Watertown on the Plain, Ancient Cultural City—Green Yangzhou

At the end of 2013, Jiangsu provincial government conferred Yangzhou the “Ecological Achievement Award for Green Jiangsu 2003–2012”. As a typical water city on the eastern plain of China, Yangzhou created a green city of forests and waters in itself by following natural laws, and benefited its people with ecological development. At the moment, Yangzhou has 1.53 million mu of forests across the city, forest and wetland coverage ratio reaches 51.5%, green coverage ratio in completed areas of city proper is 43.34%, and per capita park greening is 19 m2.