Huzhou, located in the northern part of Zhejiang Province, is adjacent to Shanghai to the east, Hangzhou to the south, Tianmu Mountain to the west and Taihu Lake to the north. It faces Wuxi and Suzhou across the Taihu Lake. Shanghai and Hangzhou are 160 km and 75 km away, respectively.

The Hangzhou-Nanjing Highway, the State Highway 104, the Xuancheng-Hangzhou Railway and State Highway 318 link Huzhou with Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xuancheng, Shanghai, and other cities in east China. Huzhou is easily accessible by air, as the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and the Shanghai Pudong International Airport are within 1.5 hours’ drive from the city.

Huzhou has a subtropical, humid monsoon climate with an average temperature of 16 ℃. The weather is usually humid and pleasant. The lily is the city’s official flower and the ginkgo tree is official tree.