About Hangzhou

Hangzhou a city along the coast of southeast China in the north of Zhejiang Province, is located at the west point of Hangzhou Bay while on the north bank of the lower reach of Yangtze River. At the southernmost tip of the Grand Canal some 180 kilometers away from Shanghai, the city functions as the capital of Zhejiang Province and one of the Chinese municipalities at a deputy provincial level. With geographical importance that makes it a hub connecting all routes in southeast China, Hangzhou also ranks among the core cities of the Yangtze Delta, the largest economic rim in the country. With its core area seated at 30°16'N and 120°12'E, the city has urisdiction of totally nine districts that include Shangcheng, Xiacheng, Jianggan, Gongshu, Xihu, Binjiang, Xiaoshan, Yuhang and Fuyang, two county-level cities of Lin’an and Jiande, and two counties that are Tonglu and Chun’an. The city’s urban area, covering a total floor space of 16,596 square kilometers, has a permanent population of 8.84 million The so-called Greater Hangzhou that places the city as the core, with its territorial area of 34,585 square kilometers and 2.11 million permanent residents in total, is the fourth largest Chinese mega-regions only next to Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing.