Jiangxi province, called 'Gan' for short, lies to the south of the Yangzi River valley. It has a total area of 167,000 square kilometers and a population of 38.27 million.

Jiangxi's countryside varies from flat plains in the north to beautiful mountains in the east, south, and west. The land surface is a bit like a basin. 70% of the region is mountains and hills, and from here most of the major rivers originates, They flow through the province before emptying into Lake Boyang which then joins the Yangzi River in the north. Jiangxi has a subtropical monsoon climate.
The province is rich in mineral deposits. Tungsten ore and copper ore are the main minerals here. Besides some other minerals, such as coal, iron ore, sulphuretted iron ore, lead ore, zinc ore, and rock salt are also available.

The most famous shopping specialty in this region, by a long shot, is the Porcelain Ware from the areas in and around Jingdezhen. This city, still known as the "old porcelain capital", boasts a ceramic producing history of over 2000 years and was highly popular with the Song imperial court. It was only to became internationally famed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the Europeans considered it of the finest art. Among the numerous types of this kaolin pottery, the Qinghua Glazed Dishware (Qinghua wutong canju) is the most famous.

Map of Jiangxi

The province, along with Fujian and Hunan, has also long been a center for Tea production, and many of the tea leaves harvested here are of the finest quality in China. The tea can sometimes be highly expensive, but is also commonly drunk on trains in large jars, looking a lot like seaweed samples from a grimy pond. Some types, however, apparently picked after a light frost in the early morning, are a delight, including Lu Shan's Maofeng Tea (Lushan maofengcha), Ningzhou's Black Tea (Ningzhou hongcha) and Anyuan's Green Tea (Anyuan lucha).

Of the other shopping highlights, look out for the Yujiang Wood Carvings (Yujiang mudiao), the Ji'an Camphor Cases (Jian zhang muxiang) and the Qian Shan Bamboo Handicrafts (Qianshan zhu gongyipin). Many of these can be found in the provincial capital, Nanchang.

The heavy industry of Jiangxi consists of ferrous metal making, ceramics making, engineering, chemical factories, cement factories, and power plants. The positions of ferrous metal and ceramics industries are prominent not only in the province but in China as well. The light industry includes textile, food processing, tea processing, and the manufacturing of paper and sugar.

The transportation of this Jiangxi province depends to a great extent on its railways, roads and waterways.
Jiangxi province has many beautiful mountains, rivers and historical relics. Lushan mountain, Jinggang mountain, Sanqing mountain, and Longhu mountain are the most well-known mountains in China.

Jiangxi province is also famous for its local traditional products: ceramics made in Jingdezhen, porcelain pictures made in Nanchang, Qianshan bamboo handcraft, Lushan tea, Jinggang mountain bamboo shoots, Nanfeng sweet oranges, and Nanan ducks.