Qidong, Jiangsu

Qidong 启东市 Chitung
County-level city
Looking southeast on the city, with downtown at the upper left (2007)
Qidong Location in Jiangsu
Coordinates: 31°52′12″N 121°42′11″E / 31.870°N 121.703°E / 31.870; 121.703[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangsu
Prefecture	Nantong
Area
• Total	1,208 km2 (466 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	1,115,900
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code	226200

Qidong is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nantong in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. It is located on the north side of the Yangtze River opposite Shanghai and forms a peninsula jutting out into the East China Sea. It has a population of 1.12 million.

The center of the city is named Huilong Township. It also has a well-known fishing port called Lüsi town, named after Lü Dongbin, one of the eight immortals, who is said to have visited the place four times. Qidong's Qilong township was formerly a separate island in the Yangtze called Yonglongsha but now forms a pene-enclave on Chongming Island, most of which belongs to Shanghai.