In recent years, Ganyu District has successfully established a garden city, a provincial civilized city, a provincial health district city and a national ecological zone in Jiangsu Province in accordance with the idea of integrated development of Hong Kong-produced cities, and has successively won the top 100 national comprehensive strength counties, top 100 national scientific development counties, top 100 national small and medium-sized cities with the most regional driving force, top 100 national scientific development zones and China.
Ganyu District has a large area of coastal wetlands, ocean beaches and the longest golden coastline in the province. Fertile land, vertical and horizontal rivers, developed Tongyu Canal and developed ecological fishery. Since ancient times, it has been known as the "land of fish and rice". Ganyu City was built by the sea and was born by the sea. It is known as "the Pearl of the Yellow Sea" and "the hometown of Xu Fu". It is the first in Jiangsu coastal area.