Jiaxing Hotels

Jiaxing, a major city in Zhejiang Province, stretches out on the great plain of Hanghzou-Jiaxing-Huzhou, with Shanghai to its east, Hangzhou to its west, Suzhou to its north and Hangzhou Bay to its south. Covering an area of 39.15 million square meters with a population of 3.28 million, Jiaxing has five counties (namely Jiashan, Pinghu, Haiyan, Haining and Tongxiang) and two districts (namely Xiucheng and Jiaoqu) under its jurisdiction. In 1997, its gross domestic product amounted to 42 billion yuan with GDP per capita reaching 12,766 yuan.
Long known as a "land of fish and rice" and the "home of silk", Jiaxing is a national commodity grain base and one of Zhejiang's important production bases for farm andsideline products. The amount of the commodity grain supplied by the city accounts for 20% of the province's total; Its output of freshwater fish ranks second in the province; Its output of silkworm cocoon constitutes over 50% of the province's total ; and its output of white steam filature accounts for 40% of the province's total and 20% of the nation's total.

Jiaxing has a sound base of industry. Now an industrial system complete with a fairly variety of branches including silk, wool, mechanical, chemical, paper and electronic industries has been established. Its knit, silk and leather garments have been renowned both at home and abroad. Jiaxing also boast quite a few of products of some repute, such as wool fabric, industrial technological paper and refrigerator compressor.

Jiaxing enjoys fast and convenient communications. The Shanghai-Hangzhou double-tracking railways traverse the territory. The Shanghai-Hang- zhou Expressway which will be open to traffic at the end of 1998 has five exits in Jiaxing area. Port Zhapu, which is 40 kilometers away from the city proper, enjoys uniquely favorable sea-and-river coordina ted transport facilities. It was accepted as a first-grade state port open to the outside world. Traversed by the Grand Canal, Jiaxing has a crisscross network of inland waterways . Advanced management has been employed in its highway system. Jiaxing is becoming a communications hub connecting Zhejiang with Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui.

Jiaxing boasts of smooth telecommunications facilities and rich energy resources. The "East China Power Base" has taken shape. In the area, there is the first nuclear power station designed by China, Qiushan Nuclear Power Plant, whose installed capacity of nuclear power will reach 3 million kilowatts at the beginning of the next century.