Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province.

Jiaxing, also known as Hecheng, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province. It is an urban agglomeration in the Yangtze River Delta, an important city in the Shanghai metropolitan area, a core city in the Zhejiang Greater Bay Area, a sub-central city in the Hangzhou metropolitan area, and the center of the Yangtze River Delta. District city, approved by the State Council as a tourist city with Jiangnan water town characteristics in China.

As of 2019, the city has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 2 counties, and 3 county-level cities. The land area is 3915 square kilometers and the sea area is 4650 square kilometers.

As of the end of 2021, the city’s permanent population is 5.516 million.

Jiaxing is located in East China, the northeastern part of Zhejiang Province, and the hinterland of the Hangjiahu Plain in the Yangtze River Delta. It borders Shanghai to the east, Suzhou to the north, Hangzhou to the south, and faces Ningbo and Shaoxing across the river; between 120°18 East Longitude ′-121°16′, between 30°21′-31°02′ north latitude; it leans on the Qiantang River to the south and Hangzhou Bay to the east. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the city and strangles the throat of the Taihu South Corridor. It is where rivers, lakes and sea meet. position.