Taizhou is a
city
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located at the middle of the
East China Sea
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coast of
Zhejiang
)
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province
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. It is located south of
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
and southeast of
Hangzhou
Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
, the provincial capital. It is bordered by
Ningbo
Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the Eas ...
to the north,
Wenzhou
Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...
to the south, and
Shaoxing
Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the south ...
,
Jinhua
Jinhua is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the east, and Shaoxin ...
, and
Lishui
Lishui (; Lishuinese: ''li⁶ syu³'' ) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast, and the province of Fujian to ...
to west. In addition to the municipality itself, the
prefecture-level city
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of Taizhou includes 3
districts
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, 3
county-level cities
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counties
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.
As of the 2020 census, its total population was 6,662,888 inhabitants whom 3,578,660 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of the three urban Districts and Wenling City now being largely conurbated.
Etymology
Taizhou's name is believed to derive from nearby
Mount Tiantai.
History
Five thousand years ago, the ancestors of the modern inhabitants began to settle in this area. During the
Xia,
Shang, and
Zhou dynasties
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty may also be referred to as a "house", "family" or "clan", among others.
Historians ...
, when the
Chinese state was largely confined to the
Yellow River
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basin, the area of present-day Taizhou was part of
Dong'ou. Following the 3rd-century BC conquests of the
Qin Empire, a settlement in the area was known as Huipu Town. It was initially included in the
Minzhong Prefecture, but then moved to
Kuaiji during the
Han.
On August 22, 1994, Taizhou Municipality was set up in place of Taizhou Prefecture and approved by the
State Council. In 1999, Taizhou was approved by the State Council to be a leading city in Zhejiang's
urbanization
Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from Rural area, rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. ...
structure and the center of sub zone of the first-class economy. Approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, Taizhou formally became one of the 16 cities of
Yangtze River
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Delta area on August 15, 2003.
Demographics
At the time of 2010 census, the whole population of Taizhou, including the whole
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
and subsidiary counties was 5,968,838 with 3,269,304 in the emerging built-up area made of 3 urban districts,
Jiaojiang,
Huangyan,
Luqiao and Wenling City largely being urbanized.
Administration
The
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
of Taizhou currently administers 3
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
, 3
county-level cities
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and 3
counties
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.
Geography
At , Taizhou has a long coastline dotted with numerous islands; the largest one is Yuhuan Island in the south.
[Location]
Taizhou Information Center, Taizhou Government Coastal areas in the east tend to flat, with an occasional hill. Eastern and northern parts of Taizhou are mountainous, with
Yandangshan Mountains in the southwest, Kuocang Mountains ( zh, s=括苍山, p=Kuòcāng Shān) in the west, and
Mount Tiantai in the northwest. The highest point of Taizhou is Mishailang ( zh, s=米筛浪, p=Mǐshāilàng), a peak in the Kuocang Mountains, and also the highest point in the east of the Zhejiang Province.
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Climate
Taizhou has a humid subtropical climate
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(Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
''Cfa'') with four distinctive seasons. Occasionally struck by typhoon
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s in the summers, the climate characterised by hot, humid summers and drier and cold winters with occasional snow. The mean annual temperature is from north to south east coastal area, while mean annual rainfall
Rain is a form of precipitation where water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. ...
ranges from .
Economy and industry
Taizhou is one of the birthplaces of China's private economy in the early days of economic reforms in China and is considered to the cradle of private enterprise in China. The term " Taizhou Model" refers to the city's economic development model induced by private sector initiatives along with local-government support. It is the 4th most populous, and the 4th largest industrial prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
in Zhejiang
)
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Province .
Chinese automotive manufacturing company Geely
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was founded in Taizhou, which completed its acquisition of Volvo Cars
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in 2010. It is one of China's top ten automotive manufacturers.
Chinese auto parts manufacturer based Yuhuan a major auto parts manufacturer is also based in Taizhou.
The largest HVAC fan company Yilida is also located in Taizhou. It is listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock #002686) and had acquired Fulihua fan company in Suzhou in 2012.
Taizhou is also one of the most important Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
, Loquat, Wendan (a kind of Pomelo
The pomelo ( ; or pummelo, ''Citrus maxima''), also known as a shaddock, is the largest citrus fruit. It is an ancestor of several cultivated citrus species, including the bitter orange and the grapefruit. It is a natural, non-hybrid citrus fr ...
), Myrica rubra producers in China. Other agricultural product include Rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...
, Canola
file:CanolaBlooms.JPG, Close-up of canola blooms
file:Canola Flower.jpg, Canola flower
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, edible Wild rice stems or Zizania
Wild rice, also called manoomin, mnomen, psíŋ, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of Poaceae, grasses that form the genus ''Zizania'', and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically an ...
latifolia, Eddoe, Water chestnut, and Bamboo
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.
