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ZHEJIANG - Hangzhou (Capital of Zhejiang Province): Hangzhou is located on the southern side of the Yangtze River delta in the northwestern part of Zhejiang province in southeast China. Hangzhou is a major tourist attraction and has been designated a historic and cultural city by the Chinese Central Government. The city covers an area of 683 square kilometers and has a population of 6.1 million, including 1.7 million urban residents. Hangzhou enjoys four distinct seasons with year-round warm weather.

Minerals and Agriculture: Hangzhou's main mineral resources are iron, lead, zinc, copper, refractory materials, limestone, and bloodstone. The city is also situated in the river and lake dappled Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou plain - the well-known land of fish and rice.

Beautiful and Scenic Landscapes: Tourism resources, including the famous scenic "West Lake" and "Two Rivers and One Lake Scenery" ports, abound in Hangzhou. The "West Lake" is surrounded on three sides by mountains with the city to its east. The hills and lakes form a beautiful contrast. "10 scenic spots of the West Lake" and the "10 new scenic spots of the West Lake" held in high repute are a dazzling pearl in the East China; The Quantangjiang River with its mighty tides is one of the most wonderful tourist sites in the world. The Fuchunjiang River, the Xinanjiang River and the Qiandao Lake, comprising the "Two Rivers and One Lake Scenery", connect with each other and run more than 100 kilometers. The wonderful mountains, extraordinary hills, stone forest, limestone caves, streams, springs, and various historic and cultural relics form bewitchingly charming landscapes providing unique environments for developing the city's tourism industry. Hangzhou averages 500,000 overseas tourists and more than 25 million domestic tourists annually.

Sustained Development of Economy: Hangzhou enjoys a good industrial foundation with stress on the processing industry. The manufacture of large machinery and complete sets of equipment, automobile and spare parts, home electric appliances, fine chemicals and pharmaceutics, electronics and telecommunication equipment are the city's pillar industries. Hangzhou is famous for its silks and satins and has, since ancient times, been called the "capital of silks and satins". The city's light industry products are numerous and its main commodities include food, paper, chemical goods for daily use, plastic, and rubber. Hangzhou has a well-developed transportation system and is rapidly developing post and telecommunications systems. Currently the city has 1.3 million telephone switches with 750,000 urban subscribers averaging 44.1 phone sets for every 100 urban residents.

Economic Development Zones: The city has four state development zones - the Hangzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone, the Hangzhou New and High-Tech Development Zone, the Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone, and the Hangzhou State Tour and Vacation Zone. The four development zones and the Hangzhou International Trade Exhibition Center, which was opened in 1998, have made further progress in attracting overseas investments.

Other Cities' Economic Development Zones: In all the province's coastal cities - Ningbo, Taizhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Zhoushan, Rui'an, Xiaoshan, Fenhua, Yuhang, and Wenzhou - economic and technological development zones have been established and are undergoing continuing improvement. All the coastal cities of Zhejiang are now open to overseas investors and play an important role as international trade windows from China to the outside world.