At the end of 2006, the city’s registered population was 6.6631 million, including 4.1417 million in the urban area; the city’s population density was 401 people per square kilometer, including 1,350 people per square kilometer in the urban area; the city’s birth rate The mortality rate was 8.71‰, the mortality rate was 5.86‰, and the natural growth rate was 2.84‰. According to the 2006 5‰ population sampling survey data, the city's permanent population was 7.731 million, an increase of 852,300 compared with the fifth census in 2000.
Hangzhou is located on the southeast coast of China, the capital of Zhejiang Province, the political, economic and cultural center of Zhejiang Province, an important transportation hub in southeast China, and the second largest central city in the Yangtze River Delta, China's largest economic circle. Hangzhou has a developed economy and is known as "Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times". Its economic aggregate ranks second among provincial capital cities in the country, and its comprehensive economic strength ranks among the top ten large and medium-sized cities in the country. The city covers an area of ??16,596 square kilometers, of which 3,068 square kilometers are municipal districts. The total population is 6.604 million, including 4.095 million in municipal districts. It has jurisdiction over 8 municipal districts, 2 counties, and 3 county-level cities. It has 57 streets, 110 towns, 39 townships (including 1 ethnic township), 678 communities, 65 residential areas, There are 3666 administrative villages; among them, the municipal district has 44 streets, 49 towns, 3 townships, 597 communities, 4 residential areas, and 807 administrative villages.
It governs 8 districts: Shangcheng, Xiacheng, Gongshu, Jianggan, Xihu, Binjiang, Xiaoshan and Yuhang, 3 county-level cities of Lin'an, Fuyang and Jiande, and 2 counties of Tonglu and Chun'an. Camphor is the city tree and osmanthus is the city flower.
Hangzhou has a natural environment where rivers, rivers, lakes and mountains blend together. The city's hills and mountains account for 65.6% of the total area, plains account for 26.4%, and rivers, lakes, and reservoirs account for 8%. The world's longest artificial canal, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the Qiantang River, famous for its large tidal surges, pass through the city. . The western, central and southern parts of Hangzhou belong to the middle and low mountains and hills of western Zhejiang, and the northeastern part belongs to the northern Zhejiang Plain, with criss-crossing rivers, dense lakes and rich products. Hangzhou is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice", "Home of Silk" and "Paradise on Earth".
Hangzhou has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, mild and humid weather, sufficient sunshine and abundant rainfall. The annual average temperature is 17.5°C, the average relative humidity is 69.6%, the annual precipitation is 1139 mm, and the annual sunshine hours are 1762 hours. Hangzhou has a wide variety of biological species, including 13 species of national first-level protected animals, 55 species of second-level protected animals, and 13 species of second-level protected plants. The city's average forest coverage rate is 62.8%. Mineral resources include large and medium-sized non-metallic and metallic deposits. Lin'an Changhua produces a kind of chicken blood stone that is rare in the world and is a treasure among collection stones and signet stones.
Scientific and technological achievements
Scientific and technological achievements are increasing continuously. In 2006, the city won 2 national-level scientific and technological progress awards and 15 provincial-level scientific and technological progress awards. There were 10,719 patent applications and 5,742 patents granted, an increase of 13.0% and 41.0% respectively.
Scientific research strength
The scientific and technological team continues to grow. By the end of 2006, Hangzhou's industrial enterprises above designated size had 50,800 scientific and technological personnel and 637 scientific and technological institutions. It has 15 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 10 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Investment in scientific research
Investment in scientific research continues to increase. In 2006, the city's enterprises spent 6.164 billion yuan on research and development (R&D), an increase of 21.8%.
Technological innovation
The construction of independent innovation highlands for enterprises is accelerated.
By the end of 2006, the city had a total of 260 provincial and municipal-level enterprise (industry) R&D centers, including 92 provincial-level enterprise (industry) R&D centers and 168 municipal-level enterprise (industry) R&D centers; the cumulative number of recognized national high-tech enterprises 65, 895 at the provincial level, 139 at the municipal level, 14 newly introduced "prestigious universities", and multinational companies came to Hangzhou to build innovation carriers, bringing the total to 64; 12 scientific and technological innovation service platforms were built; a total of 1,000 There are 30 business incubators with an area of ??more than square meters, and the total area of ??incubation sites reaches 665,000 square meters; 56 projects in the city are included in Zhejiang Province's 2006 key technological innovation project plan, including 41 key industrial technology development projects and 15 new material projects. , 229 projects were included in the city's 2006 technological innovation project plan; the turnover of various technology contracts signed throughout the year was 1.728 billion yuan, of which the technology transaction volume was 1.343 billion yuan.