【Chinese City】Taizhou (台州)

Taizhou is a newly developed comprehensive coastal city in the middle part of Zhejiang's coastal area.

Administrative Regions:

Taizhou is a city at prefecture level, having jurisdiction over three regions namely Jiaojiang, Huangyan and Luqiao, two cities at county level, Linhai and Wenling, and four counties, Yuhuan, Tiantai, Xianju and Sanmen. The municipal government is located at Jiaojiang Region.

Geographic Features:

Downtown Taizhou is located at 28 degrees latitude N. and 122 longitude E. It belongs to the sub-tropical monsoon climate region. It covers a continental area of 9411 square kilometers, a sea area of 80,000 square kilometers, with 745 kilometers of coastline and a population of 6.60 million.

Transportation:Taizhou has a complete system of sea, land and air transportation. There are domestic transportation air lines in the Haimen port in urban Taizhou; the road transportation network extends in all directions with the 104 national highway, the on-land transportation artery of Southeast China, going across the whole area, and China coastal expressway Taizhou section has been completed and opened to traffic; Taizhou Huangyan Airport in urban Taizhou have direct air lines connecting with the major cities in the nation: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Shantou, etc., and may provide customers from afar with the most convenient and fastest transportation service.

Taizhou is a good place for tourists with many scenic spots that combine both natural beauty and historical puff. 

台州地处浙江“南北中心点、海陆交界处”，因境内天台山而得名，是长三角城市群26个城市之一，是21世纪海上丝绸之路的重要节点城市。陆域面积9411平方公里，海域面积8万平方公里，常住人口660万，下辖椒江、黄岩、路桥三个区，临海、温岭、玉环三个县级市，天台、仙居、三门三个县以及台州湾循环经济产业集聚区、台州经济开发区。今年前三季度，全市实现生产总值3419.41亿元，增长8.1%；财政总收入634.95亿元，地方财政收入369.09亿元，分别增长18.8%和17.7%；城镇常住居民人均可支配收入43141元，农村常住居民人均可支配收入21767元，分别增长8.3%和8.6%。

台州城市特点可以概括为三个方面：一是“山海水城”。兼得山海之利，群山怀抱，天台山、神仙居为国家5A级景区；依海而兴，有“东海之门”的美誉，拥有台州湾、三门湾、乐清湾3个海湾，大陆海岸线长达651公里，占全省28%，拥有海岛691个，占全省的21％，发展湾区经济资源条件得天独厚；城在水中，有“江南水乡”韵味，境内有大小河流8000多条，市区水域面积超过46平方公里，拥有玉环漩门湾国家级湿地公园、临海三江国家级城市湿地公园、黄岩鉴洋湖国家级城市湿地公园。二是“和合圣地”。台州历史悠久、底蕴深厚，是中华和合文化的典型形态和鲜活样本。佛教天台宗、道家南宗享有盛誉，儒释道三教合一、共生共荣；“和合二仙”寒山、拾得隐居天台山，国清寺更是和合文化的重要渊源地。习近平总书记高度赞赏“和合”文化，认为这是中华传统文化的精髓。三是“制造之都”。台州民营经济发达，制造业基础扎实。今年9月，李克强总理到台州考察时指出，台州民营经济有活力、民营企业有动力。目前，全市有53家境内外上市公司，境内上市企业数居全国地级市第4位；已形成百亿级产业集群21个，国家级产业基地63个；对接“中国制造2025”，重点培育汽车及零部件、通用航空、医药医化、模具与塑料、智能马桶、缝制设备、泵与电机等七大千亿级产业；有制造业企业5.84万户、规上企业3706家；有国内外市场占有率第一的“隐形冠军”产品达156个，是长三角重要的先进制造业基地。台州营商环境优良，“最多跑一次”改革走在前列，小微企业金融服务改革列入国家级试点，是国家社会信用体系建设示范城市。