Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, is located in China's southeast coast, also the second largest city in Yangtze River Delta. It occupies the tile of the center of economic, financial, logistics and culture in southern region and important traffic hub in southeast China.
Hangzhou is a famous tourism city, attracts more then 20 million visitor at home and abroad. It's renowned by West Lake and people describe “Heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below”. It's located in the subtropical monsoon zone with distinctive four seasons. The spring and autumn is pleasant and the golden time for sightseeing.
Hangzhou have the abundant tourism resources, including two state-level scenic areas – the West Lake and “two rivers and one lake” scenic area; two national nature reserve – Tianmu mountain and Qingliang peak nature reserve; five national forest park – Thousand Island park, Daqi mountain, Wuchao mountain, Fuchun River and Qingshan Lake forest park; a national tourist resort – Zhi River national tourist resort; the first state-level wetlands – Xixi national wetland park.
In addition, Hangzhou silk, brocade, silk umbrellas, Longjing Tea, West Lake lotus root starch are the local specialty with distinctive regional features.