[Land Resources] The land area of Jiangsu is 107,200 km². Plains, water bodies, and hilly areas account for 68.4%, 18.5% and 13.1% of Jiangsu’s total land area, respectively. Its mountain-water-arable land area ratio stands roughly at 1:2:7. Jiangsu now has about 4.169 million ha of arable land, or 0.049 ha per capita. The rich variety of crops, trees, aquatic products, and livestock and poultry in Jiangsu is largely due to its favorable conditions for agricultural development. It is known as a land of plenty in the Chinese nation ever since ancient times.

[Marine Resources] The maritime area of Jiangsu is 37,500 km², with 25 islands in total. Much of the sea area falls within the territory of the Yellow Sea, except for the east of the Yangtze Estuary and the south of the Yuantuojiao-Jeju Island line (from Qidong City of Jiangsu to the ROK), which belongs to the East China Sea. The coastline in Jiangsu stretches 954 km. More than 90% of its shores are silty and muddy. Natural coastlines make up 36.1% of the total. The area of coastal mudflat is about 382,000 ha.

[Mineral Resources] In Jiangsu, 136 kinds of minerals have been discovered, among which reserves of 78 kinds have been verified. There are 499 mining areas across the province with proven mineral reserves, 49% of which are of large-and-medium scale and 51% are small ones. Jiangsu faces a shortage of certain strategic minerals such as coal, iron, and copper, but is abundant in titanium ore (rutile), strontium, rock salt, mirabilite, garnet, and attapulgite clay.

[Forest Resources] The forest coverage rate in Jiangsu is 24.1%. There are 57 state forest farms in Jiangsu, covering an area of about 100,000 ha.

[Wetland Resources] Jiangsu has approximately 2.9993 million ha of wetlands, ranking sixth in China. A total of 50.2% of Jiangsu’s wetlands are well-conserved.