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Geographical region of China
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East China is a key area of China historically, politically, and economically.
A province with a long history, featuring important cities like Nanjing and Suzhou as well as natural beauty.
China's biggest and most developed city, huge and cosmopolitan. Museums, temples, fashion, finance, history, architecture—Shanghai has it all.
Extensive natural beauty, including Hangzhou's West Lake and the "thousand-island lake" Qiandaohu, as well as traditional agricultural products like tea and silk.
The province's mountainous terrain has engendered cultural and linguistic diversity, and its location on the sea in southeast China has ensured a long history of maritime trade, notably including Amoy (now Xiamen) serving as a hub for the ancient silk trade.
The area is well connected to the rest of China by road, rail and air. Most international visitors arrive by air.
Read in the guideThe area is well-connected by China's rail and road networks. There are good highways and a high-speed rail network.
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This page describes the capital of Fujian Province. For the city in Jiangxi, see Fuzhou (Jiangxi).
Hangzhou (杭州; ɦaŋ-tsei in Wu, Hángzhōu in Mandarin) is the capital of Zhejiang province. It is one of the most important tourist cities in China, famous for its natural beauty and historical and cultural heritage.
Nanjing (南京; Nánjīng), historically also Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province in China. At more than 8 million inhabitants (of which 6 million live in the city proper), it is one of China's largest cities.
Ningbo (宁波 Níngbō) is a port city in Zhejiang province, a thriving prosperous city and a popular tourist destination.
Shanghai (上海; Zånhae in Shanghainese, Shànghǎi in Mandarin) is the most developed city in China, the country's main center for finance and fashion, and one of the world's most populous and important cities. Shanghai is a fascinating mix of East and West.
Suzhou (苏州; Sou-tseu in Wu, Sūzhōu in Mandarin, old romanization "Soochow".) is a city in Jiangsu province, famed for its beautiful gardens and traditional waterside architecture. A group of gardens form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wenzhou (温州 Wēnzhōu) is a city in Zhejiang Province. Wenzhou is not on many China tour itineraries and despite being a Chinese cultural hotspot, it is not the most foreigner friendly of cities (compared with Hangzhou and Ningbo, for example).
Xiamen (厦门; Ē-mn̂g in Minnan, Xiàmén in Mandarin, former English name: Amoy) is a coastal city in Fujian Province in China. It is a very vibrant, affluent and modern place, though by Chinese standards it is a small city — only 5.1 million counting suburbs (2020).
Xuzhou (徐州 Xúzhōu) is a city of 2.6 million (2010) in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. It is at the northern tip of the province, bordering Anhui.
Anji (安吉县) is a county of Huzhou in Zhejiang province, located on Lake Tai. Popular with Chinese tourists from Shanghai & Hangzhou, Anji County (安吉县) offers a glimpse of rural life amid the bamboo forests.
Lake Tai (太湖, Tài Hú, literally "Grand Lake") is a large and scenic lake in China, on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The lake area gets many visitors from the nearby major cities — Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing — as well from as the ones around the lake.
Mount Putuo (普陀山 Pǔtuóshān) is an island and National Park in Zhoushan, near Ningbo in Zhejiang province, and derives its name from a sacred Buddhist mountain at the center of the island.
Shaoxing (绍兴) is a city in Zhejiang, near Shanghai and Hangzhou, famous for its traditional Chinese bridges, boats, architecture, yellow wine and a huge number of textile and cloth factories. The city is home to notable historical sites such as the Former Residence of Lu Xun, East Lake, and the Mausoleum of Yu the Great.
Shanghai (上海; Zånhae in Shanghainese, Shànghǎi in Mandarin) is the most developed city in China, the country's main center for finance and fashion, and one of the world's most populous and important cities. Shanghai is a fascinating mix of East and West.
Tongxiang is a county-level city in northern Zhejiang Province, China, renowned for its rich cultural heritage, thriving economy, and picturesque water towns like Wuzhen, serving as the hometown of famous writer Mao Dun and a key hub for textiles and tourism.
Jiaxing (嘉興) is a historic city in Zhejiang province., with 1.5 million people in its urban area (2020). The historic city center is less than an hour by train from its much larger neighbor to the north-east, Shanghai, which makes Jiaxing a popular day trip destination from Shanghai.
Zhouzhuang (周庄) is China's oldest water town. It is southeast of the city of Suzhou and south of Kunshan.
The Fujian tulou (Chinese: 福建土楼 Fújiàn tǔlóu; literally: "Fujian earthen buildings"), also known as Hakka tulou, Hakka earth houses or roundhouses, are rural dwellings unique to the Hakka people in the mountainous areas in southeastern China. There are also toulou in Guangdong and Guangxi, but the UNESCO World Heritage Site for toulou is 46 buildings in Fujian.
Mount Wuyi (武夷山 Wǔyíshān) is a very popular scenic area in Nanping prefecture, Fujian Province, China.
Gulangyu (鼓浪屿 Kó͘-lōng-sū in Minnan, Gǔlàngyǔ in Mandarin) is an island in Xiamen, a few minutes by ferry from downtown. It has a population around 17,000 and an area of about 2 km² (500 acres).
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