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Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
File:Harvest of MIKAN.jpg, Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
File:Yuhuan Wendan.jpg, Wendan
File:Louqat255.jpg, Loquat
File:Eriobotrya japonica3.jpg, Loquat
File:Wild rice stems.jpg, Wild rice stems
File:Taro corms 2.jpg, Eddoe
File:Wasserkastanie 2.jpg, Water chestnut
File:Bamboo sprouts in basket.jpg, Bamboo sprouts
Infrastructure and transport
Historically, Taizhou was relatively inaccessible by road due to its mountainous terrain. This has changed due to large infrastructure restructuring in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Presently, Taizhou is served by the (), which is a segment in the north–south G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway, linking the city with Ningbo
Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the Eas ...
, Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
in the north and Wenzhou
Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...
in the south; the Shangsan Expressway links Taizhou with the provincial capital Hangzhou
Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
. Taizhou Luqiao Airport was once named Huangyan Luqiao Airport (IATA:HYN) in the city's Luqiao District serves daily flights to Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
and Chengdu
Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...
and regular flights to other major Chinese cities.
In September 2009, the high-speed Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway opened. There are several stations in the prefecture boundaries of Taizhou. The station serving the urban core is in Huangyan District and is called Taizhou railway station. A second line, the Hangzhou–Taizhou high-speed railway, opened in January 2022. Taizhou Central railway station on the line will serve Jiaojiang District.
The first line of Taizhou Rail Transit opened in December 2022.
Language and culture
Like the majority of areas in Zhejiang, most people from Taizhou speak a dialect of Wu Chinese
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, known as Taizhou Wu. It is not mutually intelligible
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with Mandarin Chinese
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, and only partially intelligible with Shanghainese
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. There is also a small portion of Min Nan
Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan ...
and Wenzhou dialect speakers in the southern regions. None of these three languages are mutually intelligible amongst each other, but the linguistic diversity of some regions has resulted in a segment of the population becoming fluent in speaking up to four languages, when Mandarin is included.
The city's people are reputed to be industrious and business-minded, although not to the same degree as neighboring Wenzhou
Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...
. Many people from the area have migrated abroad after economic reforms began in China in 1978. The city's seafood
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is of note.
Education
* Taizhou University
* Archives of Yuhuan
Notable people
* Ji Gong () – Buddhist monk and historical figure
* Chen Fangyun
Chen Fangyun (; 3 April 1916 – 29 April 2000) was a Chinese electrical engineer. Considered the founder of radio electronics in China, he was pivotal in the development of telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) systems that control China's sat ...
() – electrical engineer and recipient of the " Two Bombs, One Satellite" meritorious award
* Li Shufu () – Chinese billionaire entrepreneur founder of Geely
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* Fan Yilin – 2015 & 2017 uneven bars world gymnastics champion
* Zhou Jieqiong (; ) – Produce 101 contestant, member of I.O.I
* Xu Jiaqi () – SNH48 Member of Team SII, member of sub-unit 7Senses, member of The9
The9 (stylized as THE9 or THE NINE) was a Chinese girl group formed through the IQIYI survival show Youth With You (season 2), ''Youth With You 2''. The group consisted of Liu Yuxin (singer), Liu Yuxin, Yu Shuxin, Xu Jiaqi, Yu Yan (singer), Yu ...
* Huang Yuting (黄雨婷) – Professional athlete of the Chinese national shooting team
* Ye Hongli (叶弘历) – Race car driver
Tourism
* Walled City of Taizhou Fu, Linhai – Historical ancient city of Linhai, with city walls referred to as the "Southern Great Wall of China" that influenced the construction of other Great Wall locations such as Badaling.
* Guoqing Temple, Mountain Tiantai – The Guoqing Temple where the Tiantai (), an important school of Buddhism
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in China, Japan
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, Korea
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, and Vietnam
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originates, is located here. In Japan the school is known as ''Tendai
, also known as the Tendai Dharma Flower School (天台法華宗, ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just ''Hokkeshū''), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by t ...
'', and in Korea it is known as '' Cheontae''.
*Shenxianju (神仙居) – Roughly translated as "Home of the Immortals" is a mountainous national park west of Taizhou, known for its majestic and steep peaks and cliffs. Hikers can traverse up and hike across various constructed walkways and bridges, including the Ruyi Bridge.
Sister cities
* Fort Wayne, Indiana
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, United States (2012)
* Hanau
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, Germany
See also
*List of twin towns and sister cities in China
This is a list of places in China which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "Sister city, town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
A
Anguo
* Dongdaemun Distri ...
* Ruyi Bridge
Notes
References
External links
Government website of Taizhou
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Cities in Zhejiang
Prefecture-level divisions of Zhejiang
National Civilized City