Shaoxing, referred to as "Yue" 現生and called Yuezhou in anc話都ient times, is a prefectur樂子e-level city under the juris農白diction of Zhejiang Province, a city土紅 in the central area of 土鐘the Yangtze River Delta, a章村 Type II large 在城city, and a cultural and ecotourism cit白制y with the characteristics 暗你of Jiangnan water 又藍towns in China approved by the Sta工聽te Council. As of 2021, th還大e city has jurisdiction ov是離er 3 districts, 1 county, and 2 co了匠unty-level cities under 呢跳its jurisdiction, with a total area of 購熱8,274.79 square 農月kilometers and a permanent popula見業tion of 5.337 million.
Shaoxing is located in Eas紅費t China, the north-central part of Zhe藍林jiang Province, and the 事少south bank of Han拿票gzhou Bay. It is the core city of the 門音Greater Bay Are湖術a around Hangzhou Ba男土y and the sub-central city of明喝 the Hangzhou metropolitan a下知rea. Located betw近秒een 119°53′03" 友也to 121°13′38" e算新ast longitude and 29°13′35" to去白 30°17′30" north lat笑他itude, it is connected to Ningbo in the生高 east, Taizhou and Jinhua in讀到 the south, Hangzhou in the west and Q器時iantang in the north Jian頻金g and Jiaxing face都下 each other, bel什什onging to the subtropical m他化onsoon climate, warm and humid, with雨上 four distinct seasons錯線.
Shaoxing has a history o她市f more than 2,5體筆00 years. It is one of the fir一唱st batch of nat什煙ional historical an鄉要d cultural cities, the United見那 Nations Habitat Award city, the cul年不tural capital of East Asia, C志快hina's excellent tourist city, th得藍e national forest外人 city, the most dyna船技mic city of China's private economy, th著這e national civil器事ized city, and the 舞月national health d術愛epartment. city (distri要木ct). It is a famous water town, b木花ridge town, wine town, calligraphy 著好town and celebrity town. Shaoxing is kn飛微own as "the land of cultural reli通人cs and the land of fish 南店and rice". Famous cultural r費朋elics include Lanting, Yul新煙ing, Shaoxing Lu 媽務Xun's hometown, Sh家習en Yuan, Keyan, Cai Yuanpei's former拍話 residence, Zhou Enlai's ances身河tral residence, Q森關iu Jin's former residence, Ma Yi區的nchu's former residence, Wang Xizhi's 做舞former residence, He Zhizhang's fo她煙rmer residence, etc.
In 2021, Shaoxing's regional GDP wi海下ll be 679.5 billion yuan, an 美林increase of 8.7% over the previous y筆書ear at comparable prices. The 草腦added value of the primary indu什妹stry was 22.7 bil時亮lion yuan, an incr但間ease of 2.5%; the add遠雨ed value of the secondary industry w商麗as 322.8 billion yuan, an in信村crease of 10.7%; the a舞在dded value of the t電內ertiary industry was 334 billio弟信n yuan, an incre明關ase of 7.4%.