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Wenzhou city Communication Department Address: No.208,fly cloud south road,Wenzhou
Postcode: 325000
Phone: 0086-577-87809518
Fax: 0086-577-87809517
Web site: http://www.wzjt.gov.cn
Email:admin@wzjt.gov.cn |
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Wenzhou City is located in the southeast coastal region, with a population of 46 million people and an area of 101,800 square kilometers, among which, mountain area accounts for 70.4%, plain 23.3% and water area 6.3%. It also has
6,486-kilometer-long coastline and over 3000 islands.Wenzhou enjoys an advanced transport system of road, waterway, railway and civil aviation, mainly depending on road and waterway. |
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(1). Road By the end of 2002, the total length of Wenzhou's road has reached 45,646 kilometers, of which the expressway is 1,307
kilometers long, Level-I highway 5,777 kilometers, Level-II highway 2,070 kilometers, Level-III highway 6,822 kilometers, Level-IV
highway 26,783 kilometers and substandard road 2,887 kilometers. A road traffic network with Hangzhou as its center and
connecting neighbor Citys and cities as well as main towns and villages has taken its initial shape. Looking at road network,
the national highway amounts to 2,744 kilometers, provincial way 5,455 kilometers, township way 36,531 kilometers and special
way 916 kilometers, with 44.8 kilometers per 100 square kilometers. The rate of the road in towns reaches 99.2%, and in village
88.1%.
(2). Waterway
1. Inshore Ports
There are altogether 34 inshore ports in Wenzhou City, with various berths of 867 by the
end of 2002, traffic capacity of 213.50 million tons and cargo throughput 256.94 million tons. Ningbo, Zhoushan, Wenzhou, Taizhou
and Jiaxing are five key ports altogether with 642 berths, thereinto, 58 over 10000T berths, 5 over 100000T berths, and the largest
with 250,000 tons.
2. Island Traffic
There are 99 islands with over 1000 people in total. Wharves for passenger and cargo transport are all available
on 86 islands with over 3000 people, and the islands highway has reached 1,500 kilometers. 3. Freshwater River Waterway and
Port There are 1,094 freshwater river waterways in Wenzhou City with total length of 10,406 kilometers, ranking third in China,
amongst which, Level-IV river waterway 500 kilometers and Level-V 532 kilometers, and mainly in northern and southern Wenzhou.
The total length of the net-like river waterway in northern Wenzhou reaches 7,558 kilometers, with 17.4 kilometers per 100 square
kilometers. There are 8 main routes almost covering Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing. They are Beijing-Hangzhou
Grand Canal, Changhushen Route, Hangshen Route, Zhajiasu Route, Route of the Lower reaches of Qiantangjiang River,
Liupingshen Route, Hanghuxi Route and Hangyong Canal. There are 3 main waterways in the southern Wenzhou, i.e. Oujiang River,
Jiaojiang River and the Route of Middle and Upper Reaches of Qiantangjiang River, through Wenzhou, Taizhou, Lishui, Jinhua,
Quzhou etc. In addition, there are also some rivers running into the sea, such as Feiyunjiang River, Aojiang River and other small
local rivers, which are independent and with low capability in traffic and short course,only covering one or several counties. |
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