Jiangsu

1.85 Meters Tall at Birth! Who’s the Newest Member of Nanjing Zoo’s Family?

Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo realised its first photographs of “Jiujiu” on 26 March. Born on 4 March, the baby giraffe has already grown to weigh 88 kilograms and be 2.1 metres tall, less than half his adult height. His...

1st Blind Teacher in Wuxi is Shanghai Fudan University Graduate

Jiangsu is on the cusp of having its very first blind teacher, thanks to the dedication of a student at Shanghai’s top university and a fortuitous timing for the opening of her employer that is a school for the...

Countdown to Costco in Nanjing! To Open in 24Q2

News came on 27 March that the first-phase store of Nanjing Costco has completed fire-protection acceptance. Costco’s non-negotiable position is a population of 1 million within a 30-minute drive for them to choose a location. Full story (in Chinese)...

Diplomats from 28 Countries and International Organisations Visit Suzhou

Making Suzhou their first stop in Jiangsu and at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the delegation took in Suzhou’s gardens, Shantang Jie and local museums between 25 and 28 March, providing for a taste of Jiangnan...

Driverless Courier Truck Appears on Streets of Lianyungang

Taking to the roads on 26 March, the fully-autonomous vehicle has an internal space of five cubic metres and capacity for hundreds of packages. With a top speed of 40 kilometres per hour, the truck can travel 160 kilometres...

Nanjing Port Cargo throughput to Increase to 400 million Tonnes by 2035

Container throughput at Nanjing Port is to reach 6.3 million TEUs by 2035, with near-ocean routes also opened up for ships over 100,000 tonnes. The Port has at present a total of 61 terminal berths, including 30 for ships...

Anti Abduction Safety Drills Carried out in Wuxi Kindergarten

Heyun Kindergarten invited police to teach staff about common abduction techniques, and developed a detailed anti-abduction plan. Volunteers whom the children had never met also acted as abductors, attempting to lure children away. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

US$1.767 Billion Investment in Nanjing by Sweden & South Korea

From 17-24 March, Nanjing’s Jiangning District promotion team visited Stockholm, Gothenburg, Seoul and Chungju to realise eight foreign-investment projects to be settled in Jiangning Development Zone and one in Binjiang Development Zone. Full story (in Chinese) via this link;...

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China Creates an X-Class of Train Numbers for Services above 350KM/H

China is giving its fastest trains a letter of their own. A new X prefix, read xīn (新, "new"),...

China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

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