在美丽富饶的苏中平原上，一座新城正在崛起。创建于1993年的姜堰经济开发区，是姜堰市政府精心打造的新型工业示范区、姜堰新城区。经过几年的发展，一座充满现代化气息的新城区框架基本形成。
　　建区以来，企业总数已经超过300家，其中来自欧美、澳洲、日韩、南非、新加坡、港台企业近百家，区内主要经济指标年年攀升。
　　开发区总规划面积近100平方公里。一期总面积约20平方公里，初步形成了新能源产业基地、国家级高新技术产业化基地、国家级汽车零部件生产基地、江苏五金机电产业特色园，和以华东五金城、锦天汽配港、锦江商贸城等为龙头的现代物流服务业。二期建设将强化区域功能、延伸产业链条、提升集群层次、改善区域布局、优化产业结构。新城区建设秉承“绿色、科技”的理念，着力构筑产业投资的洼地，打造苏中地区产业升级的新平台。　

A new city is rising up in middle Jiangsu plain. Jiangyan Economic Development Zone, established in 1993, is the new demonstrative industrial park and new urban district carefully created by Jiangyan Government. For years’ development, the basic frame of a new urban district full of modern atmosphere is formed.
　　Since its establishment, there’re over 300 enterprises, hereinto over 100 ones from Europe, America, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Its economic index increases every year.
　　The total planned area of the development zone is about 100 square kilometers. The first phase is about 20 square kilometers, which has preliminarily formed new energy industry base,national hi-tech industry base, national auto part production base and provincial hardware electromechanical industrial park; as well as modern logistic service industry considering East China Hardware Plaza, Jintian Auto Part Port and Jinjiang Trade Center as leading enterprises. The second phase will focus on strengthening regional function, extending industrial chain, upgrading cluster level, improving regional layout and optimizing industrial structure. The new urban district is built under the spirit of “green, science and technology” to construct a depression of industrial investment and build a lever to prizing industrial upgrading in Central Jiangsu.