are 1100

beds available in the hospital, 1229 staff, 57 chief physician , 121 Deputy Chief

Physicians.

Address: Nanmen Street, Huaian, Jiangsu

Tel: 86-517-591 2184

4. Recreation

Shopping

Golden Eagle Shopping Center

Address: No.130 East Huaihai Road

Xinya International Shopping Square

Address: No.29 North Huaihai Road

Central Department store Mall

Address: No.142 East Huaihai Road

Nightlife

Andong Nightclub

Address: 112 AnDong Road, Lianshui County, Huaian, Jiangsu

Tel: 86-517-2321788

Huaiyin Yidu Nightclub

Address: 90 ShiZhiZhu, Huaian, Jiangsu

Tel: 86-517-3943560

Cuisine

    The cuisine in Huaian takes Su cuisine as the main body and it is the core part of

the Huai-Yang (Yangzhou) style in Su cuisine. The features of Huai-Yang style are

fresh, stressing on materials choices, heat mastering and slicing technique. 

    Local delicacies include Huaishan Double-boiled Duck Soup, Braised Fish with

Chicken Wings, Plum Blossom and Bamboo, Braised Eel and Pork, Stir-fried Grass

Carp, Braised Bullhead Catfishes with Bamboo Shoots.

Attractions

    Huaian has a lot of tourism resources, among which the major attractions are

Wentong Tower in Tang Dynasty, Zhenhuai Building and Miaotong Tower in Song

Dynasty, Graves of Emperor in Ming Dynasty, “Oriental Pompeii” submarine Sizhou

City, Zhou Enlai’s Former Residence, Hongze Lake, which has a reputation of “One

Peck Earned in One Day” for the abundant sea products, Kubler Causeway, which is

called “Waterborne Great Wall” and Tieshan Temple, which is called “Jiuzhaigou”

in Jiangsu Province.

    Tieshansi National Forest Park: It is the most well preserved and largest kingdom

for wildlife in Jiangsu. The 9-square-kilometer Tianquan Lake and the Xuyi Station of

Purple Mountain Observatory are situated in the park. In addition, accommodation is

available in the park. Therefore, the park is a perfect destination not only for holidays,

but also for ecological and astronomical observations.

   Qingyan Garden: Formerly Chengnan (South City) Park, the garden is the only

classical garden of a government officer in Qing Dynasty. The Hefang Academy is

the most characteristic building in the garden.

Other Scenic Spots: Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall, Zhou Enlai's Former Residence,

Zhenhuai Tower.

Tourist Tips:

    Huai'an Coach Station in Huaihai Road (North) offers buses to Nanjing, Lianyungang

and Shanghai every 20 to 30 minutes, respectively taking about 3, 2, and 5 hours.

    Hongze Lake is one of the principal freshwater lakes in China, rich in lake products.

Transportation around Hongze Lake is convenient. It is 40 minutes' drive from

downtown Huai'an, 1.5 hours from Nanjing and 4 hours from Shanghai.

    Huai'an is one of the birthplaces of the Eight Cuisines in China, Huaiyang Cuisine

(also Jiangsu Cuisine). For visitors visiting there, local dishes and snacks are something

indispensable to their journey.