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:  about 624.07 billion yuan ($86.50 billion) (2023)

Permanent residents: 6.712 million (2023)

Area: 10,050.43 square kilometers

Economy：

Taizhou's GDP witnessed an increase of 4.5 percent year-on-year in 2023. The per capita disposable income reached 61,067 yuan, up 5.2 percent compared with the same period in 2022. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents reached 73,879 yuan and 40,153 yuan, up by 4.4 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively.

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.