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This is Jiaxing

ezhejiang.gov.cn| Updated: Aug 9, 2019
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Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province [Photo/IC]

Population: 4,726,000 permanent residents (2018)

Location: northeast of Zhejiang province and the center of Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou Plain in the Yangtze River Delta

Area: 3,915 square kilometers (according to the second land survey)

Economy:

Jiaxing realized a regional GDP of 487.20 billion yuan ($70.73 billion), 7.6 percent higher than that of the previous year. Its primary, secondary and tertiary industries contributed added value of 11.50, 262.45 and 213.25 billion yuan, up by 0.1 percent, 8.4 percent and 7.1 percent. The ratio of the three industries was 2.3:53.9:43.8. The 103,858 yuan of per capita GDP in 2018 represented 6.3 percent growth.

Administrative divisions:

Under the jurisdiction of the city of Jiaxing are two urban districts, Nanhu and Xiuzhou, three county-level cities of Pinghu, Haining and Tongxiang, and the two counties of Jiashan and Haiyan. Together they enclose a total of 42 towns and 30 sub-districts.

Brief introduction:

Jiaxing, in East China's Zhejiang province, is the birthplace of the Communist Party of China and the "Red Boat Spirit", the origin of China's revolutionary spirit. In 1921, the first CPC National Congress was successfully held on a small boat on Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing, signifying the birth of the CPC.

The city faces the sea in the east, runs along the Qiantang River in the south, and bears on Taihu Lake in the north. The Grand Canal crosses the region. With Shanghai to the east, Suzhou to the north, Huzhou to the west and Hangzhou to the south, Jiaxing enjoys a favorable geographical position because it is less than 100 kilometers to any of these cities. Its network of highways, rail lines and waterways radiates in every direction.