Taixing () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...

under the administration of Taizhou,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

province, China. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta, bordering the prefecture-level cities of

Nantong Nantong (; alternate names: Nan-t'ung, Nantung, Tongzhou, or Tungchow; Qihai dialect: ) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. ...

to the east, Changzhou to the southwest, and

Zhenjiang Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) and b ...

to the west.

History

The southern Hailin county was taken away to create Taixing in 938, it was administrated by Taizhou. It was under the jurisdiction of

Yangzhou Yangzhou, postal romanization Yangchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province (Suzhong), East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yan ...

during the era of Yuan and Ming, but was transferred to Tongzhou later. It was returned to Yangzhou in 1953, and became a county-level city in 1992. It was transferred to Taizhou in 1996.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Taixing City has 1 subdistrict, 14 towns and 1 township. ;1 subdistrict * Jichuan () ;14 towns ;1 township * Gensi ()

Climate

Notable people

* Ding Wenjiang (Geologist) *

Gao Hong Gao Hong (born 1964 in Luoyang, Henan) is a composer and performer of the Chinese pipa (pear-shaped lute). Gao has lived in the United States since 1994. She performs traditional and modern Chinese music, with her groups Spirit of Nature and ...

(soccer player) * Lu Wenfu (Writer) * Wang Xiyu (tennis player) *

Yang Gensi ) , other_name = , birth_date = November 26, 1922 , birth_place = Taixing, Jiangsu, China , death_date = , death_place = Hagaru-ri, Changjin County, North Korea , placeofburial = , placeofburial_label = , placeo ...

(Soldier and war hero) *

Luna Yin Luna Yin (Chinese: 印子月; born 30 July 1993) is a Chinese C-pop ( Mandopop) singer songwriter born in the city of Taixing, in the province of Jiangsu. She has released two EP's and one studio album. as a composer, she has created songs for ...

(Singer) * Huang Ming (Entrepreneur)

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