Shaoxing is located in the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta, between Hangzhou and Ningbo in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province. It has jurisdiction over Shaoxing County, Zhuji City, Shangyu City, Shengzhou City, Xinchang County and Yuecheng District, with an area of 8,256 square kilometers and a population of 4.34 million, including an urban area of 339 square kilometers and a population of 640,000. Shaoxing has a long history and a large number of celebrities. Known as the hometown of water, bridges, wine, calligraphy and celebrities. It is the first batch of national historical and cultural cities and the first batch of excellent tourist cities in China. It is a key development and opening city in the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta. Facing the new century, our development goal is to build a strong economic city, a famous cultural city and a big tourist city, and strive to basically realize the modernization of the whole city by 20 10, and reach the current level of moderately developed countries by 2020.
The development of history
Shaoxing has a history of about 7000 years since Hemudu culture in the middle Neolithic period. The ancient capital of Yue State was built in 490 BC, with a history of nearly 2,500 years.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yue people established Yue State around Shaoxing and became one of the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the twenty-fifth year of the King of Qin (the first 222 years), he decided to set up Jiangnan and surrender to the monarch, and set up Huiji County in Yuedi, which now governs more than 20 counties in southern Jiangsu and most of Zhejiang, and Wu (now Suzhou). In the fifth year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty (before 106), Huiji County was under the supervision of Yangzhou secretariat, leading to 26 counties, and now there are 18 counties in Zhejiang. In the fourth year of Yong Jian in the Eastern Han Dynasty (129), Huiji County was included in Wu County, and the south of Qiantang River was still Huiji County, ruling (now Shaoxing). In the second year of Jin Taikang (28 1), Sun Xiu, a title of generals in ancient times, took the county as the country and sealed the country. In the ninth year of Sui Huangkai (589), Chen Ping was a provincial county, which was abolished as Huiji County. At the same time, Yongxing, Shangyu and Xianning were merged into the county, Yuyao, Qin and Zhi were merged into the county, and Wu Zhou was established to administer Huiji County, which governed Huiji, Zhuji, Shu and four counties. In the first year of Emperor Daye (605), Wu Fei, Yuezhou was located in the original Wu Zhou, which was the beginning of the name of Yuezhou, and the county under its jurisdiction remained unchanged. In the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 130), Gaozong was stationed in Longyue Prefecture, renamed Shaoxing the following year, and Yuezhou was promoted to Shaoxing Prefecture, which is the origin of Shaoxing's name. The government governs Yin Shan, Yin Shan, Huiji, Zhuji, Xiaoshan, Yuyao, Shangyu, Shengxian and Xinchang.
In February of the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), the government was abolished and implemented at the provincial and county levels. The county under the original Shaoxing government is directly under Zhejiang Province. In 24 years, Shaoxing Administrative Supervision Zone was established, which governs Shaoxing, Shangyu, Yuyao, Shengxian, Xinchang, Zhuji and Xiaoshan, and the Commissioner's Office is located in Shaoxing County. In 25 years, Shaoxing was changed to the third administrative supervision area, and the counties under its jurisdiction remained unchanged. In 37 years, it was renamed as the second administrative supervision area, under the jurisdiction of 14 county (Xiaoshan was changed to directly under the province, adding 8 counties of Yinxian, Cixi, Dinghai, Zhenhai, Fenghua, Xiangshan, Ninghai and Siming), and the Commissioner's Office was located in Yuyao.
Shaoxing was liberated on May 7th. 1949. In June, the tenth district of Zhejiang Province was established, which governs Shaoxing and Shaoxing, Shangyu, Shengxian, Xinchang, Zhuji, Xiaoshan and Huiji counties. 10 changed to Shaoxing area. 1June 1952 Shaoxing area was abolished, and the cities and counties under its jurisdiction were placed under the jurisdiction of Ningbo and Jinhua areas directly under the provincial government. Shaoxing Special Zone was re-established in September 1964, which governs Shaoxing, Shangyu, Shengxian, Xinchang and Zhuji counties. 1968 In May, it was renamed Shaoxing area, and the Revolutionary Committee of Shaoxing area was established. In September, 1978, it was renamed Shaoxing regional administrative office. 1July, 983, Shaoxing was revoked and a provincial city was established. It is one of the 68 provincial capitals and central cities in China, and is listed as a national historical and cultural city and an excellent tourist city in China.
administrative division
Shaoxing is the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China with a history of nearly 2,500 years. Known as water town, bridge town, wine town, book town and hometown of celebrities. Shaoxing is located in the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta, between Hangzhou and Ningbo in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province, with developed economy and rich people. It governs Shaoxing County, Zhuji City, Shangyu City, Shengzhou City, Xinchang County and Yuecheng District.
