Briefings from Jiangsu

VR Exhibition in Nanjing Brings to Life Rare Chinese Wildlife

The Yangtze River Finless Porpoise, Chinese elephants and snow leopards feature in a virtual-reality enabled biodiversity program opened by the Library on 11...

Air Asia begins Flights between Changzhou and Bangkok

9 March saw the start of a weekly service between Jiangsu’s Changzhou City and the Thailand capital of Bangkok, operated by Air Asia...

Investment into South Korea become New Focus for Jiangsu’s Yancheng

The China-South Korea (Yancheng) Industrial Park has inaugurated an office to promote investment into Seoul in a 5-day promotional campaign. Full story via...

Free Hotel! Shared Living Apartments for Graduate Job Seekers in Suzhou

There’s free accommodation for fresh graduates from other cities during their job hunting in Suzhou, with some hotels transformed into “youth talent stations”....

Animal Database Established to Help Protect Wildlife in Jiangsu

An artificial-breeding database of wild animals in Jiangsu has been officially launched to innovate the protection and management of terrestrial local wildlife. Full...

Low-carbon Sacrifice Advocated for this year’s Tomb Sweeping Festival

Nanjing Municipal Funeral Management Office proposes eco-friendly options for the upcoming Festival, while requiring reservations be made online or by telephone. Full story...

Digital RMB Payment Option Comes to Car Park in Nanjing

The first car park in Nanjing to support Digital RMB payment is that in the Hexi New City Mansion, offering citizens a more...

¥1 Trillion Target for Investment into Rural Areas in Jiangsu

Jiangsu is pumping ¥75.7 billion into 743 major projects, including stable-agricultural production and digital farming, to drive private investment. Full story via this...

First Pregnant Finless Porpoise Photographed Ever, in Nantong!

The waters off Binjiang Park were the scene for the sighting which Nantong Environmental Monitoring Centre was later able to confirm as an...

60 Square Metre 3D Printed Building Completed in Record Time in Luhe

A first of its kind in China! The two-floor, fully-3D-printed building was completed in just 50 hours by Nanjing KENYO Precision Machine Manufacturing....

Local Reviews

Is there a Push to Pull Beer in China?

Serving beer from a hand pump (also known as a beer engine) is a curiously British thing. There are...

Paying Awe Struck Respect to Departed Royalty in Nanjing

Such a contrast could not be starker. On one side of the road; billions of dollars churning away at...

Poor Man’s KFC; is Change in China as Good as a Rest?

Wallace Burger & Chicken was No. 2 on a China Daily Top 10 fast-food list a decade ago. And so...

Names is for Tombstones, Baby! But not Maybe Nanjing’s Top

Initially skeptical of Fennel & Laurel due to its pretentious name, The Nanjinger was pleasantly surprised by exceptional carrot...

Location, Tick; Design, Tick; Attitude, Tick x2; Taste, Ummm…

We’re going to start out by saying, for the record, that you’re not going to like this. That is,...

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