- Nanchang -

IC-BIS 2024 will be be held in Nanchang, China, from April 26-28, 2024. For further information about the hotel, please find the below.

Nanchang, Wade-Giles romanization Nan-ch’ang, city and capital of Jiangxi sheng (province), China. The city is situated on the right bank of the Gan River just below its confluence with the Jin River and some 25 miles (40 km) south of its discharge into Lake Poyang.

The city was founded and first walled in 201 BCE, when the county town was given the name Nanchang. It was also the administrative seat of a commandery, Yuzhang. In 589 this commandery was changed into a prefecture named Hongzhou, and after 763 it became the provincial centre of Jiangxi, which was then beginning the rapid growth that by the 12th century made it the most populous province in China. In 959, under the Nan (Southern) Tang regime (937–975/976), it became Nanchang superior prefecture and also the southern capital. After the conquest by the Song dynasty (960–1279) in 981, it reverted to the name Hongzhou. In 1164 it was renamed Longxing superior prefecture, which name it retained until 1363. At the end of the Yuan (Mongol) period (1279–1368), it became a battleground between Zhu Yuanzhang—the Hongwu emperor and founder of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644)—and the rival local warlord, Chen Youliang. At the beginning of the 16th century it was the power base from which Zhu Chenhao, the prince of Ning, launched a rebellion against the Ming regime.