Taizhou, Zhejiang

Taizhou's name is believed to derive from nearby Mount Tiantai.

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Five thousand years ago, the ancestors of the modern inhabitants began to settle in this area. During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, when the Chinese state was largely confined to the Yellow River basin, the area of present-day Taizhou was part of Dong'ou. Following the 3rd-century BC conquests of the Qin Empire, a settlement in the area was known as Huipu Town. It was initially included in the Minzhong Prefecture, but then moved to Kuaiji during the Han.

On August 22, 1994, Taizhou Municipality was set up in place of Taizhou Prefecture and approved by the State Council. In 1999, Taizhou was approved by the State Council to be a leading city in Zhejiang's urbanization structure and the center of sub zone of the first-class economy. Approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, Taizhou formally became one of the 16 cities of Yangtze River Delta area on August 15, 2003.

At the time of 2010 census, the whole population of Taizhou, including the whole prefecture-level city and subsidiary counties was 5,968,838 with 3,269,304 in the emerging built-up area made of 3 urban districts, Jiaojiang, Huangyan, Luqiao and Wenling City largely being urbanized.

The prefecture-level city of Taizhou currently administers 3 districts, 3 county-level cities and 3 counties.

At {{convert|651|km}}, Taizhou has a long coastline dotted with numerous islands; the largest one is Yuhuan Island in the south.[http://english.zjtz.gov.cn/01/01/02/201106/t20110608_104141.htm Location] Taizhou Information Center, Taizhou Government Coastal areas in the east tend to flat, with an occasional hill. Eastern and northern parts of Taizhou are mountainous, with Yandangshan Mountains in the southwest, Kuocang Mountains ({{zh|s=括苍山|p=Kuòcāng Shān}}) in the west, and Mount Tiantai in the northwest. The highest point of Taizhou is Mishailang ({{zh|s=米筛浪|p=Mǐshāilàng}}), a {{convert|1382.4|m|ft}} peak in the Kuocang Mountains, and also the highest point in the east of the Zhejiang Province.

Taizhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) with four distinctive seasons. Occasionally struck by typhoons in the summers, the climate characterised by hot, humid summers and drier and cold winters with occasional snow. The mean annual temperature is {{convert|16.6|to|17.5|°C|°F}} from north to south east coastal area, while mean annual rainfall ranges from {{convert|1185|to|2029|mm|in}}.

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| Jan high C = 11.4

| Feb high C = 12.7

| Mar high C = 15.9

| Apr high C = 21.1

| May high C = 25.4

| Jun high C = 28.5

| Jul high C = 32.8

| Aug high C = 32.3

| Sep high C = 29.0

| Oct high C = 24.8

| Nov high C = 19.7

| Dec high C = 14.2

| Jan mean C = 7.3

| Feb mean C = 8.4

| Mar mean C = 11.6

| Apr mean C = 16.6

| May mean C = 21.3

| Jun mean C = 24.8

| Jul mean C = 28.7

| Aug mean C = 28.4

| Sep mean C = 25.2

| Oct mean C = 20.5

| Nov mean C = 15.5

| Dec mean C = 9.8

| Jan low C = 4.3

| Feb low C = 5.4

| Mar low C = 8.4

| Apr low C = 13.2

| May low C = 18.2

| Jun low C = 22.2

| Jul low C = 25.6

| Aug low C = 25.5

| Sep low C = 22.3

| Oct low C = 17.3

| Nov low C = 12.4

| Dec low C = 6.6

| Jan record high C = 24.9

| Jan record low C = -6.3

| Feb record high C = 27.0

| Feb record low C = -4.2

| Mar record high C = 29.9

| Mar record low C = -5.4

| Apr record high C = 32.0

| Apr record low C = 1.9

| May record high C = 33.7

| May record low C = 8.6

| Jun record high C = 36.6

| Jun record low C = 13.3

| Jul record high C = 41.0

| Jul record low C = 18.4

| Aug record high C = 39.4

| Aug record low C = 19.5

| Sep record high C = 36.2

| Sep record low C = 13.3

| Oct record high C = 32.9

| Oct record low C = 3.7

| Nov record high C = 29.8

| Nov record low C = -0.5

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| Dec record low C = -7.1

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| Jan precipitation mm = 72.0

