Nantong

(Wade-Giles) Nan·tung
(Wade-Giles)

[nahn-tawng]

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in southeastern Jiangsu province, in eastern China, on the Chang Jiang.

Nantong

/ ˈnænˈtʌŋ /

noun

1. a city in E China, in Jiangsu province on the Yangtze estuary. Pop: 898 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Most of the staff are from the nearby city of Nantong and have worked here for more than 20 years.

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Living with her parents in Nantong, a city in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, Shi said she will try her luck again during the busier fall recruitment period, and likely expand her search into other industries.

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The company in June launched a new factory focusing on processed foods such as cooked chicken and pre-made Chinese cuisine in the eastern Chinese city of Nantong and another that focuses on frozen and heat-processed foods in the central Chinese city of Xiaogan, the website showed.

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At least four Chinese localities — Fuzhou, Qingtian, Nantong and Wenzhou — have set up dozens of police outposts, according to state media accounts and public statements published in China.

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And an article posted by a Communist Party body in Jiangsu province said that Nantong City Overseas Police Linkage Service Centers had helped capture and persuade more than 80 criminal suspects to return to China since February 2016.

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