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  Zhejiang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhejiang borders Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality to the north, Anhui province to the northwest, Jiangxi province to the west, and Fujian province to the south; to the east is the East China Sea, beyond which lie the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Zhejiang was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization during the Shang Dynasty (16th century BC - 11th century BC).
Zhejiang is also a producer of silk, for which it is ranked second among the provinces.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zhejiang   (1951 words)

  
 Zhejiang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Altitudes tend to be highest to the south and west, and the highest peak of the province, (1921 m), is found in the southwest.
The north of the province is just south of the, and consists of plains around the cities of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, where the Grand Canal of China enters from the northern border to end at Hangzhou; another relatively flat area is found along the, around the cities of Quzhou and.
Zhejiang is the home of, one of the most prominent forms of Chinese opera.
www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Zhejiang_Province   (1881 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Zhejiang
Zhejiang is divided into 11 prefecture-level divisions, all of them prefecture-level cities: Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times.
Zhejiang, a province of the Peoples Republic of China, is made up of the following three levels of administrative division: 11 prefecture-level divisions all of which are prefecture-level cities 90 county-level divisions 22 county-level cities 35 counties 1 autonomous county 32 districts 1598 township-level...
The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China (UNNC) is a campus of the University of Nottingham, England situated in the coastal city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, near Shanghai.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Zhejiang   (9229 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Zhejiang, China (Chinese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The province is drained by numerous rivers, including the Fuchun (the main river), the Wu, and the Ling.
Zhejiang, part of the kingdom of Wu, passed into the Chinese orbit in the 3d cent.
Zhejiang was devastated in the Taiping Rebellion (1850–65), was partly occupied by the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and fell to the Communists in 1949.
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 Zhejiang
Geography: Zhejiang Province lies in Southeast China, between east longitude 118° 01' - 123° 08' and north latitude 27° 01 - 31° 10', in the north near the Tai Lake and in the east along the East Sea.
The basic structure of population distribution is as follows: the densely populated zone is in the North Zhe Plain and the South-east Zhe Plain, the second most densely populated zone is the Jinju Basin and the relatively sparsely populated zones are East Zhe, South Zhe and the West Zhe Hills and Mountains.
In the "Regulation of Zhejiang Province Family Planning" revised in December 1989, contemporary population policy was stabilized.
www.unescap.org /esid/psis/population/database/chinadata/zhejiang.htm   (2412 words)

  
 Zhejiang -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Zhejiang was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization during the (The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC) Shang Dynasty (16th century BC - 11th century BC).
Zhejiang is also a producer of (A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae) silk, for which it is ranked second among the provinces.
Zhejiang's manufacturing is centered upon electromechanical industries, (Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers) textiles, chemical industries, food, and construction materials.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/z/zh/zhejiang.htm   (2324 words)

  
 Zhejiang Province travel guide - China travel guide, Zhejiang China travel services, Zhejiang tours
Zhejiang Province, also called Zhe for short, is named after the Zhejiang River (another name of the Qiantang River), the longest in the province.
Zhejiang is known as a "famous tourist center and a land with rich historical relics," featuring mountains, the sea, rivers and lakes, and caves, a landscape typical in regions south of the Changjiang River.
Zhejiang is a land endowed with the fine spirits of the universe and has brought foward many statesmen, thinkers, men of letters, educators, scientists, and artists who made outstanding contributions and left behind them many famous historical sites.
www.chinaplanner.com /zhejiang   (268 words)

  
 Friends World Program | China Center
Zhejiang (Chekiang) Province, the province whose capital is Hangzhou, is one of the most economically successful provinces in modern day China.
Zhejiang began to decline gradually until the onslaught of the Taiping Rebellion reached the northern part of the province in the 19th century and caused it to plunge hopelessly downhill in a welter of bloodshed and destruction.
Zhejiang was one of the main battlefields of the insurrection, and the city of Hangzhou was of great strategic importance.
www.southampton.liunet.edu /fw/china/history.html   (930 words)

