Jurong is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, managed by Zhenjiang City, located in the south of Jiangsu Province, connecting Zhenjiang in the east and Nanjing in the west. It is the southeast gateway of Nanjing, a member of the Nanjing Metropolitan Circle, known as the "New East Suburb of Nanjing, Jinling Royal Garden", and an emerging city in the Yangtze River Delta integrating port, industry, commerce and tourism. According to the data of the seventh national population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Jurong City was 639266, accounting for 19.91% of Zhenjiang City.

Jurong was established in the first year of Yuanshuo in the Western Han Dynasty (128 BC). It has a history of more than 2000 years. It is one of the thirteen ancient counties with the earliest civilization in Jiangsu Province and has long been under the jurisdiction of Nanjing. In April 1995, with the approval of the State Council, the county was abolished and the city was established, which became one of the earliest open areas announced by the State Council.

Jurong is one of China's top 100 counties (cities), China's excellent tourism city, national ecological demonstration area, national advanced city for scientific and technological work, national health city, national environmental protection model city, China's Strawberry Town, Jiangsu Province's civilized city, national civilized city, and national cultural advanced county (city) ". The territory has a mild climate, beautiful mountains and rivers, a large number of people, and many historic sites. There are Taoist "the first blessed place, the eighth cave" - Maoshan, "the first famous mountain of the law" - Baohua Mountain, and "Jiuzhaigou" - Jiulong Mountain in Jiangsu.

In October 2018, it was selected as the 51st of the top 100 counties and cities with comprehensive strength, the 45th of the top 100 counties and cities with investment potential, the top 100 counties and cities with green development, the top 100 counties and cities with scientific and technological innovation, and the top 100 counties and cities with new urbanization quality. In 2018, the top 100 industrial counties (cities) ranked among the top 100 in China's urban comprehensive well-off index. The investment potential of the national county economy is 100. In 2019, the country's top 100 counties and cities with investment potential, and the country's top 100 counties and cities with scientific and technological innovation. It will be selected as a national civilized city in 2020.

In 2021, Jurong's GDP will reach 73.675 billion yuan, up 9.3% year on year.