Population: As of the end of 2018, the registered population was 8.25 million, and the permanent resident population was 7.2 million with an urbanization rate of 64 percent.

Area: 16,931 square kilometers

Economy：

In 2018, the city's GDP reached 548.71 billion yuan ($76.69 billion), ranking 7th in Jiangsu province.

The industrial structure continued to improve. The proportion of secondary and tertiary industries increased by 0.6 percentage points over the previous year, and per capita GDP reached 75,987 yuan (about $11,483 at the average annual exchange rate in 2018), an increase of 5.8 percent over the previous year.

Administrative divisions：

The city of Yancheng has jurisdiction over three urban districts (Yandu, Tinghu and Dafeng), two development zones (Yancheng Economic & Technological Development Zone and Yancheng High-tech Zone) and one county-level city (Dongtai).