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The PhoenixCity of China, A Place of Auspice and TranquilityProfile of TaizhouBuilt in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Yuanshou of the Han Dynasty (i.e., 117 B.C.), Taizhou has two districts of Hailing and Gaogang and four cities of Jiangyan, Xinghua, Taixing and Jingjiang under its direct administration, with a land coverage of 5,793 square kilometers and a population of 5.04 million. Taizhou is an excellent tourism city in China and a famous historical and cultural city in JiangsuProvince.It has been boasting a rich pool of talents and cultural relics and has produced a galaxy of celebrities and sages since ancient times. The outstanding figures in Taizhou include Shi Nai’an, the author of the Water Margin (also known as the Outlaws of the Marsh, which is one of the four famous Chinese classical works), Zheng Banqiao, a representative personage of the “Eight Immortals of Yangzhou”, and Mei Lanfang, a Peking Opera master. Taizhou is also the hometown of Hu Jintao, the incumbent President of China. Geography and Climate Located in the central part of JiangsuProvince, Taizhou is a coastal city to the north of the Yangtze River with flat and low-lying plains. Since it lies in the north subtropical humid climate zone, Taizhou has clear-cut seasonal changes and abundant rainfall. With an average annual temperature of 16℃and annual precipitation of 886mm , Taizhou’s annual frost-free period lasts for 224 days. Densely covered by rivers and endowed with rich products, Taizhou is known as a “land of fish and rice”, which is similar to a land of milk and honey in the west, and a “land of aquatic products” as well. Jiangyan and Xinghua, the two nationally designated eco-demonstration regions, are examples of ecological environment protection in the Yangtze River Delta. The HengcunVillage along the JiangyanRiver was awarded the “Global 500 Environments” by the United Nations.Outbound TrafficTaizhou is surrounded byShanghaiHongqiaoAirport, ShanghaiPudongAirport, Nanjing