By Wu Yinhua and Li Hui

n 30th December 2023, there was a blue sky and white clouds at Tel Aviv, Israel. At about 9 am local time, Xu Weisong, the vice general manager of Jiangsu Longxin Construction Group and general manger of its overseas office, led 4 Israel project managers to the construction site, to inspect the preparation works for the start of construction. It was the first time Longxin Construction Group signed the residential building construction project near the National Square in the core area of Tel Aviv as the main contractor.

There are now more than 5000 construction companies in Nantong. Among them, there are 25 top grade special qualified enterprises, and 408 grade 1 qualified enterprises. 6 companies were shortlisted in ‘Top 250 International Contractors in the world’. 124 Luban Prizes were won. The integrated strength is ranked first in cities with districts in China.

There are about 2.2 million workers in the Nantong Construction Iron Army. The development increase has exceeded 10% for more than 10 continuous years. The total output value of 2021 exceeded 1 trillion. In 2022, it reached 1.13 trillion yuan, which accounted for over one quarter of Jiangsu.