  
 Zhejiang: My Home Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Zhejiang is the ancient name of the Qiantang River, which is the estuary on which the city of Hangzhou is located.
Zhejiang is one of the smallest, most densely populated and wealthiest of China's provinces.
Inhabitants of the extreme southeastern and northeastern coastal areas of Zhejiang speak dialects of Southern Min Chinese, which is the dominant variety of Chinese spoken in Fujian Province to the south.
www.magmacom.com /~mtooker/cities/zhejiang.htm   (1019 words)

  
 ChinaVentures - The Region
Located along the southeast coast of China, Zhejiang Province is south to Yangtze Delta and close to Shanghai, the metropolis of China.
The Province has formed the preliminary opening-up pattern of various tiers and all directions, with international tourism city like Hangzhou and coastal cities like Ningbo and Wenzhou as the leading force while coastal economic opening-up cities and counties together with various state-level and provincial-level development zones as the main body.
With years' hard work, the investment environment of Zhejiang Province is improving continuously, the structure of foreign investment is becoming more reasonable while the field and scale of foreign capital utilization keeps expanding.
www.lmu.ac.uk /oly/chinaventures/region/introduction.html   (1449 words)

  
 Hangzhou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hangzhou (Chinese: 杭州; pinyin: Hángzhōu; Wade-Giles: Hang-chou) is a sub-provincial city in China, and the capital of Zhejiang province.
Hangzhou is located in northern Zhejiang province, eastern China, at the southern end of the Grand Canal of China, on the plain of the mid-lower reaches of the Chang Jiang.
Hangzhou City area extends west to the border of Anhui Province, where the country is hilly, and east to the Hangzhou Bay, where the land is flat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hangzhou   (1363 words)

  
 Zhejiang Province: China Travel Information
Zhejiang Province is situated along the shore of the East Sea.
Zhejiang is the province with the most islands in China, with more than 200 islands along its coast.
As early as the Spring and the Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC), Zhejiang was separately dominated by the Wu Kingdom and Yue Kingdom.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/zhejiang   (710 words)

  
 Zhejiang Province — a Good Ground for Foreign Investment?
China’s Zhejiang province is struggling to be an integrated part of the booming Yangtze Delta Region.
In economic figures already the fourth largest province in China, Zhejiang is accounting for 7.5% of China’s total GDP and has the fourth largest gross industrial output on the mainland.
The explosion of development zones in Zhejiang is a respond to a similar pattern in the rest of China.
www.fiducia-china.com /News/2003/266-1036.html   (439 words)

  
 Market Profiles on Chinese Cities and Provinces (tdctrade.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As one of the smallest provinces, Zhejiang has a total area of 101,800 sq.km, its total population stood at 45.19 million in the 2000 population census.
Zhejiang’s output of a number of products, including canned food, beverage, chemical fiber, silk, clothes, paper, cement, and some machinery are ranked among the highest in the country.
Zhejiang’s government will strive to achieve this objective by expanding the scope of foreign investment and accelerating the development of its economic zones.
www.tdctrade.com /mktprof/china/mpzhj.htm   (975 words)

  
 Zhejiang Province China - China tourist & travel guide for Zhejiang Province, China
Zhejiang Province (Zhe for short) is located at south-east coast of China, covering an area of 100,000 square kilometers, and with a population of 42.9 million.
It's a mountainous and vast regions, with major plains situated along the coast and at the river mouths, of which the Hangjia Lake plain in the South Yangtze River delta is the largest in area.
Zhejiang is endowed with lush mountains and exquisite waters, and rich in historical and cultural resources.
www.orientaltravel.com.hk /province/Zhejiang.htm   (229 words)

  
 Illuminating China's Provinces,Municipalities & Autonomous Regions-china.org.cn
Geographical location: Zhejiang Province is situated on China's southeastern coast, on the southern part of the Yangtze River Delta.
It covers a total land area of 101,800 square kilometers, of which the mountainous and hilly regions amount to 70.4 percent, the plains and basins make up 23.2 percent, and the rest 6.4 percent is rivers and lakes.
Among the province's numerous islands, 3,061 have a land area of 500 square meters or larger.
www.china.org.cn /english/features/43610.htm   (114 words)

  
 Zhejiang Province - Lanxi homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Zhejiang Province (Zhe for short) is located at the south-east coast of China, south of the Yangtze River Delta.
Zhejiang is one of the smallest provinces but also one of the wealthiest.
"Zhejiang dishes are both delicious and sweet smelling, both soft and slide, clean and not greasy".
www.kinadopt.dk /lanxi/ZhejiangProvince.htm   (575 words)

