Jiangyin (simplified Chinese: 江阴; traditional Chinese: 江陰; pinyin: Jiāngyīn; Wade–Giles: Chiangyin, Jiangyin dialect: [kɐ̞ŋ.jɪŋ]) is a county-level city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, and is administered by Wuxi, Jiangsu province. Jiangyin is one of the most important transport hubs on the Yangtze River, it is also one of the most developed counties in China. With 1,595,138 inhabitants as of the 2010 census,[1] the city is now part of Jiangyin-Zhangjiagang-Jingjiang built-up or metropolitan area with 3,526,260 inhabitants
The Jiangyin suspension bridge is the closest to the sea of the many bridges over the Yangtze. It connects Jiangyin to Jingjiang.
The local cuisine is rather unspectacular in terms of flavors, but the fish and freshwater shrimp are very fresh and cheap. Just as in any Chinese city, there are thousands of restaurants serving food from all corners of the country and for all budgets. Numerous KFC outlets, but no McDonald's.
Every restaurant in town (at the exception of the Muslim noodle places) serves booze at cheap prices and for most Chinese, this is where communal drinking is done, as well as in the ubiquitous KTVs. A few pubs are popping up here and there around town as well. Those catering to the expatriate population are clustered on a segment perpendicular to Chaoyang Road 朝阳路 called Bar Street 酒吧街 by those living nearby. Most are uninteresting and run-down, but you can give them a try if you don't mind sipping your overpriced beer in the company of elderly Europeans and the over-the-hill hookers trying comically and desperately to smooch with them. Those that stand out are:
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