Zhejiang Province
Located on the southeast coast of China, on the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta, with an area of 105,500 square kilometers. It is adjacent to Shanghai in the north. The terrain slopes from southwest to northeast. The terrain is complex, consisting of plains, hills, basins, mountains, and islands.
With a population of 58.5 million, the population was 51.8 million in 2009, ranking tenth among the population of all provinces in China. The capital of Zhejiang Province is Hangzhou, with 11 cities under its jurisdiction.
The Economy & Industries
In 2019, Zhejiang’s gross domestic product (GDP) was 6.2352 trillion yuan, ranking fourth in the country’s provinces. In 2009, the GDP of Zhejiang Province was 228.23 billion yuan.
Zhejiang is one of the regions with abundant precipitation in China. The reserves of alum ore rank first in the world, pyrophyllite ranks first in the country, and fluorite, illite and cast diabase rank second in the country.
Zhejiang is one of the provinces with the smallest differences in the degree of economic development in China. The private economy is developed. Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, and Wenzhou are the four major economic pillar areas in Zhejiang. Among them, the economic strength of Hangzhou and Ningbo has long been in the top 20 in China.
There are 3783 kinds of commodities markets in the province, the annual transaction volume is 2.3 trillion yuan.
There are 3 international airports, with a passenger throughput of 40 million passengers in 2019 and more than 50 international terminals opened.
In the machinery manufacturing industry, pump industry, valve industry, industrial sewing machine manufacturing, mold and other industries account for a large proportion of the country. Among the traditional industries, textile, apparel, leather, chemical industry, chemical fiber, papermaking, rubber and plastic products, non-metallic mineral products, non-ferrous metal processing, and agricultural and sideline food processing have 10 large-scale industries with regional competitive advantages.
In 2019, there were 37,201 enterprises above designated size in the province (referring to the annual main business income of 20 million yuan and above). Zhejiang has a regionally developed economy, and the province’s regional massive economy has involved more than a dozen fields in manufacturing, processing, construction, transportation, breeding, textiles, industry, trade, and services, more than 100 industrial industries and more than 30 agricultural and sideline products Processing Industry.
The total output value of regional economic and industrial industries in Zhejiang Province accounts for about 49% of the total industrial output value of the province. Yueqing low-voltage electrical appliances, Haining leather clothing, Yongkang hardware products, Zhuji pearls and Shengzhou ties, Pujiang crystal crafts, etc. enjoy high reputation in the country.
According to the survey, the province currently has more than 500 massive economic groups with a total industrial output value of more than 100 million yuan, of which 52 blocks have a domestic market share of more than 30%.