In order to meet the needs of urbanization strategy, after in-depth investigation, soliciting public opinions and repeated argumentation, the adjustment plan of township administrative divisions in six counties (cities, districts) of Shaoxing City has been approved and implemented by the provincial government. At this point, the adjustment of township administrative divisions in the city has been completed. County (city, district) urban area expanded from 447 square kilometers to 950.25 square kilometers; The scale of central towns in the city has expanded accordingly, with the number of towns reduced from 135 to 98 and the number of streets increased from 6 to 20, which laid the foundation for the all-round economic and social development of the city.
Ethnic religion
In the pre-Qin period, Shaoxing was mainly inhabited by Yue people. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, with the massive southward migration of the Han nationality in the Central Plains and the mutual integration of various ethnic groups, the Han nationality occupied a dominant position in Shaoxing. At the same time, ethnic minorities live in Shaoxing. After 1978, the exchanges between various regions and ethnic groups have increased day by day, and the residents of Shaoxing ethnic minorities have also increased greatly.
Shaoxing is a place where many religions coexist, and people have diverse religious beliefs.
Taoism was the first to spread. Wei Boyang, an alchemist of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, wrote the book "Zhouyi Shentongqi", which referred to the three theories of "great righteousness", "Huang Lao" and "activating collaterals", and systematically discussed the Taoist alchemy for the first time, and was praised as "the king of eternal Dan" by later generations. In the first year of Jianwu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (3 17), Ge Hong, a famous Taoist theorist who wrote Bao Puzi, went to build a house to collect records and practice alchemy.
Later, Indian Buddhism was introduced into Huiji. During the period of Zhong Ping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (184 ~ 189), An Shigao, a monk from an interest country (now Iran), came here to collect folk songs and preach Buddhism. Since then, Shaoxing monks have come forth in large numbers, with many famous temples. Among the eminent monks, Hui Jue, a Buddhist historian in the Liang Dynasty, Ji Zang, the founder of the Three Debates in Sui and Tang Dynasties, Cheng Guan, the fourth ancestor of Huayanzong in Tang Dynasty, and Liang Shan, the ancestor of Cao Dongzong in the Five Dynasties, are the most famous. Among the famous temples, Jiaxiang Temple in Sanlun Temple, yunmen temple in Zhongxing Dojo in Cao Dongzong, Wuxie Temple in Zhuji, Daisanji, Kaiyuan Temple, Longhua Temple and Zhu Jie Temple in the county seat have the greatest influence. Various sects, such as Huayan Sect, Legalist Sect, Pure Land Sect, Tantric Sect, Sanlun Sect, Zen Sect, etc. , all in domestic circulation. In the Tang Dynasty, Yuezhou became an important place for Buddhist activities in the south of the Yangtze River and a post station for foreign exchanges. Four of Japan's "Eight Schools of Entering the Tang Dynasty", the most sincere, round-hearted, round-precious and empty-sea, all came to Yuezhou to seek dharma, and after returning to China, they created a great spread of Buddhism, which had a far-reaching influence in Japanese Buddhist circles. 1982, the Japanese air and sea delegation came to Shaoxing to find their roots and ancestors, leaving a much-told story in the history of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges.
After the Opium War, western religions were introduced into China. From the 30th year of Daoguang Qing Dynasty to the 7th year of Tongzhi (1850 ~ 1868), British missionary Bao Teng and French priest Xie Peide came to Shaoxing to spread Catholicism and Christianity. Since then, missionaries from all over the country have poured into Shaoxing, spreading all over urban and rural areas, developing Christians by sending porridge, rice and cloth, and building churches extensively. By the eighth year of the Republic of China (19 19), there were 124 Christian churches in Shaoxing with 2955 followers.
After the founding of New China, many famous Buddhist temples in China were repaired, some famous mages were promoted to give lectures, and major Buddhist activities were held one after another. Taoism was almost completely annihilated; Christianity and Catholicism got rid of the control of foreign churches and achieved healthy development through the reform movement of patriotism and love for religion. According to the incomplete statistics of 1990, there are more than 50,000 religious people in the city, accounting for 1.2% of the total population, including 44,300 Christians, 365 Catholics, 252 Buddhist monks and nuns, and about 1.25 million converts. There are 18 patriotic organizations at all levels and 2 18 places for religious activities in the city. Christians work, live and participate in religious activities in various fields. They love their country and religion and feel comfortable.
Product resources
Shaoxing is rich in water resources. Shaoxing has many rivers and lakes, including Cao 'e River, Puyang River, Hangzhou-Ningbo Canal and Jianhu Lake. The total amount of water resources is 5.88 billion cubic meters, and the surface area of cultivated fresh water is 65.438+0.7 million hectares. Jianhu water provides a high-quality water source for Shaoxing's production and life.
