杭州英语简介

杭州英语简介Introduction of HangZhou
Capital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou is a tourist city well known at home and abroad. It lieson the lower reaches of the Qiantang River and is the southern end of the l,794-kllometre-long Grand Canal (Beijing- Hangzhou Canal). With an area of 16,596 square kilometers inhabited by a population of 6.08 million, it embraces six urban districts and seven suburban counties, namely, Yuhang, Xiaoshan, Fuyang, Tonglu, Lin'an, Jiande and Chun'an. West Lake Lying on the west edge of Hangzhou city, West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China. Early in the Song dynasty, the famous poet Su Shi compared the lake to Xizi, a Chinese Cleopatra: "Ripping water shimmering on sunny day; Misty mountains wonder in the rain; Plain or gaily decked out like Xizi; the West Lake is always alluring". So the Lake is also known as Xizi Lake. With an area of 6 sq. km. and a circumference of 15km (9 miles), West Lake, surround

in three sides by rolling wooded hills, has captivated countless visitors for centuries. The beauty of the West Lake lies in a lingering charm that survives the change of seasons in a year, of hours in a day, and of different weathers. Lingyin Temple Located at the foot of the Lingyin Hill northwest of the city, Temple of Inspired Seclusion (Lingyin Temple) was built in the Eastern Jin dynasty (317-420). The 33.6-metre-high main hall (Sakyamuni Hall) is a masterpiece of ancient buildings with one story and doubled eaves. The two nine-storied octagonal pagodas in front of the main hall and the two stone towers containing the Buddhist sutras in front of the Lokapala Hall were all built in the Five dynasties (907-960). In the caves on the Feilai Hill, there are some 300 Buddhist stone carvings dating back to the Five dynasties, the Song dynasty (960-1279) and the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). The elegant stone carvings are of high artistic value.
Hangzhou is one of the important tourism cities in China, famous for its natural beauty and historical and cultural heritages. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province. It is the political, economic and cultural center of the province as well. It is one of the 15 vice-provincial level cities in China.
Hangzhou is located on the low reaches of Qiantang river in southeast China, with a distance of 180 kilometers to Shanghai. It is one of the key cities in the Yangzi Delta area.

Hangzhou is of subtropical monsoon climate, with distinctive four seasons and mild atmosphere and favorable geographical positions and natural conditions. Hangzhou has 6 districts, 2 counties and 5 county-level municipalities under its jurisdiction. Hangzhou covers a total area of 16596 square kilometers, with a population of 6.08 million, including 683 square kilometers of city proper area and city population of 1.69 million people .

Hangzhou is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. The human being had lived and prospered i

n this land 4700 years ago, which is called "Liangzhu Culture". Hangzhou had once been the capitals of Wu and Yue kingdoms of Five Dynasties during the 10th Century and capital of Southern Song Dynasty during the 12-13th Century. It is one of the seven ancient Chinese capitals, famous for its historical and cultural heritages. The city has a history of more than 2200 years since it was established as a county by the First Emperor Qing.
Hangzhou，located along Southeast coast of China，is the capital of Zhejiang Province and works as the center of politics, economy, science, education, and culture of the province. Hangzhou is a key national tourism city, historical city and vice provincial level city as confirmed by the State Council. Hangzhou is renowned as “Paradise on Earth”, “Cultural State”, “Home of Silk”, “Tea Capital”, “Town of Fish and Rice”.
Eight districts, named Shangcheng, Xiacheng, Gongshu, Xihu, Jianggan, Binjiang, Xiaoshan, and Yuhang, and five counties (cities) - respectively Fuyang, Lin’an, Jiande, Tonglu, and Chun’an - respectively, are under the governance of Hangzhou City. The total area of the city covers 16,596 Km2 with a population of 6,776,400 as of December, 2008.
Geographic feature
Hangzhou is geographically located at the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta, at the west end of Hangzhou Bay, in the lower reaches of Qiantang River, and at the south end of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is a key central city in Yangtze River Delta and a traffic hub in Southeast China. The central geographic ordinate of Hangzhou proper is north latitude 30°16' and east longitude 120°12'. The northwest and southwest of Hangzhou belong to the West and Central Zhejiang Hill Region; while the northeast and southeast to the North Zhejiang Plain Region with dense river networks, a part of the famous town of fish and rice. The hill regions of the city accounts for 65.6% of the total area, the plains 26.4%, the rivers, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, etc. 8%. Hangzhou is in subtropical zone with monsoon climate. It has clear distinction of four seasons. It is mild and humid, plenty of sunshine and rainfall. The average temperature is 16.2℃ around the year, 28.6℃ in the summer and 3.8℃ in the winter. There is no frost in 230-260 days. The average rainfall is 1435 mm around the year and the average relative humidity 76%.
History Evolution
Hangzhou is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. Kuahuqiao Culture within Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan District has a history of 8,000 years and Liangzhu Culture, within Yuhang District, has a history of 5000 years. Since Hangzhou was set up as a county capital in Qin Dynasty, it has a history of more than 2200 years as a city. It used to be the capital of Wuyue State (during the Five-Dynasty-Ten-State Era in Chinese history) and South Song Dynasty; that made Hangzhou one of the seven ancient capitals in China. Hangzhou was once called as Qiantang in the ancient time. In 589, th

