The eight cities along Yangtze River, including Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and Zhenjiang in South Jiangsu and Nantong, Yangzhou and Taizhou in North Jiangsu, are the key districts of economic development in Jiangsu province. The regional GDP totaled RMB 1.73 trillion, accounting for 80.5% of the province. The import & export value in 2006 achieved USD 276.36 billion with a year-on-year increase of 24.2%. In 2006, the number of newly established foreign invested enterprises was 5796 with an increase of 28.3%, and the actual received foreign investment capital approved by Ministry of Commerce of PRC was USD 16.352 billion, increasing 32.1% from a year earlier. The development level of opening-up economy is still in the leading position of the whole province.

2 Analysis on Openness Degree of Economy in the Eight Cities of Jiangsu
2.1 Main Status
2.2 Important Role in Jiangsu and Yangtze Delta
2.3 South Jiangsu: Main Body of the Opening-up Economy along Yangtze River

3 Cluster Analysis on Openness Degree of Economy in the Eight Cities of Jiangsu
3.1 Comparison of Various Indexes
3.3 Cluster Analysis on Openness Degree of Economy

4 Strategies to Promote Further Opening-Up in the Eight Cities of Jiangsu
4.1 Carrying out Integrative Development Strategy of Regional Economy
4.2 Implementing Large Scale Port and Trading Strategy
4.3 Stimulating Trade by Science & Technology and Fostering Opening Innovative System
4.4 Enlarging New Foreign Investing Fields and Realizing Strategic Utilization of Foreign Investment
4.5 Accelerating the Opening-up Strategy and Actively Participating in International Competition and Cooperation