Pinghu

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title: "Pinghu" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["county-level-cities-in-zhejiang", "port-cities-and-towns-in-china", "jiaxing", "national-civilized-city"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinghu" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
	name
official_name
native_name	平湖市
settlement_type	County-level city
total_type
motto
image_skyline	The First Bridge of Danghu Residential District 05 2014-06.jpg
image_map	ChinaJIaxingPinghu.png
map_caption	Location of Pinghu City within Jiaxing
coordinates
pushpin_map	China Zhejiang
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Zhejiang
pushpin_mapsize
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	People's Republic of China
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Zhejiang
subdivision_type2	Prefecture-level city
subdivision_name2	Jiaxing
seat_type	Municipal seat
parts_style
parts
p2
established_title
established_title1
established_title2
named_for
area_magnitude
unit_pref
area_total_km2	536
area_land_km2
area_blank1_km2
elevation_footnotes
elevation_min_ft
population_as_of	2019
population_total	703500
population_density_km2
population_density_blank1_km2
timezone	China Standard
utc_offset	+8
	postal_code_type
postal_code	314200
area_code	0573
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Pinghu is a county-level city in the east of Jiaxing's administrative area, in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, bordering Shanghai to the northeast. It sits next to the East China Sea and the north shore of Hangzhou Bay. Prior to the Ming dynasty, Pinghu was part of Haiyan County. In 1430 Pinghu County was established. In 1991 Pinghu became a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing.

History

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Zhapu, the site of a deepwater harbor, was the principal site of China's foreign trade with Korea and Japan during the 18th and 19th century.

Economy

Pinghu dominates the Chinese down jacket industry; over half of down jackets sold in China are produced in Pinghu, and it is home to a major down jacket wholesale market. This industry started in the 1980s. An estimated 300 million garments are produced in Pinghu yearly.

Administration

3 neighborhoods (subdistricts), 7 towns

• neighborhood committee and offices
  • Zhongdai neighborhood
  • Danghu neighborhood
  • Caoqiao neighborhood
• towns
  • Zhapu
  • Xindai
  • Xincang
  • Huanggu
  • Quantang
  • Guangchen
  • Lindai

Geography and climate

Pinghu is located on a low and flat plain and is laced with a network of rivers. A number of islands, such as Wangpan Shan are located offshore. The municipality's average yearly temperature is 15 °C, with average precipitation of 1186 mm. Agricultural production is marked by its amount of aquatic products. Important crops are rice, wheat, Chinese cabbage, prawns, and bird eggs. Specialties include pickled eggs and watermelons. Due to its proximity to Shanghai, Pinghu also attracts investment from many multinational enterprises. Industry includes clothing, packaging, machinery, paper and others. Clothing production is especially high, with the value of Pinghu's total clothing exports the greatest in China. It has been placed as one of China's one hundred most productive areas.

Zhapu harbor in the municipality's southwest is an important deep water harbor along Hangzhou Bay. A port has been located here since the Tang dynasty, and it is still an important transshipment point. Next to the harbor is one of China's most important large thermal power plants, Jiaxing Powerplant, with a capacity of 3,000,000 kilowatts.

In modern China many famous monks, educators and artists (music, calligraphy, painting, seals, poetry) have come from Pinghu. The city's downtown contains a large memorial to Li Shutong and a number of other attractions and scenic spots.

