Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, prefecture-level city, located in the northern part of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Suzhou and Anhui provinces at the intersection of the south shore of Lake Taihu, east of Jiaxing City, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou City, south of Hangzhou City, west of Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, north of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, bordering; topography roughly tilted from southwest to northeast, southwest of the northern slope of Tianmu Mountain and its residual veins, the northwest for the low hills and the plains between the east of the plains of the water network area; is the North subtropical monsoon climate zone, four distinct seasons; the city covers an area of 5820 square kilometers. monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons; the city has a total area of 5,820 square kilometers. As of February 2024, the city has two districts and three counties under its jurisdiction, with the Municipal People's Government stationed in Wuxing District. As of the end of 2023, the city's resident population was 3.439 million, with an urbanization rate of 67.5%.
Huzhou City is a national historical and cultural city with a history of 1 million years of human activities and a history of over 2,300 years of founding, and is also the only Jiangnan city named after a lake in the area around the Taihu Lake. In the fifteenth year of King Kao Lie of Chu (248 years ago), Huang Xie, the ruler of Chun Shen, was sealed here and built a city here, and then set up Mushroom City County, which was named because of the many Mushroom grasses in the river, and was the beginning of the foundation of the city of Huzhou. It is a city in the center of Yangtze River Delta and the birthplace of modern Huzhou businessmen, known as "the capital of silk, the home of fish and rice, and the state of culture", and in the Song Dynasty, it was said that "the world is full of foot when Suzhou and Lake are ripe", and the site of Qanshanyang opened up the history of sericulture and silk weaving of the world for more than 4,000 years, and was named as the source of silk in the world. It is named as the source of silk in the world. It is also the main production area and important production base for grain, cocoons, freshwater fish and bamboo. The main attractions in the city include Moganshan, Nanxun Ancient Town and Taihu Lake Tourism Resort.
In 2023, Huzhou City realized a regional GDP of 401.51 billion yuan, per capita disposable income of 63,972 yuan, and general public budget revenue of 41.05 billion yuan.