Hangzhou is a political, economic, cultural, educational, transportation and financial center of Zhejiang Province. It is one of the central cities of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomerations, one of the nodes of the China, one of the important electronic commerce centers of China and the new frontline cities. Up to 2017, Hangzhou has 10 districts and two counties, and administers one county-level city, covering a total area of 16,596 square kilometres, with a permanent population of 9.188 million, with a urbanization rate of 76.2 percent. In 2016, the average disposable income of Hangzhou residents was 46,116 yuan, and the total retail sales of consumer goods totalled 517,620 billion yuan.
Hangzhou has been the capital of Wuyueguo and Nansong for more than 2,200 years since the Qin Dynasty established the county government. Because of the beautiful scenery, known as "heaven on earth" reputation. Hangzhou benefits from the convenience of the Beijing and Hangzhou canals and treaty ports, as well as its own developed silk