Jinma 200 series Tractor Users Manual
MCE 2004.01
Yancheng Tractor Factory
The Yancheng Tractor Factor is located, as you may guess, in the city of Yancheng, Jiangsu
province, China, and is about 100 miles north of Shanghai.
Yancheng is one of thirteen municipalities of Jiangsu province.
Yancheng is situated by the Yellow sea. With the coastal
marshland covering an area of 453,000 ha with rich resources,
Yancheng is an important production center for clams, prawns
and eels. The two natural protection regions of redcrowned
cranes and David' s dear have been set up in Yancheng. The
development of agricultural economy of the city is in full swing, making the city
a new commodity grain and cotton base in China. The local industrial structure
has been completed in Yancheng with industries like textiles, machinery,
electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical, food processing and construction materials
industries
as its backbone. The arts and crafts, native and special products of the
city are of unique styles.
The tractor factory
was originally built
about 50 years ago. As
you can see from figure
3, this factory was a
less than ideal
environment in which
to build. As of the
spring of 2002 all
tractors were being built in a new factory.
Average wage per person in Jiansu Prov for 2003 was 9200 Yaun (Cdn $1400).
Pop. 70.2 Million
Area: 1.03 x 10
5
Km
2
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Figure 1. A 254 at the factory
Figure 2. Yancheng City
Figure 5. Engine assembly in the new plant
Figure 3. Old Factory with dirt floors
Figure 4. New factory machine shop
Figure 6. Map of Jiansu Province