General_Situation 　　GeographicalLocation 　　ZhejiangislocatedinthesouthernpartoftheYangtzeRiverDeltaonthesoutheastcoastofChina.Itliesbetween27o12'and31o31'northlatitudeand118o00and123o00'eastlongitude.ItfacestheEastChinaSeaontheeastandneighborsFujianonthesouth.Withanextensivehinterlandintherear,itsharesborderswithJiangxiandAnhuionthewestandShanghai,thecountry'slargestcity,andJiangsuonthenorth. 　　Zhejiangisrenownedforitspicturesquelandscapes.Itboastswell-knownmountainssuchasYandangMountain,XuedouMountain,TianmuMountain,TiantaiMountainandXianduMountain,andfamouslakessuchastheWestLakeinHangzhou,theEastLakeinShaoxing,theSouthLakeinJiaxing,theDongqianLakeinNingboandtheNorth-SouthLakeinHaiyan.TheThousand-IsletLakeinChun’anCountyofHangzhouisthelargestman-madelakeinthecountry.MajorriversintheprovinceincludetheQiantangRiver,theOujiangRiver,andtheNanxiRiver.TheBeijing-HangzhouGrandCanalrunsthroughthenorthernpartoftheprovince,andmergesintotheQiantangRiverinHangzhou. 　　Climate 　　Undersubtropicalandmonsoonconditions,Zhejianghasfourdistinctseasons,andplentifulsunshine.Zhejianghaslongbeenknownas"aregionoffishandrice,thehomeofsilk,aparadisefortouristsandalandofrichculturalheritage".Ithasanaverageannualtemperatureof15.3-17.9℃,230-270frost-freedaysandanaverageannualrainfallof1000-1900mm.Ithasnumerousriverswithanaverageannualsurfacewaterrunoffofover90billioncubicmeters. 　　LandAreaandPopulation 　　Theprovincecoversatotallandareaof101,800squarekilometers.Hillsandmountainsaccountfor70.4percentofthetotalareaintheprovince.Plainsandbasinsmakeup23.2percentwhiletherest6.4percentiswaterareacomposedofriversandlakes.ThenumberofislandsinZhejiangamountsto3,061withatotalareaof1,670squarekilometers.ItisaprovincewiththemostislandsinChina,amongwhichZhoushanArchipelagoisthelargest.Zhejiangalsoboastsacoastlineextending6,486kilometersandatotaloceanareaof220,000squarekilometers.Inaddition,theprovincehasalargenumberofbayswithover60naturalportsofdifferentsizes,constitutingaport-clusteramongwhichNingboPort,WenzhouPort,ZhoushanPort,JiaxingPortandTaizhouPortarethemostimportant.Thepermanentpopulationoftheprovincereached48.98millionbytheendof2005,anincreaseof1.97%overthepreviousyear. 　　AdministrativeJurisdictions 　　Thereare11citiesunderthedirectjurisdictionofZhejiangprovincialgovernment,includingHangzhou,Ningbo,Wenzhou,Jiaxing,Huzhou,Shaoxing,Jinhua,Quzhou,Zhoushan,TaizhouandLishui,underwhichthereare36counties,22town-levelcitiesand30county-leveldistricts.TheprovincialcapitalcityisHangzhou.Ningboisaseparateplanningcity. 　　NaturalResources: 　　TheaveragewaterresourcesofZhejiangtotal99.03billioncubicmeters,rankingthefourthinChinainperunitarea. 　　Forestrycovers59.4percentoftheprovince'stotalareawithrichresourcesofeconomicforestsandbamboogroves.Famouslocalspecialproductsincludetea,mulberries,orangesandtangerines.TheoutputofnutslikehickoryandChinesetorreyaaccountsformorethan70percentofthatofthecountry.Theprovincei