Xinghua, Jiangsu

Xinghua is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Yancheng to the north and east and Yangzhou to the west.

Xinghua's name is the abbreviation for "盛教"  which means "prospering (the Confucian) teaching".

History
In 920, the Yang Wu state of the Ten Kingdoms separated the northern part of the then Hailing county to establish Xinghua county. The county was downgraded to Zhaoyang township in 1135, but was restored in 1149.

In 1987, the county was turned into a city of Yangzhou. The area was under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou until 1996, and then reassign to Taizhou, Jiangsu.



Administrative divisions
At present, Xinghua City has 29 towns and 5 townships.
 * 29 towns
 * 5 townships

Education

 * Chushui Experimental School

Notable people

 * Bi Feiyu, fiction writer
 * Fan Zhongyan, politician, was once magistrate in Xinghua
 * Hou Yifan, chess grandmaster, born in Xinghua
 * Kong Shangren, Qing dynasty dramatist and poet
 * Li Jitong (1897–1961), botanist and phytophysiologist
 * Zheng Banqiao, Qing dynasty painter