human geography
Hangzhou is an important central city in the Yangtze River Delta, with a distance of 0/80km from Shanghai/KLOC. Hangzhou has a humid subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and a pleasant climate. The annual average temperature in the urban area is 16.2℃, and the annual average precipitation is1453mm.
Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province and one of the sub-provincial cities in China. Hangzhou has a total area of 16596 square kilometers and a population of 636438+00000. The city has jurisdiction over 8 urban areas including Shangcheng District, Xiacheng District, West Lake, Gongshu, Jianggan, Binjiang, Xiaoshan and Yuhang, and 5 counties (cities) including Fuyang, Jiande, Lin 'an, Tonglu and Chun 'an. The urban area is 3068 square kilometers and the population is 387.0 1 10,000.
Hangzhou has a long history. It has a history of more than 2200 years since the county was established in Qin. It is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. As early as more than 4,700 years ago, human beings thrived here and produced Liangzhu culture called the dawn of civilization. 10 century and 12- 13 century, Hangzhou is the capital of Wu Yueguo and Southern Song Dynasty respectively, and it is a famous historical and cultural city and one of the seven ancient capitals of China. The unique environment endowed by nature and thousands of years of cultural accumulation have shaped Hangzhou's world-famous natural landscape and human landscape.
Alive, alive
Hangzhou is one of the most livable places in the world. The beautiful West Lake, the beautiful Qiantang River, Fuchun River, Xin 'anjiang River, the rippling Qiandao Lake and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal running through the north and south of the city constitute the unique natural landscape of Hangzhou. As early as 1824, Italian tourist Kyle Polo said in his travel notes that Hangzhou is "the most beautiful and luxurious city in the world". Hangzhou, with its green, quiet and beautiful living environment, good social order and perfect living facilities, was awarded the highest international award for improving the living environment by the United Nations-the UN Habitat Award. International schools in Hangzhou can provide a series of educational services for investors' children. Tourist resorts are scattered all over the country, and golf courses and wildlife parks are all near the suburbs, which gives investors a good place to relax after work.
Environmental facilities
Hangzhou is committed to building an international garden city and an ecological city with blue sky, clear water, green and tranquility. At present, the green coverage rate is above 35%, the harmless treatment rate of domestic garbage reaches 100%, the coverage rate of smoke control area reaches 100%, and the air cleanliness reaches the national first-class standard.
Hangzhou is rich in water resources, with a daily water supply capacity of over 6.5438+0.5 million tons, which can ensure industrial and domestic water consumption, and the water quality compliance rate of drinking water sources reaches 654.38+0.000%. The installed capacity reached 2.26 million kilowatts. The urban gasification rate reached 95.7%. The communication facilities are advanced and developed, ranking the leading level in the country. The urban telephone penetration rate is 69 per 100 people, and the mobile communication and data communication networks are sound. Telecommunication broadband network and wired broadband network are all over the city.
Hangzhou is an important transportation hub in the southeast of China, with railways and highways criss-crossing. With a modern first-class port airport, a transportation network with Hangzhou as the center and high-grade highways, railways, water transport and aviation as the backbone has been initially formed.
Aviation: There are daily direct flights to Japan and Hong Kong, as well as flights to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Macau and chartered flight. There are 40 navigable cities.
Highway: Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo expressway has been fully opened to traffic, with a total length of 296 kilometers. 1.5 hours drive to Ningbo Port and 2 hours drive to Shanghai Port. Hangzhou-quzhou expressway. Hangzhou Ring Expressway has been completed, and Hangzhou 1 half-hour expressway Circle will be completed soon. Form a half-hour urban rapid transit circle in the urban area, and plan urban rail transit (subway).
Railway: Hangzhou is the hub, Shanghai-Hangzhou, Zhejiang-Jiangxi double-track line and Xuanhang line are the main trunk lines, and Xiaoyong line, Jinqian line and Hangzhou-Changzhou line are the supporting lines. There are direct buses to Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Xiamen and other places every day, and the freight can reach all railway stations in the country.
industrial base
Hangzhou is one of the most dynamic cities along the southeast coast of China. There are more than 60,000 industrial enterprises and nearly 700,000 industrial workers in Hangzhou. Strong technical research and development capabilities, there are a number of national and provincial and municipal technology centers. In addition to the traditional machinery, textile, food, medicine and other industries, high-tech industries such as information industry, bioengineering, optical, mechanical and electrical integration are relatively developed, forming a comprehensive industrial system with complete categories and rich varieties.