| Feb precipitation mm = 71.8

| Mar precipitation mm = 128.5

| Apr precipitation mm = 112.4

| May precipitation mm = 147.7

| Jun precipitation mm = 228.8

| Jul precipitation mm = 149.8

| Aug precipitation mm = 246.4

| Sep precipitation mm = 189.2

| Oct precipitation mm = 88.0

| Nov precipitation mm = 78.0

| Dec precipitation mm = 59.1

| Jan humidity = 81

| Feb humidity = 85

| Mar humidity = 88

| Apr humidity = 87

| May humidity = 84

| Jun humidity = 83

| Jul humidity = 82

| Aug humidity = 84

| Sep humidity = 82

| Oct humidity = 77

| Nov humidity = 76

| Dec humidity = 75

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| Jan precipitation days = 11.7

| Feb precipitation days = 12.8

| Mar precipitation days = 17.2

| Apr precipitation days = 15.5

| May precipitation days = 16.2

| Jun precipitation days = 18.0

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| Aug precipitation days = 15.0

| Sep precipitation days = 12.2

| Oct precipitation days = 6.6

| Nov precipitation days = 10.5

| Dec precipitation days = 9.6

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| Feb sun = 96.3

| Mar sun = 113.0

| Apr sun = 129.7

| May sun = 132.7

| Jun sun = 111.9

| Jul sun = 217.8

| Aug sun = 209.6

| Sep sun = 161.4

| Oct sun = 163.9

| Nov sun = 118.1

| Dec sun = 122.3

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| May percentsun = 32

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| Sep percentsun = 44

| Oct percentsun = 47

| Nov percentsun = 37

| Dec percentsun = 38

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| Jan snow days = 1.8

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| Dec snow days = 0.6

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Taizhou is one of the birthplaces of China's private economy in the early days of economic reforms in China and is considered to the cradle of private enterprise in China{{Cite web|url=http://www.zjupress.com/en/redir.php?catalog_id=64&book_id=1192&type=book|title=on Endogenous Development Mode of Private Economy}}. The term "Taizhou Model"{{Cite web |title=Model: Institutional Innovation and the Development of Private Economy |url=https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/chinae/v16y2008i3p106-119.html}} refers to the city's economic development model induced by private sector initiatives along with local-government support. It is the 4th most populous, and the 4th{{Clarify|date=July 2013|reason=Should this be '3rd' or '4th' or something else?}} largest industrial prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province {{As of|2011|lc=y}}.

Chinese automotive manufacturing company Geely{{Cite web|url=http://global.geely.com/general/CompanyProfile.html|title=About Geely}} was founded in Taizhou, which completed its acquisition of Volvo Cars in 2010. It is one of China's top ten automotive manufacturers.

Chinese auto parts manufacturer based Yuhuan{{Cite web|url=http://www.yuhuan.com/|title=About Yuhuan}} a major auto parts manufacturer is also based in Taizhou.

The largest HVAC fan company Yilida{{Cite web|url=http://www.yilida.com/|title=浙江亿利达风机股份有限公司|website=www.yilida.com}} is also located in Taizhou. It is listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock #002686) and had acquired Fulihua fan company in Suzhou in 2012.

Taizhou is also one of the most important Mandarin, Loquat, Wendan (a kind of Pomelo), Myrica rubra producers in China. Other agricultural product include Rice, Canola, edible Wild rice stems or Zizania latifolia, Eddoe, Water chestnut, and Bamboo.

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Historically, Taizhou was relatively inaccessible by road due to its mountainous terrain. This has changed due to large infrastructure restructuring in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Presently, Taizhou is served by the {{ill|S1 Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Expressway|zh|甬台温高速公路}} ({{lang|zh-Hans|甬台温高速公路}}), which is a segment in the north–south G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway, linking the city with Ningbo, Shanghai in the north and Wenzhou in the south; the Shangsan Expressway links Taizhou with the provincial capital Hangzhou. Taizhou Luqiao Airport was once named Huangyan Luqiao Airport (IATA:HYN) in the city's Luqiao District serves daily flights to Beijing and Chengdu and regular flights to other major Chinese cities.

