Cities: Hangzhou | Jinghua | Ningbo | Shaoxing | Wenzhou | Zhoushan

Location: Situated on the southeast of China and south of the Yangtze River Delta

Area: 1100,000 sq km

Climate: Zhejiang lies in the sub-tropical zone with monsoon climate, abundant sunshine duration and distinct four seasons.

Provincial capital: Hangzhou

Population: 46.77 millions (March 2001

Ethnic groups: Zhejiang is also a multinational province. Besides the Han nationality, there are totally 49 different ethnic groups with a population of 310,000, accounting for 0.7% of the province's total. Among them, the She nationality has a population of 200,000, the Hui 20,000.