Shaoxing Overview

Shaoxing is located in the coastal area of southeast of China, the south wing of the Changjiang Delta, lie in 29 degrees and 14 points in the north latitude to 30 degrees and 16 points between northern Hangzhou Yong in the province of Zhejiang, east longitude 119. 53 to 121. 13, adjacent to Ningbo in the east, border on Hangzhou in the west, 232 kilometers from Shanghai. The whole area is 8256 sq. km., the area of urban area is 362 sq. km.. Have under its command Shaoxing county, Zhuji city, Shangyu city, Shengzhou city, Xinchang county and Yuecheng area, area is 8256 sq. km., population is 4,330,000, the area of urban area is 339 sq. km. among them, population is 640,000. Northeast network is rivers plain, west is hills mountain region, hills mountain region account for the 2/3 of the whole city. Make a clear distinction between the four seasons within the border, the climate is moist, the illumination is sufficient, annual average temperature is 16.4 ?, annual average precipitation is 1300 millimetres. Shaoxing history is long, celebrity assemble, have land of rivers and lakes, bridge township, wine township, calligraphy township, good reputation of township of celebrated scholar, the first batch of national-level historical cultural cities, the first outstanding tourist cities of China, it is the south wing of the Changjiang Delta that develops the open city especially.
Shaoxing border inland lake and river are gathered, main river have Caoejiang river, Puyangjiang river, Zhedong Canal, the main lake is Jianhu, etc.. The total amount of water resource is 5,880 million cubic meters, 20733.333 hectares of fresh water and surface of water suitable for cultivating. The output of aquatic products is 55,000 tons in 1998. The lake of Jianhu has offered the high-quality source of water for Shaoxing production and life. The mineral resources with the potentiality to be exploited and extraction value in Shaoxing, there is more than 60 kinds such as iron, copper, gold, silver, zinc, diatomaceous earth, cured stone of the leaf, lime stone, granite, quartz sand, among them the reserves of iron and zinc account for 70% of Zhejiang province, the reserves of diatomaceous earth is first in the whole country.