  
 Vetiver Grass for Highway Embankment Stabilization in Zhejiang Province of east China
Located on the east part of China, Zhejiang Province has continental area over 100 000 km2 and 40 000 000 population, dominated by hills and mountains.
In the recent years in Zhejiang Province the highway construction has been implemented very rapidly towards its goal of establishing " 2 longitudinal, 2 latitudinal, and 5 connection highways" of which some were constructed and some are in constructions.
The Highway Association of Zhejiang Province launched a project in Lishui City of Zhejiang Province in 1999 to use vetiver to protect national highway NO. 330 and Province Highway No 52, where the slope was very unstable and often caused road blocks.
www.vetiver.com /CHN_Zhejiang_HWY.htm   (1214 words)

  
 Country Profile:Zhejiang--People's Daily Online
Zhejiang lies in the sub-tropical zone with monsoon climate, abundant sunshine duration and distinct four seasons.
Zhejiang stands first in the cultivated area, output and export volume of tea, and comes out second in the production of silkworm cocoons.
Zhejiang is also an important producer of seawater fish and one of the three largest producers of freshwater fish in China.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /data/province/Zhejiang.html   (222 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Zhejiang province reports record high tourism income in 2004
East China's Zhejiang Province, home to such renowned scenic spots as the West Lake, earned more than 100 billion yuan (12 billion US dollars) in tourism revenue in 2004, up 30 percent fro m 2003, the provincial tourism administration announced Saturday.
The province's tourism witnessed a long cold spell in 2003 due to the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
In 2004, Zhejiang launched a series of tourist activities during China's "golden week" holidays and held tourism promotions across the country and in some foreign countries to attract more visitors, which greatly helped local tourism rebound, according tothe administration.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200501/02/eng20050102_169426.html   (227 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Lead Poisoning in Central Zhejiang Province Could Lower IQ
In agricultural areas in Zhejiang province, lead-bearing tinfoil from industrial waste is being recycled illegally to manufacture shiny burial money used to honor the deceased.
A Zhejiang hospital inspected 2,000 local children for lead in their blood and found over 70 percent of the children examined were found to have levels of lead exceeding the safe amount.
The report also stated that these children were from central Zhejiang, and that many of their parents were employed in lead-related jobs.
english.epochtimes.com /news/5-2-4/26285.html   (529 words)

  
 Agriculture Tax to be Scrapped in Zhejiang Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Zhejiang could become the first province to completely scrap the tax, but experts expect other provinces to follow.
The province's capital of Hangzhou will cancel the tax for its rural residents step by step and completely eliminate it by 2005.
To date, however, there is no concrete timeline to eliminate the tax in the rest of the province.
ce.cei.gov.cn /enew/new_i1/fa00ibh8.htm   (237 words)

  
 Zhejiang on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Originally called Yueh for its local tribes, Zhejiang received its present name (which is the ancient name of the Fuchun River) in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Zhejiang was devastated in the Taiping Rebellion (1850-65), was partly occupied by the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and fell to the Communists in 1949.
Zhejiang UNICOM Selects Tellabs; Tellabs to Help Improve Call Quality for Zhejiang UNICOM's 4 Million Mobile Customers in China.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/Z/Zhejiang.asp   (885 words)

  
 Zhejiang Province: China Travel Information
There are many other must-see natural beauties in Zhejiang Province which includes the Putuo Mountain, admired as "Buddhist Land of South Sea".
Zhejiang also enjoys a tremendous reputation in the long history of Chinese Buddhism.
Zhejiang is not only a marvelous scenic travel destination, but is also known as a land of fish and rice, and the beautiful silk.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/zhejiang/index.htm   (710 words)

  
 Tea & Coffee Trade Journal: Provincial profiles of tea in China: Zhejiang province. (Industry Overview)@ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Zhejiang province in East China has the largest area of tea fields in China, totalling almost 163,000 ha, or about one-sixth of the total national area of over one million ha.
Zhejiang is the bastion of Green tea production in China and the World.
Zhejiang is also the largest exporter of Green tea in the world, contributing 45% of the...
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