e 9th year of Kaihuang Period of Sui Dynasty, Qiantang County was upgraded as Hangzhou (Hang City), which was the first time when the name “Hangzhou” came into history. In 1129, the 3rd year of Jianyan Period of South Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong visited Hangzhou and upgraded it as Lin’an Fu (prefecture). In 1138, the 8th year of Gaozong’s Shaoxing Period, South Song Dynasty established its capital in Lin’an and the city remained to be the national capital for over 140 years. In the 13th century, Marco Polo, a famous tourist from Italy, praised Hangzhou as the Most Magnificent City in the World in his travel journal.
Comprehensive Strength
In 2008, the GDP of Hangzhou reached RMB 478.116 billion Yuan, an 11% increase over the previous year. According to the average exchange rate of RMB to USD published by the state in 2008, the GDP per capita of household registered residents of Hangzhou reached USD 8,699. Hangzhou’s financial income keeps growing up. In 2008, the total financial income of the city reached RMB 91.055 billion Yuan, 15.5% over the previous year, in which local financial income RMB 45.535 billion Yuan, 16.3% over the previous year.
Science and Education
The city has persisted in the implementation of the strategy of “Reviving the City through Science and Education” and promoted the development of science and technology through innovation. The industrialization of scientific and technical results has been advanced further. The city has encouraged the establishment of hi-tech enterprises and R&D centers actively. In 2008, 18,549 patents in total from Hangzhou were bid and the number of authorized patents was 9,831, 39.6% and 29.8% over the previous year respectively.
Over 80% of colleges, universities and research institutions of Zhejiang Province are gathered in Hangzhou. The city has 36 general colleges and universities with 409,600 undergraduate students and 29,700 graduate students. Among them, the prestigious Zhejiang University enjoys abundant research resources. There are over 80 national-level research institutions and over 300 thousand scientific and technological professionals working in Hangzhou.
Tourism Resources
Hangzhou is proud of its rich tourism resources. The golden tourism lines, Qiantang River -- Fuchun River -- Xin’an River ; Thousand Islands Lake -- West Lake -- Tianmu Mountain, are renowned around the world. The West Lake tourism area, covering 60.8 Km2, is one of the top10 landscapes in China. It integrates key points of interest, historic sites, gardens, mountains and waters into one body and therefore was listed by the state for the application for World Natural and Cultural Heritage. In 2002, the reconstruction of the south wing of West Lake was finished and the Leifeng Pagoda was re-erected to reveal the famous landscape “Sunset on Leifeng Hill” in old Hangzhou. In 2003, Hangzhou completed the construction of Yanggong Causeway, New Lakeside Garden and Meijiawu Tea Cultural Vill

age to fulfill the dream of “one lake, two pagodas, three islets, and three causeways”, a landscape that existed more than 300 years ago in ancient Hangzhou. In 2004, the city reconstructed the north side of the lake and therefore the night scene of Beishan Street is much charming now. In 2008 2.21 million international tourists and 45.52 million domestic tourists visited Hangzhou, climbing 6.1% and 10.7% respectively from the previous year. The city’s total income from tourism reached RMB 70.722 billion Yuan, climbing 12.2% from 2007.
Environment Protection
The government of Hangzhou is making a great effort to improve the urban environment under the brand of “residing, traveling, studying and establishing business in Hangzhou”, and to initiate the implementation of Four Projects, namely: Project Blue Sky, Project Green Water, Project Greenness and Project Quietness. Environment quality of Hangzhou keeps improving. In 2008, the volume of chemical oxygen consumption by industrial sectors declined 3.7% and the volume of SO2 emission declined 3.7% as well. The discharge standard rate of SO2 in the industrial exhaust gas and the discharge standard rate of industrial wastewater comparatively reached 98% and 82%. The central wastewater treatment rate reached 83.9%, 3% over the previous year. According to the state standard, in 2008, there were 301 days of excellent air quality in Hangzhou city proper, around the same year 6.09 million M2 of new greenbelt was constructed in the city proper. Up to the end of 2008, the per capita greenbelt coverage of Hangzhou reached 14.1 M2.
Public Facilities
The comprehensive level of public facility service in Hangzhou is being improved continuously. In 2008 alone, 4.566 million KVA was added into Hangzhou electric grid through 35 KV and above transformation projects and 281.14 Km line of 110 KV and above was integrated into the grid. The volume of power supply in 2008 reached 43.018 billion KVH, 4.2% over the previous year. The volume of water supply per day reached 2.86 million M3 in the same year. Also in 2008, the total income of Hangzhou’s telecom sector reached RMB 11.595 billion Yuan, 7.9% over the previous year. The number of wired telephone users reached 4,285,700 in 2008 and the number of cell phone users, 8,801,900. There were 1,396,100 internet users in Hangzhou up to the end of 2008, 15.9% over the previous year. Hangzhou Telecom can not only provide ADSL, LAN, VDSL, VPN, IPHOTEL, optical fiber and other broadband access services but also provide multiple broadband access services, which can basically satisfy the market demands.
Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province in East China, is one of the more modern and prosperous cities in China, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Shanghai. It sits at the southern end of the Grand Canal and is one of Chinas seven ancient national capitals.
When Marco Polo came to Hangzhou in the 13th century, he declared it to be “the most beautiful

and elegant city in the world". There is a popular saying: "Above there is heaven, below there are Hangzhou and Suzhou." Hangzhous "heavenly" beauty attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists to its exquisite West Lake (Xi Hu) area each year to enjoy the placid lake, beautiful gardens, reflecting pools, lavish temples and lakeside teahouses.
Hangzhou began to prosper and flourish in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It was the capital of the Wu and Yue States in the 10th Century during the Five Dynasties Period, and had its political heyday in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), when it served as the capital of China. Hangzhou witnessed a commercial boom in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties, which is continuing at present.