Quality and rich human resources: Nantong's education and science industries have developed remarkably, demonstrated by its sufficient human recourses and superior labor quality. On the basis of around 5.3 million of productive population, its many higher educational institutions, research institutions and well-established vocational education industry have never slackened their efforts in cultivating first class technical talents. The man resource and labor resource in Nantong are well received due to their superior quality, low cost and high stability. In 2003, Nantong ranked 8 th among cities in China in terms of knowledge level index of its population.