Hangzhou City，Zhejiang Province，China

Hangzhou, abbreviated as "Hang", was called Lin'an and Qiantang in ancient times. It has jurisdiction over prefecture-level cities, provincial capitals, sub-provincial cities, megacities, and core cities in the Hangzhou metropolitan area. It is the economic, cultural, and scientific and educational center of Zhejiang Province approved by the State Council. One of the delta central cities. As of 2019, Hangzhou has 10 municipal districts, 2 counties, and 1 county-level city under its jurisdiction, with a total area of ​​16,850 square kilometers and a built-up area of ​​648.46 square kilometers. [2] As of the end of 2020, Hangzhou has a permanent population of 11.936 million and a regional GDP of 1.6106 billion yuan.
Hangzhou is located in Eastern China, the lower reaches of the Qiantang River, the southeast coast, the northern part of Zhejiang, and the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is a core city in the Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay, a central city in the Shanghai-Jiaxing-Hangzhou G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, and an important international e-commerce center. There are many cultural and historical sites in Hangzhou, and there are a large number of natural and cultural relics in and around West Lake, including West Lake culture, Liangzhu culture, silk culture, and tea culture.
Hangzhou has a history of more than 2,200 years since the establishment of county rule in the Qin Dynasty. It was once the capital of Wuyue Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty. Because of the beautiful scenery, it is known as "paradise on earth". Hangzhou benefited from the convenience of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and commercial ports, as well as its own developed silk and grain industries, and was once an important commercial distribution center in history. Since the beginning of the new century, with the advancement of high-tech companies such as Alibaba, the Internet economy has become a new economic growth point for Hangzhou.
The 2016 G20 Summit, the 2018 World Short Swimming Championships, and the 2022 Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou [153]. Ranked 5th in the ranking of China's top 100 cities in 2020. In June 2019, the future network test facility was put into operation. On November 29, the direct route from Hangzhou to Cairo was officially opened. In December 2019, the "Outline of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Integrated Development Plan" positioned Hangzhou as a mega city.

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