Pinghu, a shining pearl by the side of Hangzhou Bay, is an emerging seaside city adjacent to the world-famous metropolis Shanghai. With a profound accumulation of historic culture, it has enjoyed the fame of“home of silk, land of fish and rice.” since ancient times and is well known as the “Golden Pinghu”.

Since the implementation of reforming and opening-up policy, Pinghu, with its advantageous location, substantial economic basis and superior investment environment, has been attracting an increasing number of friends from home and abroad to plant, cultivate and harvest on this fertile land. Now it has established economic and trade relations and friendly exchange with nearly one hundred countries and regions around the world. A comprehensive foreign-oriented economic structure has come into shape with industry taking the lead and the coordinated development of service industry and agriculture. The city was ranked the 47th among China’s one hundred most developed counties (or cities) in 2009with its comprehensive strength.

Today, Pinghu is striding forward on the road to building itself into a foreign-oriented powerful city in terms of its economic strength, a renowned cultural city with the features of Southern China’s water town, a resort for holiday and recreation, and a modern medium-sized port city. Pinghu people warmly welcome friends from all over the world to visit, invest and establish enterprises in our city, a promising land that ensures us a glorious future.