| Rudong | |
| Other Name: | Jutung |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 226400 |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Jiangsu |
| Pushpin Label: | Rudong |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jiangsu |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jiangsu |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nantong |
| Area Total Km2: | 1972 |
| Population Total: | 978500 |
| Population As Of: | 2018 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 32.407°N 121.075°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Rudong County is under the administration of Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, and lies on the Yellow Sea coast. It administers 14 towns and five districts.[1] The 14 towns are Juegang, Matang, Fengli, Caobu, Chahe, Shuangdian, Xindian, Hekou, Yuanzhuang, Changsha, Ju, Yangkou, Bencha and Dayu. The county seat is Juegang .
At present, Rudong County has 14 towns.[2]
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The county took its name because it is located to the east of Rugao County and was once part of it. The ancient name of it was Fuhaizhou, which meant a small sand island in the ocean.
The county has many extraneous people from the south of the Yangtse River (Changjiang River), so there are two main dialects: Rudonghua which is a branch of Jianghuai Mandarin and Shadihua (Wu: Sodiwo pronounced as /so di ɯo/), which is a branch of the Wu language.
The one-child policy was implemented in Rudong before other parts of China, and as of 2023 it is China's oldest county: almost 39% of the population is aged 60 or older, compared to 18.7% nationwide.[3] [4]
Rudong is located on the bank of the Yellow Sea. As a result, there is a sizable fishing industry and the county was named "the place of seafood in China" by the Chinese Cooking Association in 2007.[5] Rudong also contains a harbor for commercial cargo. Yankou Harbor was launched in May 2011 and includes a facility for unloading liquified natural gas.[6] In addition, there is a wind farm near Rudong's sea bank. The farm contained 217 turbines as of 2009, making it the largest in the country in its grade.[7]
The Hai'an–Rudong railway opened in 2014 and has two passenger stations in Rudong County: Bingcha and Rudong.[8]