The residents of Xinghua are doing better these days, with their per capita disposable income hitting 40,112 yuan ($5,823) in 2022, up 5.9 percent year-on-year.

Zhu Lifan, Party secretary of Taizhou, in East China's Jiangsu province, gave a presentation on his city and sent out an invitation to the political and business elites in Beijing to go there, at a symposium in the national capital on Feb 14.

Top officials from Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province – Party Secretary Zhu Lifan and Mayor Wan Wenhua – led two teams on Feb 13 to visit national industry sectors, leading universities and major State-owned enterprises in the national capital, Beijing.

Contemporary Chinese artist Cao Jun, whose work enjoys a high reputation all over the word, donated his oil painting Initial on Feb 8 to his hometown – Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province.

The GDP of Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province came in at 640.18 billion yuan ($94.75 billion) in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 4.4 percent – ranking it second in the province in terms of growth.

The Changzhou-Taixing Yangtze River Bridge, linking Jiangsu province's Changzhou and Taizhou cities in East China, completed its first steel girder lifting for the main structure, marking a turning point in its construction.

Nanjing Customs recently set up a risk assessment center for "special articles" in Taizhou city, in East China's Jiangsu province – making it the third city in the region to have such a center.

The city of Taizhou in East China's Jiangsu province held a key education work conference on Jan 29, which advocated that much more needed to be done in the area.