Shaoxing

Shaoxing 绍兴市 Shaohsing
Prefecture-level city
Left to right, top to bottom: Bazi Bridge over the Eastern Zhejiang Canal, Shaoxing cityscape, Didang subdistrict, Tishan Bridge, traditional houses in Zhuji.
Shaoxing Show map of Zhejiang Shaoxing Show map of China
Coordinates (Shaoxing Theatre): 30°03′04″N 120°35′00″E / 30.0511°N 120.5833°E / 30.0511; 120.5833
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Zhejiang
County-level divisions	6
Municipal seat	Yuecheng District
Government
• Mayor	Yu Zhihong (俞志宏)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	8,279.1 km2 (3,196.6 sq mi)
• Urban	2,965.1 km2 (1,144.8 sq mi)
• Metro	8,107.9 km2 (3,130.5 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	5,270,977
• Density	640/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Urban	2,958,643
• Urban density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
• Metro	13,035,326
• Metro density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
GDP[1]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 679.5 billion US$ 93.0 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 127,875 US$ 17,500
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0575
ISO 3166 code	CN-ZJ-06
License Plate Prefix	浙D
Website	www.sx.gov.cn

Shaoxing
"Shaoxing" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	绍兴
Traditional Chinese	紹興
Postal	Shaohing
Literal meaning	(An era of the Song dynasty)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shàoxīng Gwoyeu Romatzyh Shawshing Wade–Giles Shao4-hsing1 IPA [ʂâʊɕíŋ] ⓘ Wu Romanization Soh-shing Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Siuh-hīng Jyutping Siu6-hing1 IPA [siːu˨heŋ˥] Southern Min Tâi-lô Siāu-heng Middle Chinese Middle Chinese d͡ʒjèw xing
Kuaiji
Simplified Chinese	会稽
Traditional Chinese	會稽
Postal	Kwaiki
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kuàijī Gwoyeu Romatzyh Kuayji Wade–Giles Kʻuai4-chi1 IPA [kʰwâɪtɕí] Wu Romanization Kwae-ji Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Kui-kāi Jyutping Kui3-kai1 Southern Min Tâi-lô Kuè-ke
Shanyin
Simplified Chinese	山阴
Traditional Chinese	山陰
Postal	Shanyin
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shānyīn Gwoyeu Romatzyh shan'in Wade–Giles Shan1-yin1 Wu Romanization Sae-yin Yue: Cantonese Jyutping saan1jam1

Shaoxing^[a] is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,270,977 inhabitants among which, 2,958,643 (Keqiao, Yuecheng and Shangyu urban districts) lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Hangzhou–Shaoxing, with a total of 13,035,326 inhabitants.

Notable residents of Shaoxing include Wang Xizhi, the parents of Zhou Enlai, Lu Xun, and Cai Yuanpei. It is also noted for Shaoxing wine, meigan cai, and stinky tofu, and was featured on A Bite of China. Its local variety of Chinese opera sung in the local dialect and known as Yue opera is second in popularity only to Peking opera. In 2010, Shaoxing celebrated the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the city.

Economically, the city is driven by manufacturing of textiles, electronics, and energy-efficient lighting. Zhejiang has the fifth highest per capita GDP in the nation, with the city itself at 32nd nationally by GDP per capita.

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