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Changxing County is in Zhejiang Province. It has a total area of 1,430 square km and a population of 620,000 inhabitants Changxing, established in the third year of Taikang's reign (Jin wu di) (282 AD) in the Jin Dynasty, has an extensive history of over 1,700 years. It has rich resources and long cultrual heritage, and cherishes its fame as the realm of fish and rice, the home of silk, the land of culture, and the distinguished county in the southeast.

Changxing;
is in the top 100 counties in China in terms of comprehensive strength
is in the top 100 counties in China in terms of basic economic competitive ability
is the technically advanced county in China
is the sanitary county in China
is the top county in Zhejiang in terms of education
Changxing County is located in the center of the Yangtze Delta, China; on the southwest bank of Taihu Lake, bordering Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui.
Changxing has great advantages in its location, around which are 52 large and medium cities including Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Wuhu, etc. and 73 million inhabitants, which forms a great economic zone. Changxing is the transport center of the Yangtze Delta
Railroad: Xin-Chang Railroad (Jiangsu Xinyi--Changxing, connecting to Long-Hai line; the land and sea channel between Northeast China and the Yangtze Delta.)
Xuan-Hang Railroad (Anhui Xuancheng--Hangzhou), Hang-Niu Railroad (Hangzhou--Niutoushan)
Road: 104 national highway (Beijing--Fuzhou), 318 national highway (Shanghai--Lasa), Hang--Ning expressway (Hangzhou to Nanjing), Shen-Su-Zhe-Wan Expressway (Shanghai to Hefei)
Waterway: Chang-Hu-Shen (Changxing -- Huzhou -- Shanghai) waterway, with a transport capacity of 500 tons, and an annual transport amount of 2,000 tons. It has the fame of the eastern Rhein.

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       Changxing County is located in the Hangjiahu Plain of the Yangtze Delta. It is in the north of Zhejiang Province and borders on Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province. Taihu Lake is to the north, Tianmu Mountain to the west, Hangzhou to the south, and Suzhou to the north. The whole county covers an area of 1430 sq.km. and has jurisdiction over 16 towns with a population of 620,000. Changxing has picturesque sceneries and mild climate. It has the good named as A land Flowing with Milk and Honey , The County of Culture and The Hometown of Silk. The Neolithic tools of production, such as axes, stone ploughs, stone spears, disinterred in the ruins in Heping Lion Mountain, Zhicheng Taiji Mountain, etc, shows the fact that people began to live in Changxing and engage in agricultural & fishing activities at least 6000 years ago.

       Changxing was named as Changcheng (The Long-shaped City) in ancient times. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Kingdom of Wu and the Kingdom of Yue were fighting for the hegemony from 514 to 495 B.C. He Lv, the King of Wu sent his younger brother named as Fu Gai to establish his state known as Fu Gai State in the place which is 1 km away southeast of Zhicheng Town nowadays. It is named as Changcheng because of the long shape of the city. Changcheng (Changxing nowadays) has the history of over 2500 years.

       In 221 B.C,. China was divided into 36 prefectures, and Changcheng belonged to the Huiji Prefecture. Later in Han Dynasty, Changxing was successively within the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture, Huiji Prefecture, Wuxing Prefecture.

       In 282 A.D. Changcheng was isolated from Wucheng County and became Changcheng County. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Chen Baxian, the first emperor of Chen Dynasty was born in Changcheng. In 557 A.D., he established his empire of Chen with the capital in Jiangang( Nanjing nowadays ).

       In 589 A.D, Changxing became a part of Wucheng county within the jurisdiction of Suzhou. In 602, Changcheng County was reestablished within the jurisdiction of Huzhou. In Sui & Tang Dynasty, Changxing was developing fast and prosperously both in economics and culture. The Guzhu Tea Yard for Royal Members prevailed the other tea yards in China at that time. The Sage of Tea, Lu Yu, named the tea here as Zisun Tea(Purple Bamboo Tea) and wrote it into his Book of Tea. Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Wengui, Dumu, the governors of Huzhou, supervised the process of tea. Jiaoran, Bai Juyi, the famous poets, and Su Shi, Wang Shipeng, the governors of Huzhou in Song Dynasty, all came here to enjoy the tea and beautiful sceneries. In 908, Qian Mu, the king of Wu Yue, changed the name of Changcheng County into Changxing County which has being used from Song Dynasty to present.

       On April 26th, 949, the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army liberated Changxing and Changxing County Peoples Government was founded on May, 16th. The Land reform movement was launched in the December of 1950. After a three-year recovering , Changxings gross output value of industry in the year of 1952 reached the amount of 4.71 million Yuan. In the year of 1956, The socialist transformation of the agriculture, privately owned industrial system and handicraft industry has been generally completed with the aim to boost up the economics.

       Since the reform and opening-up, Changxing has been making progress in each field. The rapid development of industries has resulted in the six main industrial groups of fine chemicals, biological medicine, mechanism, electronic goods, Textile of Light Industry, metallurgy, and new type building materials. A group of key enterprises are growing and expanding fast. The profitable agriculture is also in quick steps with the five main agricultural industries of vegetables, melons and fruits, seedling trees, special aquatic products, and domestic animals and fowls. The traffic network is being improved day by day. There are two national highways, tow highways, three railway arteries, and one waterway running through the city. In addition to the trade center of the border areas of the Province of Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui, Changxing has turned to be the materials distribution station for the three above provinces owing to the speedy development of its system of logics. In recent years, Changxing has been titled as National Top 100 Most Competitive County , National Advanced County of Science & Technology Development , National Hygienic City , Provincial Model City, Zhejiang Top Education County, Winner for successively four times for Model County of Army & Government Supporting, Top 10 counties of Investment Introduction .

       Changxing, the city integrated with ancient culture and modern civilization, possesses superior natural conditions, regional advantages, broad market, powerful industrial base and advanced technology, rich tourism resources, and improved environment of investment and living. It is reasonable to believe that Changxing, the pearl shining on the west-south bank of Taihu Lake will have a much brighter future.