Yixing city, china

#chinatraveltips Yixing is a county-level city administered under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-exclave with Changzhou. The city spans an area of 1,996.6 square kilometres (770.9 sq mi),[1] and has a registered hukou population of about 1,075,800 as of 2020. From June 1949 to January 1953, Yixing belonged to Changzhou Prefecture. From January 1953 to February 1956, Yixing belonged to Suzhou Prefecture . Following this, Yixing fell under the jurisdiction of Zhenjiang Prefecture until March 1983. Beginning in March 1983, Yixing County was placed under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Wuxi, which it remains part of today. In January 1988, Yixing County was abolished, and Yixing was reorganized as a county-level city, which it remains today.