Jiangnan, formerly romanized as Kiangnan, was a historical province of the early Qing dynasty of China.

Established in 1645 during the Qing conquest of Ming,[2] it administered the area of the earlier Ming province of Nanzhili,[3] reaching from north of the Huai River—at the time the course of the Yellow River—to south of the Yangtze River in East China.

[1] Its territory was later divided into the separate provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui[3] during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1736–1795),[4] although the exact timing is disputed,[4] with Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville's map of 1734 showing the province still extant as "Kiang-nan".

After a series of changes, this division eventually became the basis for the separate provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui at some point under the Qianlong Emperor.

Lower levels were not centrally appointed by the imperial government, but were overseen by the county, prefectural, and provincial administration.