Dongtai Overview
Dongtai, dubbed “Last Uncontaminated Land on the West Coast of Pacific Ocean”, is a city under the jurisdiction of Yancheng Prefecture. Yancheng is one of thirteen prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu Province. Like its neighbors, Dongtai has a history of around 2,100 years, tracking back to 117 B.C, in which the Xixi Town appeared as a small community governed by an ancient Haining County in 937 A.D. With frequent replacements of dynasties after the Tang dynasty, Dongtai had multiple name alterations and jurisdiction were shifted. The long history has left the town a lot of marvelous historic relics. The city is becoming a hub in production of stevia, a crop that its leaves taste extremely sweet and has been used to replace cane sugar. Stevia, native to Paraguay, has been used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer for many years. In 2008, the production of the crop in Dongtai occupies 80% of the country's total production.
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