¡¡Huzhou is administrated by Zhejiang Provincial Government. It governs Wuxin Section, Nanxun Section, Deqing County, Changxing County and Anji County. The city covers an area of 5,800 square km with the population of 2.62milloins. The population of city residents is 350,000.
¡¡As one of the 15 "First Planning and First Developing" cities which are approved by the State Council to connect Pudong Development Zone, Huzhou enjoys the advantage of geographical location and economical base.
¡¡The South-west part of Huzhou located against Tian Mu Mountains where there is the source of Huang Pu River. The North-east part of the city lies on the Taihu Plain. The yearly average temperature is 15¡æ. The average temperature in the coldest month (January) during the year is 3.1¡æ and in the hottest month(July) is 27.9¡æ. The yearly precipitation is 1238.8mm. The yearly average wind speed is 3.2m/s. The mainly wind direction is form the south-east.
¡¡Huzhou is called Wuxin in the old days. It is one of the birth places of the Chinese National Industry. The main industries are machinery, electronics, textile, light industry, chemical and construction material.

Location

¡¡Huzhou is located in the north part of Zhejiang at the south bank of Taihu Lake which is the third largest fresh-water lake in China. The city is 150km (120km after the highway links up) away from Shanghai to the east, 86km away from Hangzhou to the south, 110km away from Wuxi and 90km away from Suzhou to the north, 220kin awayfrom Nanjing to the northwest. It is in the central part of the Yangtze River Delta and Shanghai Economic Circle.

Communication

¡¡Surrounded by Shanghai city and the other three provinces ofJiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, Huzhou is an important communication center both by river and land.

¡¡By Land
¡¡The 318# National Road (Shanghai-Lhasa)lies across Huzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone from the east to the west. The distance from Huzhou to Shanghai is 150kms.
¡¡The 104# National Road ( Beijing-Fuzhou ) lies across Huzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone from the north to the south, The distance from Huzhou to Nanjing is 220km and to Hangzhou is 86km.
¡¡The highway from Shanghai to Huzhou which is a part of the Shen-Zhe-Wan highway (Shanghai-Huzhou-Hefei) is under construction. It is 120km from Huzhou to Shanghai. The designed speed is 120km/hour. The whole highway is planned to be joined up at the beginning of 2005.
¡¡The Ning-Hu-Hang highway (Nanjing-Huzhou-Hangzhou) is totally 220km, while the 68km Huzhou-Hangzhou part is available now. The whole highway is planned to be linked up by the end of 2003.

¡¡By Rail
¡¡The railway in Huzhou isa main part of the country's rail system. It leads to the main cities all over the country. There are stations inside the Huzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone for cargo and passengers.

¡¡By River
¡¡The Hu-Shen River (Huzhou-Shanghai) is one of the most important rivers in the Yangtze River Delta. It is attributed to the 4th class rivers inland China. The navigable capacity for single vessel is 500tons. The annual transport capacity is 80,000,000 tons. It is ranked as "Oriental Little Rhein" because of its importance.

Survey  of  H.E.T.D

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¡¡Huzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone was established in 1992 with the approval by Zhejiang Provincial Government. It is listed as one of the nine major provincial development zones approved by the State Council in 1997. By the year 2000, it is approved by the provincial government to set up Zhejiang Hi-tech Industry Area inside the Zone.

Overall Plan

¡¡Huzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone is located in the north-west part of the city, against the city downtown by river. The planned area is 70 square km. It is devided into 6 sections: Fenghuang Industry and Trade Section, Xisai Port Warehousing Section, Yangjiabu Heavy Industry Section, Renhuangshan New Section, South Taihu Tourism & Holiday Center, Southwest Industry Section.

Infrastructure

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¡¡There is completed infrastructure in the Zone such as telecommunication bureau, postal center, transit station combined by rail, road and river transportation with annual handling capacity of 1,100,000tons, thermal power station supplying 600,000tons of steam annually, gas pipe system, transformer substation, water mill of 100,000tons capacity and sewage treatment plant. Inisde the Zone, Fenghuang Industry and Trade Section is well equipped with electronic power, tele-communication (broad band), water, sewage treatment, road, heating and steaming.

Adminstration Efficiency & Law Environment

¡¡Huzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone is a provincial development zone approved by the Zhejiang Provincial Government. It is one of the nine major provincial development zones in China approved by the State Council with the provincial development authority. The Zone established a complete serving and supporting system for investment. The Administrative Committee of the Zone provides series service started from company registration, construction to production.
¡¡Huzhou is one of the birthplace cities of the modern national industry. It is also one of the earliest opening cities that follow the opening policy since 1980s. It is more accustom to the market economic system. The governmental departments works efficiently and have strong consciousness of law. The social security is well in order.

Labor Force

¡¡The city's national education is on the top level in mainland China. Over 83% of the labors finished high middle school and mid-professional education. Besides, with the advantage of being close to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing where there are many famous universities like Zhejiang University, Tongji University, Fudan University, Shanghai Community University and Nanjing University, Huzhou is strongly supported by professional experts and developed technology from these cities and universities.

Living Environment

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¡¡Huzhou faces Taihu to the north and leans against Tian Mu Mountains to the south. Surrounded by green mountains and fresh water, Huzhou is an ideal place to live. Among the Taihu Area, it is the only city that gets her name after Taihu. It is well-known as "Silk City, Fish & Rice Land and Culture Center" by history. In the year of 2000, Huzhou was ranked as "World's Most Livable City" by the United Nation. At present, Huzhou is under construction to be a modern garden city where is most suitable for living and prospering around the Yangtze River Delta.

Development Potentialities

¡¡The High-lighted Development Zone In China
¡¡With Shanghai as its center, the Yangtze Delta is the most potential high-lighted Development Zone in China. It covers 99,000 square km area with 100 million population. It occupies 22% of the country's total GDP and 25% of the country's revenue. Its yearly economy growth rate increases by 12% in average during the recent 15years.

¡¡Huzhou Is Located In The Central Part Of Yangtze Delta.
¡¡In the transportation economy point of view, HuZhou is within 200km distance in semi- diameter to Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Wuxi by road. To invest factories in Huzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone will be a great opportunity to occupy the markets in Yangtze Delta.

¡¡Huzhou Is Becoming One Of The Most Competitive cities
¡¡According to ¡¶ Report of Cities Competitiveness In China £¨2003£©¡· , except Hong Kong and Taiwan, Huzhou is the No.47 most competitive city within the 200 inspected cities in China. Its structure and regulation competitiveness is listed respectively as No.6 and No.9 throughout the country.