Changxing County
Changxing County is in Zhejiang Province. It has a total area of 1,430 square km and a population of 620,000 inhabitants
Changxing, established in the third year of Taikang's reign (Jin wu di) (282 AD) in the Jin Dynasty, has an extensive history of over 1,700 years. It has rich resources and long cultrual heritage, and cherishes its fame as ”°the realm of fish and rice”±, ”°the home of silk”±, ”°the land of culture”±, and ”°the distinguished county in the southeast”±.
Changxing;
is in the top 100 counties in China in terms of comprehensive strength
is in the top 100 counties in China in terms of basic economic competitive ability
is the technically advanced county in China
is the sanitary county in China
is the top county in Zhejiang in terms of education
Changxing County is located in the center of the Yangtze Delta, China; on the southwest bank of Taihu Lake, bordering Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui.
Changxing has great advantages in its location, around which are 52 large and medium cities including Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Wuhu, etc. and 73 million inhabitants, which forms a great economic zone.
Changxing is the transport center of the Yangtze Delta
Railroad: Xin-Chang Railroad (Jiangsu Xinyi--Changxing, connecting to Long-Hai line; the land and sea channel between Northeast China and the Yangtze Delta.)
Xuan-Hang Railroad (Anhui Xuancheng--Hangzhou), Hang-Niu Railroad (Hangzhou--Niutoushan)
Road: 104 national highway (Beijing--Fuzhou), 318 national highway (Shanghai--Lasa), Hang--Ning expressway (Hangzhou to Nanjing), Shen-Su-Zhe-Wan Expressway (Shanghai to Hefei)
Waterway: Chang-Hu-Shen (Changxing -- Huzhou -- Shanghai) waterway, with a transport capacity of 500 tons, and an annual transport amount of 2,000 tons. It has the fame of ”°the eastern Rhein”±.
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