If you open a world map, you’ll clearly see that Jiaxing is located in the southeastern part of China's coastline and in the center of Yangtze River Delta. It abuts on Shanghai to the east, Suzhou to the north, Hangzhou to the west and Hangzhou Bay to the south. It covers a land area of 3,915 sq km and has a population of 3.339million. Under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing City there are two districts (Nanhu District and Xiuzhou District), three county-level cities (Pinghu City, Haining City and Tongxiang City) and two counties (Jiashan County and Haiyan County).

Jiaxing has a long history and a brilliant culture. It is the cradle of the culture in south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. As early as 6,000 or 7,000 years ago, the ancestors bred the Majiabang Civilization, which is recognized as the representative of the culture of the Taihu Trainage Area in early Neolithic Age and as one of the origins of ancient civilization of Chinese nation. In history Jiaxing celebrities came forth in large numbers. Merely in modern and contemporary times, such accomplished masters came to the fore as Mao Dun (a modern literature master), Wang Guowei (a master of Chinese studies), Xu Zhimo (a famous poet of Crescent Moon School), Feng Zikai and Zhang Leping (a famous caricaturists), Chen Xingsheng (a famous mathematician ) , Jin Yong (a kung fu novelist).

Jiaxing has always been a rich and prosperous land and is long known as “land of fish and rice” and “place of silk and satin”. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, especially since the implementation of the policy of reform and opening up to the outside world, jointly influenced by the development of Pudong District of Shanghai, the opening-up economy of southern Jiangsu Province as well as the privately operated economy of southern Zhejiang Province, Jiaxing has made a rapid progress in economy and its comprehensive strength has been enhanced remarkably. At present, all the counties and county-level cities under Jiaxing’s jurisdiction are listed among the top 30 of the 100 wealthy counties in China and among well-off counties in Zhejiang Province. In 2006, the whole city had a total output value of 158.51 billion yuan.

Because Jiaxing is abundant in tourist resources and its environment is exquisite, it has become one of China’s outstanding tourist cities and the national botanical garden cities.  As a famous natural resort in southern China, Jiaxing combines the beauty of tides, lakes, rivers and the sea. There are a bunch of scenic spots in Jiaxing that form the characteristics of a watery town in southern China, including South Lake (the revolutionary sacred place), Qianjiang Tides (known as NO. 1 Tides in the world), Xitang in Jiashan and Wuzhen in Tongxiang (featured in the ancient styles of southern China) as well as the North-South Lake in Haiyan and Jiu-Long-Shan in Pinghu. At present, Jiaxing has 7 national AAAA level scenic spots, 1 national AAA level spot and 6 national-level key units of preservation of cultural relics.

Jiaxing City presents a sound environment for investors and it is a wonderland for entrepreneurs. Its transportation is convenient with railroads, highways and watercourses extending in all directions. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the city and there is an immediate access to the Shanghai-Hangzhou Double-Track Railway, 320 National Highway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, Zha-Jia-Su Expressway. The rate of high class and sub-high class road-paving ranks the first in Zhejiang Province. As a result, a traffic circle of half an hour is finalized from Jiaxing to the counties and county-level cities under its jurisdiction and a one-hour traffic circle finalized from Jiaxing to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou. By 2010, Jiaxing’s traffic environment will have been greatly improved after an investment of over 100,000 million yuan in the construction of a large number of infrastructures such as the Cross-sea Bridge in Hangzhou Bay, Jiaxing-Shaoxing Cross-river Bridge, Hangzhou-Pudong Expressway and Shanghai-Jiaxing-Huzhou Expressway. Jiaxing Port (a deep-water harbor), which was called “the Grand Oriental Harbor” by Mr. Sun Yat-Sen , is China’s Class A opening harbor with an annual handling capacity of over 24.1758 million tons. Jiaxing is also an important energy base in Eastern China. It has China’s first self-designed and constructed nuclear power plant---Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant and Jiaxing Power Plant---the Key Construction Project during China’s eighth five-year plan period. At present, the total capacity of both Qingshan Nuclear Power Plant and Jiaxing Power Plant exceeds 6 million KW.

Jiaxing’s people are arduous, wise and hospitable. We sincerely welcome friends from everywhere to come to Jiaxing for sightseeing and investing. On this ancient yet robust land, you’ll sense and get to know in person about Jiaxing’s splendid yesterday, energetic today and promising tomorrow.

Deputy  Mayor of Jiaxing People’s Government: weining li