Yancheng (盐城, Yánchéng) is the anchor city of Yancheng Prefecture in Jiangsu, the part of the province along the coast. Huai'an is in the prefecture.

Position in Jiangsu

Understand

Yancheng, whose name literally means "Salt City", was founded in 119 BC named after the salt harvest fields that surround the city.

See

• Salt marshes
• Yancheng wetlands
• China Sea Salt Museum (中国海盐博物馆), No. 1 Kaifang Avenue (开放大道1号), ☏ +86 515 89902306, ✉ seasaltmuseum@163.com. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00, closed on Mondays. Free. (updated Jan 2018)

The coast of Yancheng Prefecture is a home to migratory birds, an as such has been listed as a natural world heritage site under the name Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China.