| Jiaojiang | |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | China Zhejiang |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Zhejiang |
| Coordinates: | 28.6667°N 147°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zhejiang |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Taizhou |
| Area Total Km2: | 363.79 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 274 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 826100 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Jiaojiang District (Tai-chow dialect: Tsiao-kông K'ü;) is a district and the seat of the prefecture-level city of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China. It is named after the Jiao River (Jiaojiang in Chinese).
Jiaojiang has a mainland area of 266.5km2, and its islands area is 13.6km2. The total area is 280.1km2. As of 2003, the population was approximately 471,500.
Jiaojiang has an average annual precipitation of 1500mm. The average temperature in January is 6 °C, in July it is 28 °C, and average annual temperature is 17 °C.
Until 1980, the district was under the administration of Huangyan and was called Haimen District. When Haimen was upgraded to a county-level city in 1981, it was renamed as Jiaojiang City to avoid confusion with Haimen in Jiangsu province.
In 1994, the prefecture-level city of Taizhou was established, and Jiaojiang City became the main district of Taizhou.
Subdistricts:[1]
The only town is Dachen (大陈镇).
Ruan Jiqiang was born in 1923 in Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. He attended the Agrarian Revolutionary War in May 1938, joined the New Fourth Army in February 1939 and was admitted to the Chinese Communist Party in May 1941.
He graduated from the second Aviation School of the air force. He participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War and the Korean War. He was awarded the three-level Medal of independence and freedom, the three-level Medal of liberation, and the medal of independent merit and honor. He is a retired cadre at the Deputy military level.
He is now the director of the painting and calligraphy branch of the Arctic Temple of the general staff, and a senior art consultant of China Sanwei painting and Calligraphy Academy.[2]