Zhuji shines with economic and cultural prosperity

Zhuji city [Photo provided to enshaoxing.com]

Zhuji, a county-level city in Shaoxing, covers an area of 2,311 square kilometers and is divided into five sub-districts, with 18 towns and villages under its administration. It is adjacent to Hangzhou International Airport. Shanghai-Kunming and Hangzhou-Changsha high-speed railways, and Hangzhou-Jinhua-Quzhou, Zhuji-Yongjia and Shaoxing-Zhuji expressways pass by the city.

Zhuji has been striving to speed up the transformation of growth drivers and the adjustment of industrial structure by developing advanced manufacturing industries that cover the fields of environmental protection and new energy, intelligent equipment manufacturing, copper fabrication and new material, the fashion industry and modern service industries focusing on the fields of tourism, logistics and finance, as well as efficient ecological agriculture featuring modern urban style.

China Pearls and Jewellery International City in Zhuji [Photo provided to enshaoxing.com]

As an ancient city, Zhuji boasts a profound cultural background. It is hometown to a number of historical figures, such as Xi Shi, a beauty of ancient China, painters Wang Mian and Chen Hongshou, and litterateur Yang Weizhen. Modern celebrities, such as the first president of Peking University, He Xiehou, and botanist Si Xingjian, were also from Zhuji.

The city has abundant tourism resources which are generally distributed along three routes. The west route has the Huanjiang River and Douyan scenic spots, and Tangjiang Cliff which is a paradise for outdoor sports enthusiasts. Along the middle route, there are Xi Shi's hometown tourist area and East China International Jewelry City. The picturesque Dongbai Mountain, ancient building complex of Si's house, millennial Chinese torreya forest, and irrigation project relic shadoof, a mechanism for raising water, are on the east route.

A pearl breeding base in Zhuji [Photo provided to enshaoxing.com]

The city is also well-known for outstanding urban administration and performs well in education, sanitation, culture and sports.

In 2025, Zhuji's GDP reached 200.26 billion yuan ($27.43 billion), up 6.5 percent. The added value of the primary industry was 6.22 billion yuan, an increase of 4.1 percent; the secondary industry contributed 96.6 billion yuan, up 6.9 percent; and the tertiary industry added 97.44 billion yuan, up 6.4 percent. The annual industrial added value rose by 7.8 percent, with the added value of industries above the designated scale growing by 11.4 percent.

The city's total import and export value was 50.08 billion yuan, with exports of 40.43 billion yuan and imports of 9.65 billion yuan. General trade exports amounted to 36.35 billion yuan, while processing trade exports totaled 4.08 billion yuan.

The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents reached 90,975 yuan and 58,585 yuan, respectively, representing year-on-year growth of 4.1 percent and 5.5 percent.