Pinghu is a county-level city in the east of Jiaxing 's administrative area, in the northeast of Zhejiang Province , bordering Shanghai to the northeast. It sits next to the East China Sea and the north shore of Hangzhou Bay . Prior to the Ming dynasty , Pinghu was part of Haiyan County . In 1430 Pinghu County was established. In 1991 Pinghu became a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing .
9-624: Zhapu , the site of a deepwater harbor, was the principal site of China's foreign trade with Korea and Japan during the 18th and 19th century. Pinghu dominates the Chinese down jacket industry; over half of down jackets sold in China are produced in Pinghu, and it is home to a major down jacket wholesale market. This industry started in the 1980s. An estimated 300 million garments are produced in Pinghu yearly. 3 neighborhoods ( subdistricts ), 7 towns Pinghu
18-410: A capacity of 3,000,000 kilowatts. In modern China many famous monks, educators and artists (music, calligraphy, painting, seals , poetry) have come from Pinghu. The city's downtown contains a large memorial to Li Shutong and a number of other attractions and scenic spots. Zhapu Zhapu , alternately romanized as Chapoo or Chapu , is a town under the administration of Pinghu , in
27-517: Is a part of the port of Jiaxing . It is located in Hangzhou bay, equidistant from Ningbo , Hangzhou and Huzhou . This Zhejiang province location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Port of Jiaxing The Port of Jiaxing is a natural estuary deep-water international seaport on the Hangzhou Bay coast of Jiaxing , Zhejiang , China. The port of Jiaxing
36-526: Is especially high, with the value of Pinghu's total clothing exports the greatest in China. It has been placed as one of China's one hundred most productive areas. Zhapu harbor in the municipality's southwest is an important deep water harbor along Hangzhou Bay . A port has been located here since the Tang dynasty , and it is still an important transshipment point. Next to the harbor is one of China's most important large thermal power plants, Jiaxing Powerplant , with
45-508: Is located at the mouth of the Qiantang River , at the start of Hangzhou Bay . A large number of inland waterways, including the Grand Canal crisscross Jiaxing prefecture as well. As of 2012, it had 36 berths, 26 capable of handling ships over 10,000 DWT, and 10 berths for 1,000-ton vessels. The Jiaxing Inland Port is located in several areas alongside the many waterways of the region, and
54-673: Is located on a low and flat plain and is laced with a network of rivers. A number of islands, such as Wangpan Shan are located offshore. The municipality's average yearly temperature is 15 °C (59 °F), with average precipitation of 1,186 mm (46.7 in). Agricultural production is marked by its amount of aquatic products. Important crops are rice, wheat, Chinese cabbage , prawns , and bird eggs. Specialties include pickled eggs and watermelons. Due to its proximity to Shanghai, Pinghu also attracts investment from many multinational enterprises. Industry includes clothing , packaging , machinery , paper and others. Clothing production
63-465: The area's principal port. Under the dynasty's restrictive trade policies , its merchants monopolized China's trade with Korea and Japan . At the time of the First Opium War , Chapu was protected by an imperial army garrison and a city wall with a circuit of about 5 miles (8.0 km). The British captured the town on 18 May 1842 but abandoned it shortly thereafter. By that time,
72-432: The harbor had begun silting up and was only accessible to the lighter- draft British vessels. It was omitted from the treaty ports at the end of the war and declined in importance relative to nearby Shanghai and Ningbo . By the early 20th century, its harbor had effectively silted up and the town became a backwater. Zhapu port, located south of the mouth of Yangtze river is a new port developed after 2000, and
81-531: The north of Zhejiang Province , China. It is located along the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay in the southeastern part of Pinghu and borders Haiyan County to its south and southeast. The town covers an area of 54.4 square kilometers and has a population of 54,000. Zhapu is the site of a deepwater harbor on the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay , noted as a port since the Tang . Under the Qing , an extensive canal network connected it to Hangzhou and turned it into
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