In September 2009, the high-speed Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway opened. There are several stations in the prefecture boundaries of Taizhou. The station serving the urban core is in Huangyan District and is called Taizhou railway station. A second line, the Hangzhou–Taizhou high-speed railway, opened in January 2022.{{cite web |title=China's first privately-owned high-speed railway begins operation between Hangzhou and Taizhou - PR Newswire APAC |url=https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/china-s-first-privately-owned-high-speed-railway-begins-operation-between-hangzhou-and-taizhou-349024.shtml |website=en.prnasia.com |publisher=haiwainet.cn |access-date=21 December 2023 |location=Hangzhou, China |language=en-us |date=19 January 2022}} Taizhou Central railway station on the line will serve Jiaojiang District.

The first line of Taizhou Rail Transit opened in December 2022.

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Like the majority of areas in Zhejiang, most people from Taizhou speak a dialect of Wu Chinese, known as Taizhou Wu. It is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin Chinese, and only partially intelligible with Shanghainese. There is also a small portion of Min Nan and Wenzhou dialect speakers in the southern regions. None of these three languages are mutually intelligible amongst each other, but the linguistic diversity of some regions has resulted in a segment of the population becoming fluent in speaking up to four languages, when Mandarin is included.

The city's people are reputed to be industrious and business-minded, although not to the same degree as neighboring Wenzhou.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} Many people from the area have migrated abroad after economic reforms began in China in 1978. The city's seafood is of note.

{{Main|Taizhou Museum|Taizhou Library}}

• Taizhou University
• Archives of Yuhuan

• Ji Gong ({{lang|zh-Hans|济公}}) – Buddhist monk and historical figure
• Chen Fangyun ({{lang|zh-Hans|陈芳允}}) – electrical engineer and recipient of the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" meritorious award
• Li Shufu ({{lang|zh-Hans|李书福}}) – Chinese billionaire entrepreneur founder of Geely
• Fan Yilin – 2015 & 2017 uneven bars world gymnastics champion
• Zhou Jieqiong ({{lang|zh-Hans|周洁琼}}; {{Korean|주결경}}) – Produce 101 contestant, member of I.O.I
• Xu Jiaqi ({{lang|zh-Hans|许佳琪}}) – SNH48 Member of Team SII, member of sub-unit 7Senses, member of The9
• Huang Yuting (黄雨婷) – Professional athlete of the Chinese national shooting team
• Ye Hongli (叶弘历) – Race car driver

• Walled City of Taizhou Fu, Linhai – Historical ancient city of Linhai, with city walls referred to as the "Southern Great Wall of China" that influenced the construction of other Great Wall locations such as Badaling.
• Guoqing Temple, Mountain Tiantai – The Guoqing Temple where the Tiantai ({{CJKV|t=天台宗|s=天台宗|p=tiāntāi zōng|j=天台宗}}), an important school of Buddhism in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam originates, is located here. In Japan the school is known as Tendai, and in Korea it is known as Cheontae.
• Shenxianju (神仙居) – Roughly translated as "Home of the Immortals" is a mountainous national park west of Taizhou, known for its majestic and steep peaks and cliffs. Hikers can traverse up and hike across various constructed walkways and bridges, including the Ruyi Bridge.

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• {{flagdeco|US}} Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States (2012)
• {{Flagicon|Germany}} Hanau, Germany{{cite web|url=https://www.hanau.de/stadtentwicklung/internationale-beziehungen/index.html|title=Internationale Beziehungen|website=hanau.de|publisher=Hanau|language=de|access-date=2019-11-29}}

• List of twin towns and sister cities in China
• Ruyi Bridge

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• [http://www.zjtz.gov.cn/ Government website of Taizhou]
• [http://www.geely.com/english/index.html Geely Group]

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