Baoying county is located in central section of Jiangsu province, north to Huaian city ---- the hometown of former premier Zhou Enlai, and south to Yangzhou city ---- the hometown of former predsident Jiang Zemin. Baoying is a nation-wide famous plain & virescence advanced county, the town of ecological demonstration county and native county of lotus root.

    Since reforming and opening, industry and agriculture have developed swiftly. Its traffic transportation is very convenient with Jing Hu Expressway and Huaijiang Highway, Jing Hang Grand Canal runs through the county from south to north, Yanjin Highway connecting eastern and western.

    Baoying economic development zone(BED for short) is the provincial-level development zone located in eastern side of the county, which is approved by Jiangsu procincial government in 1993. Now, BED has 5 foreign enterprises belong to 500 largest enterprises of the world such as Texas Instruments(USA), Italy Pirelli, ABB, Katbilla etc. Besides these there are many foreign-invested companies from Hongkong and Taiwan. They have got splendid development and great achievements. The investment of annual average utilization have reached 200 million$ and attrated 300 million RMB from Zhejiang and Shanghai. The industrial production has formed over 10 classifications such as Electronic engineering & electronic appliance industry, Pipe fittings, Vehicle fittings, Vitreous products, Cotton textile products, Real estates, Foodstuff & Pharmaceutical products, etc.. BED has accumulated over 200 enterprises.

    The new district of BED lies in the juncture of Jin Hu Expressway, which covers about 8 square kilometers. The infrastructure of it has been finished, equiped with perfect facilities such as water and power supply, post and internet, etc.. In one word, BED is an ideal commercial district and trade paradise for foreign investors and merchants from home and abroad.