Transportation AIRWAYS: There are 7 civil airports in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Zhoushan, Yiwu, Taizhou and Quzhou, with 185 domestic and international flight routes. HIGHWAYS: The total length of highways in Zhejiang is 99650km, among which 2651km are expressways. A “4-hour road traffic circle” has been established, connecting the capital city Hangzhou with all the other cities in Zhejiang.
RAILWAYS: A railway transportation network, with the capital city—Hangzhou—as its center, has been formed in Zhejiang by intensive railway lines including Shanghai-Hangzhou, Zhejiang-Jiangxi, Xiaoshan-Ningbo, Xuancheng (Anhui)-Hangzhou, Jinhua-Wenzhou, and Jinhua-Qiandaohu (Chun’an), etc. WATER TRANSPORTATION: Zhejiang has 115 berths for over 10000-ton ships. The goods throughput is 0.56 billion tons and the container throughput is 9.78 million TEUs.
Communication and post A basic system of information network made up of fixed telecommunication network, radio and TV network and mobile telecommunication network has been built. The comprehensive coverage of cable television and radio of Zhejiang Province has reached up to 100%.The urban family teledensity is close to 100% and the rural family teledensity has reached up to 70%.In 2007,Zhejiang’s population of internet users is 15.09 million and the internet penetration has reached 30.3%.
Energy sources As one of the provinces that make better use of waterpower, firepower, wind power, tide and nuclear energy and some other energy sources in China, Zhejiang has built some large-scale thermal power plants, such as Beilun, Zhenhai, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Jiaxing, Changxing etc, and a group of middle-sized hydropower stations, such as Xin’an River, Fuchun River, Wuxi River, Jinshui Beach etc. The construction of the electric power has entered the stage of modern electric power industry characterized mostly by “big units, large power plants, great grids, super high voltage and high automation”.
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