Situated in one of the largest economic zones of China, the Yangtze River Delta, Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province. The city lies 300km west of Shanghai (1 hour 9 minutes by high speed train), 1,200km south of Beijing (3 hours 41 minutes by high speed train) and 1,400km north-east of Hong Kong (2 hours 2 minutes by flight).