Hangzhou's booming economy provides investors with huge business opportunities. The key industries and fields that the government encourages investment are electronic information, new materials, biotechnology, mechatronics, new energy, high efficiency, energy conservation and environmental protection, fine chemicals, high-grade highways and modern agriculture. The adoption of advanced science and technology to transform traditional silk, textile, light industry, machinery and other processing industries is also welcomed.
At present, there are "two ports" in Hangzhou: new drug port and information port; "Five Districts": Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hangzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Jiangdong Industrial Zone, Linping Industrial Zone and Hangzhou Higher Education Park. Hangzhou is a national software industrialization base and integrated circuit design industrialization base, as well as a national pilot city for informationization, e-government, e-commerce and HDTV. It is a key city of the national manufacturing informatization project, and these fields and bases provide investors with great development opportunities. With China's accession to the WTO, Hangzhou will be fully open to investors in the fields of tourism, finance, insurance, logistics, commerce, intermediary, science, education, culture and health. The development of Hangzhou has built the embryonic form of a metropolis, which needs hundreds of billions of investment and construction funds every year, and there are huge investment projects and opportunities.
Talent resources
Hangzhou has a developed education industry. There are 34 colleges and universities with 224,438+0,000 students. After the foundation of Xiasha, Binjiang, Xiaoheshan Higher Education Park, Xiaoshan Jiangdong, Yuhang Cang Qian and Zhejiang University is completed, the number of college students will reach 400,000 in 20 10. Zhejiang University, a famous university in Hangzhou, has abundant talents and strong scientific research strength. In order to promote economic development, Hangzhou has launched a policy to encourage talents to start businesses in Hangzhou, and talents from all over the country have come to Hangzhou to look for opportunities. Good human resources and numerous talent markets can provide investors with all kinds of talents and meet their needs for human resources.
Creative garden
There are four national development zones and 1 export processing zones in Hangzhou, which were established with the approval of the State Council and enjoy various preferential policies stipulated by the state. They are:
Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone was established in 1993. Located in the east of the urban area, the planned control area is 104 square kilometers. At present, it has formed five pillar industries, such as electronic machinery, biomedicine, textile and chemical fiber, light industrial food and high-tech chemical industry. The Development Zone is committed to becoming a demonstration base for technological innovation and transformation in Hangzhou, a pioneer base for Industry-University-Research's integration reform, an industrial base closely combining traditional industries with high-tech industries, and a scientific and technological service base adapted to the market economy and knowledge economy.
Hangzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone was established in 1993. There are professional parks in the development zone, such as Zhijiang Science and Technology Industrial Park, Xiasha Science and Technology Industrial Park, Software Industrial Park, Overseas Students Pioneer Park, and Multinational Corporation Science and Technology Park. High-tech Zone is making full use of its intelligence-intensive advantages, relying on Hangzhou's unique geographical environment and preferential investment policies, and gradually building into a new science and technology city with high-tech industries as the mainstay and a paradise Silicon Valley attracting worldwide attention. The region will develop five high-tech industries, including information microelectronics, biomedicine, new materials, photoelectric integration, computers and applications. Nearly a thousand enterprises have entered the area.
Hangzhou Zhijiang National Tourism Resort was established in 1992. The total area is 9.88 square kilometers. The resort is located in the southwest of Hangzhou, with Qiantang River in the south and Wuyun Mountain in the north. It is the best combination of West Lake and "two rivers and one lake" (Fuchunjiang, Xin 'anjiang and Qiandao Lake). Leisure and entertainment, tourism and real estate are its pillar industries.
Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone was established in 1993. The scale area is 18.8 square kilometers. Textile and clothing, electronic machinery, building materials and daily chemicals are the pillar industries in this area, including Shizuoka Industrial Park, Taiwan Province Machinery Industrial Park and High-tech Entrepreneurship Center.
Zhejiang Hangzhou Export Processing Zone was established in April 2000. It is the only export processing zone in Zhejiang Province with a total area of 2.92 square kilometers. The processing zones are independently supervised by the customs, under closed management, and enjoy a series of national preferential policies of "domestic customs clearance".