| width = auto | metric first = y | single line = y | collapsed = Y | location = Pinghu, elevation 4 m, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | Jan high C = 8.3 | Feb high C = 10.1 | Mar high C = 14.0 | Apr high C = 19.4 | May high C = 24.3 | Jun high C = 27.3 | Jul high C = 32.0 | Aug high C = 31.7 | Sep high C = 27.9 | Oct high C = 23.0 | Nov high C = 17.4 | Dec high C = 11.2 | Jan mean C = 4.5 | Feb mean C = 6.3 | Mar mean C = 10.0 | Apr mean C = 15.3 | May mean C = 20.5 | Jun mean C = 24.1 | Jul mean C = 28.6 | Aug mean C = 28.4 | Sep mean C = 24.2 | Oct mean C = 18.8 | Nov mean C = 13.2 | Dec mean C = 6.9 | Jan low C = 1.4 | Feb low C = 3.1 | Mar low C = 6.7 | Apr low C = 11.8 | May low C = 17.3 | Jun low C = 21.6 | Jul low C = 25.9 | Aug low C = 25.8 | Sep low C = 21.1 | Oct low C = 15.0 | Nov low C = 9.3 | Dec low C = 3.3 | Jan record high C = 21.4 | Jan record low C = -8.4 | Feb record high C = 26.9 | Feb record low C = -7.0 | Mar record high C = 30.0 | Mar record low C = -4.1 | Apr record high C = 31.4 | Apr record low C = -1.0 | May record high C = 33.4 | May record low C = 6.3 | Jun record high C = 36.3 | Jun record low C = 12.2 | Jul record high C = 38.7 | Jul record low C = 18.4 | Aug record high C = 38.5 | Aug record low C = 17.2 | Sep record high C = 36.7 | Sep record low C = 10.2 | Oct record high C = 33.3 | Oct record low C = 1.2 | Nov record high C = 27.8 | Nov record low C = -3.1 | Dec record high C = 23.6 | Dec record low C = -9.3 | year high C = | year low C = | year high F = | year low F = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 80.2 | Feb precipitation mm = 76.3 | Mar precipitation mm = 109.8 | Apr precipitation mm = 91.8 | May precipitation mm = 112.6 | Jun precipitation mm = 228.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 141.2 | Aug precipitation mm = 202.0 | Sep precipitation mm = 117.3 | Oct precipitation mm = 65.8 | Nov precipitation mm = 67.2 | Dec precipitation mm = 57.0 | Jan humidity = 79 | Feb humidity = 78 | Mar humidity = 78 | Apr humidity = 77 | May humidity = 78 | Jun humidity = 84 | Jul humidity = 80 | Aug humidity = 80 | Sep humidity = 81 | Oct humidity = 79 | Nov humidity = 79 | Dec humidity = 77 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 12.1 | Feb precipitation days = 11.4 | Mar precipitation days = 13.9 | Apr precipitation days = 12.7 | May precipitation days = 12.3 | Jun precipitation days = 14.9 | Jul precipitation days = 11.6 | Aug precipitation days = 12.7 | Sep precipitation days = 10.7 | Oct precipitation days = 7.6 | Nov precipitation days = 9.8 | Dec precipitation days = 9.1 | year precipitation days = | Jan sun = 113.7 | Feb sun = 117.9 | Mar sun = 140.1 | Apr sun = 165.1 | May sun = 178.7 | Jun sun = 137.5 | Jul sun = 229.9 | Aug sun = 227.0 | Sep sun = 178.3 | Oct sun = 174.7 | Nov sun = 137.6 | Dec sun = 130.0 | year sun = | Jan percentsun = 35 | Feb percentsun = 37 | Mar percentsun = 38 | Apr percentsun = 43 | May percentsun = 42 | Jun percentsun = 33 | Jul percentsun = 54 | Aug percentsun = 56 | Sep percentsun = 49 | Oct percentsun = 50 | Nov percentsun = 44 | Dec percentsun = 41 | year percentsun = | Jan snow days = 3.0 | Feb snow days = 2.3 | Mar snow days = 0.7 | Apr snow days = 0.1 | May snow days = 0 | Jun snow days = 0 | Jul snow days = 0 | Aug snow days = 0 | Sep snow days = 0 | Oct snow days = 0 | Nov snow days = 0.2 | Dec snow days = 1.1 | year snow days = | source 1 = China Meteorological AdministrationAll-time October high | source =

References

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