Taizhou, a coastal city in East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo/taizhou.com.cn] 

Location: Taizhou is a coastal city in East China's Zhejiang province, 300 kilometers south of Shanghai and 230 kilometers southeast of Hangzhou, the provincial capital. It is among the 27 major cities in the Yangtze River Delta region. 

GDP: 500 billion yuan ($76.92 billion)(2020)

Permanent residents: 6.139 million (2018)

Area: 10,050.43 square kilometers

Economy：

Taizhou's gross domestic product (GDP) soared above 500 billion yuan ($76.92 billion) in 2020, according to the government work report delivered by Mayor Wu Haiping on Feb 5.

Taizhou's fiscal revenue and general public budget revenue amounted to 68.28 billion yuan and 40.12 billion yuan last year, increases of 4.8 percent and 6.1 percent respectively.

The city's overall per capita disposable income increased by 8.4 percent to 50,643 yuan. The income gap between urban and rural residents further narrowed. The ratio between their incomes shrank from 2.04 to 1.94.

The city also witnessed a significant improvement in innovation capability. Over the past year, the city added 837 national high-tech enterprises and 4,553 provincial small and medium sized tech companies. The added value of high-tech enterprises above the designated size surged 10.5 percent year-on-year.

In 2020, the city's investment in fixed assets achieved a year-on-year growth of 10.4 percent, among which 69.5 percent were private capitals.

The number of listed companies in Taizhou reached 62.

Administrative divisions

Taizhou governs three districts, three counties, and three county-level cities — Jiaojiang district, Huangyan district, Luqiao district, Tiantai county, Xianju county, Sanmen county, Linhai city, Wenling city and Yuhuan city.

Laurels: 

In November 2015, Taizhou was listed among the second group of national comprehensive pilot areas for urbanization. 

In April 2016, Taizhou joined the Sino-German industrial cities alliance and began construction on the Sino-German industrial cooperation park. 

In November 2017, it won the title of national civilized city.

In 2019, the city was listed among Oriental Outlook magazine's annual ranking of the 10 happiest cities in China, the fourth time that the city had won the accolade, after making the list in 2007, 2017 and 2018.