There are also six provincial development zones in Hangzhou, which were established with the approval of the provincial government. They are:
Nanyang Economic Development Zone was established in 1994. Located on the south bank of Qiantang River, the development zone belongs to the planned inner ring road area of Greater Hangzhou, with an area of 7.88 square kilometers. The development zone is surrounded by rivers on one side and mountains on three sides, and the environment is unique. The 2-square-kilometer industrial block started in the first phase is a fine chemical industry zone in Xiaoshan District. Develop Qianjiang spring tide sightseeing and other projects along the river.
Yuhang Economic Development Zone was established in 1993. The planned area of the first phase is 5.32 square kilometers, and the prospective development area is 12 square kilometers. The development zone is industry-oriented, integrating trade, warehousing, finance, commerce and residence, tourism, entertainment and other multi-functional and all-round development, with complete infrastructure such as water, electricity, steam, communication and sewage, complete supporting institutions such as customs, finance and insurance, and a "tax-free zone" and systematic pro-business service system to provide investors with the best space for entrepreneurial development.
Tonglu Economic Development Zone was established in 1992. The development zone is located in the picturesque south bank of Fuchun River, close to National Highway 320 and 80 kilometers away from Hangzhou, with a planned control area of 2 1.5 square kilometers. The four functional areas of industry, foreign trade, commerce, tourism and holiday have begun to take shape. In order to give full play to the comprehensive environmental advantages of the development zone, the development zone implements closed management and welcomes foreign investment with more favorable conditions and excellent services.
Qiandao Lake Economic Development Zone was established in 1993. The planned area is 28.38 square kilometers, located in Qiandao Lake Town, with Hangzhou 150 kilometers to the east and Huangshan 166 kilometers to the west. Water supply, power supply, finance, post and telecommunications, culture, education, health care, catering and entertainment are all available in the Development Zone, and an efficient and quick handling system of "one window opens to the outside" and "one official seal takes effect" is implemented for all projects entering the Zone, providing investors with reliable legal protection.
Fuchunjiang Economic Development Zone was established in 1992. The development zone is adjacent to Hangzhou, with superior geographical position and convenient land, sea and air transportation. On the basis of basically completing the construction of eight square kilometers in the original four blocks of Yinhu, Gao Qiao, Fuchun Bay and Nongfucheng, the Development Zone has newly opened the main block of 13 square kilometers, in which the high-tech industrial park covers an area of 300 hectares. According to the strategic concept of "one area and many parks" in Hangzhou, it belongs to Hangzhou High-tech Zone and enjoys the preferential policies of the national High-tech Zone.
Lin 'an Economic Development Zone was established on 200 1. The control area of the whole region is 20 square kilometers, and the planned area is 10 square kilometers, adjacent to expressway and Hanghui. Adjacent to Hangzhou. The infrastructure of transportation, communication, power supply, water supply, gas supply and sewage discharge in the area is complete, and it has the ability to carry large-scale and high-tech projects. Investors can enjoy preferential measures such as tax subsidies and loan guarantees after paying taxes on imported equipment.
To encourage investment in high-tech industries, there are six science and technology economic parks in Hangzhou, namely Shangcheng District, Xiacheng District, Jianggan District, Gongshu District, Xihu District and Binjiang District.
legal construction
Hangzhou strives to create a good open, fair and just market competition environment, reduce the items and contents of administrative examination and approval, gradually improve various policies and regulations that meet the requirements of the WTO, improve policy transparency, give investors laws to follow and protect their legitimate rights and interests. The Hangzhou Municipal Government has formulated the Measures for Handling Complaints of Foreign-invested Enterprises and Foreign-invested Enterprises in Hangzhou, so as to effectively safeguard and protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors, help solve legal disputes, provide legal aid, and let investors start businesses with peace of mind.
service
All counties (cities) and districts in Hangzhou have foreign investment service management institutions and centralized investment project handling centers. The center will make the examination and approval contents, examination and approval conditions, examination and approval procedures and time limits public for the convenience of investors. All investment promotion service departments can also provide full-service for investors, saving time in handling specific affairs and completing all procedures required for opening in the shortest time.
In order to support investors to start businesses in Hangzhou, Hangzhou has issued a series of preferential policies to give investors maximum support in taxation, capital, land use and talent introduction. Special projects can be discussed according to the specific situation, and special concessions will be given. The comprehensive investment cost of Hangzhou is reasonable, which can make investors in Hangzhou get the maximum benefit at the lowest cost. Of the world's top 500 enterprises, 37 have invested in Hangzhou, and achieved a lot of benefits.