Jintan owns rock salt mine which its comprehensive index is the best in Southeeast China, it is 800-1,000m under the ground, reserves reach to 16.4 billion tons, content of NaCl reaches to more than 85%,the brine mass reaches to 280g/l, very rich salt resources, the extracting condition is very advantageous.

According to the plan of State¡¯s ¡°Western Gas Sending East ¡± project, the salt mine¡¯s extracted cave is listed as the Yangtze River Delta¡¯s gas-storing tank of the project. In order to speed up the construction of the cave, especially establish salt-chemical industry base in the JEDZ, it has got the support of the State¡¯s relevant departments.

The total occupied area of the base is 3.8 km2, there are blocks such as chloro-alkaline PVC, chloro-alkaline¡¯s downstream product manufacturing, fine chemicals, soda and phosphorus chemical industry.