Chongming (Chinese: 崇明岛), formerly romanized as Chungming, is an alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in East China covering 1,267 square kilometers (489 sq mi) as of 2010.

Chongming consists of three low-lying inhabited alluvial islands at the mouth of the Yangtze north of the Shanghai peninsula: Chongming, Changxing, and Hengsha. Following its massive expansion in the 20th century, Chongming is now the 2nd-largest island administered by the People's Republic of China and the 2nd-largest in Greater China , after ...

Chongming Island has been in existence for more than 1,300 years. Now, it covers an area of 1,267 square kilometers (489 square miles), with a population of 635,000. The whole island is flat in terms of terrain, with fertile soil, luxuriant forests and abundant resources.

Looking like a languorous dragon lodged in the eastern estuary of the Yangtze River, Chongming Island is a nature getaway located conveniently close to Shanghai's city centre. As one of China's three largest islands, it thrives on eco-tourism and is a national model for environmentally sustainable development.

2019年11月8日 · Chongming Island, to the east of Shanghai, is a large sand island in the estuary of the Yangtze River, with beautiful shoals, wetlands, and dense forests.

Chongming Island, large island in the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), Shanghai municipality, China. The island has been formed through the accumulation of silt the river has carried down from its middle and upper course.

Being the largest alluvial island at the estuary of a river and the largest sand island in the world, Chongming Island is also acclaimed as “Door to Yangtze River, Yingzhou Island (a celestial mountain in fairy tales of ancient China) in the East China Sea”. Chongming Island has been in existence for more than 1300 years.