Shaoxing's mineral resources are mainly nonmetallic minerals. There are more than 60 kinds of mineral resources with development potential and mining value, such as iron, copper, gold, silver, zinc, diatomite, kaolin, pyrophyllite, limestone, granite and quartz sand, among which iron and copper reserves account for more than 70% in Zhejiang Province, and diatomite reserves rank first in China.
Shaoxing is rich in human resources. Shaoxing has always regarded the development of education and science and technology as a market policy and achieved fruitful results. At present, there are 38 academicians and engineers of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shaoxing, and nearly 1,000 scientific and technical personnel are full professors. There are 0/23,000 professional technicians and 2.667 million highly educated employees in the city, which can provide all kinds of professionals for economic and social development.
Shaoxing is rich in tourism resources. Shaoxing is famous for its long history and culture, beautiful scenery and unique folk customs. There are nearly 200 tourist attractions open to the outside world in the city, including Lu Xun's former residence, Xianfu Road, Dayu Tomb, Lanting, Shenyuan, Cai Yuanpei's former residence, Zhou Enlai ancestral home, Zhuji Xishitang, Xinchang Buddhist Temple, Shangyu Cao E Yuan and so on. Now there are many characteristic tourist routes such as wine culture, stone culture, calligraphy, Buddhism and water town. There are 42 foreign-related hotels in this city.
Economic society
In 2004, the city's GDP reached1313.9 billion yuan, an increase of 15.3% over the previous year, the highest growth rate in recent seven years; Total fiscal revenue128.8 billion yuan, of which local fiscal revenue was 6.44 billion yuan, up by 20% and 27.5% respectively (due to the adjustment of export tax rebate policy, total fiscal revenue was 7.6/kloc-0.8 billion yuan, of which local fiscal revenue was 5.09 billion yuan); The fixed assets investment of the whole society was 62.5 billion yuan, an increase of16.8%; The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 15642 yuan, and the per capita net income of rural residents was 6970 yuan, increasing by 18.9% and 13.5% respectively. Last year, our city was also rated as the best charming city in China, and ranked ninth in the list of the best commercial cities in Chinese mainland by Forbes in 2004. The comprehensive strength of central cities ranks 42nd in China and 3rd in Zhejiang Province.
Over the past year, our city has adhered to the guidance of Scientific Outlook on Development, taken the central government's efforts to strengthen and improve macro-control as an opportunity, made development the top priority, and focused on the following aspects.
Actively alleviate the constraints of factors and promote steady development. Seriously study the new situation and new problems in economic operation, strengthen policy regulation and guidance services, and actively take measures to ease the constraints of factors. Implement policies and measures to expand the increment, revitalize the stock and promote intensive utilization, and comprehensively rectify the land market. The number of development zones (parks) has been reduced from 75 to 13, the investment density has been increased to 1 167000 yuan per mu, and more than 6000 mu of abandoned and idle land has been recovered. Strengthen the construction of power grid, and give financial subsidies to thermal power enterprises to generate more electricity, reaching nearly 300 million yuan. Public thermal power plants will add 250,000 kilowatts of power generation capacity, enterprise-owned diesel generators will add 860,000 kilowatts of power generation capacity, and substation capacity will increase 3.38 million kva. Actively expand financing channels and promote financial innovation and cooperation between banks and enterprises. The balance of deposits and loans of local financial institutions increased by 24.2 billion yuan and 20.8 billion yuan respectively compared with the beginning of the year, and the loans of enterprises in different places increased by 1, 7 1 billion yuan. Continue to strengthen and expand the "Shaoxing Plate", and seven enterprises, including Zhejiang Haiyue, Zhejiang Prospect, Jishan Holdings, Xinhecheng, Seiko Technology, Du Nan Environment and Jingxin Pharmaceutical, went public, and the number of listed companies and the amount of funds raised remained the first in the prefecture-level cities in the province.
Change the mode of economic growth and promote intensive development. In accordance with the requirements of "different treatment, maintaining pressure", we will clean up fixed assets investment projects and promote industrial upgrading. Focus on the construction of advanced manufacturing bases, strengthen technological innovation of enterprises, cultivate large enterprises and famous brand products, and strive to improve the quality of industrial economic operation. Industrial investment was 37.8 billion yuan, up by 17.5%, accounting for 62.2% of the investment in non-textile industries above designated size; National high-tech enterprises 18 and provincial high-tech enterprises18 were added, and China famous trademarks and China famous brand products 10 were newly acquired; There are industrial enterprises 10 with sales revenue exceeding 3 billion yuan, including 2 enterprises with sales revenue exceeding 5 billion yuan; The economic benefit evaluation score of industrial enterprises is 223.3, ranking second in the province. The construction market was further expanded, with an output value of 75.8 billion yuan, an increase of 26.6%. Conscientiously implement the No.1 Document of the Central Committee in 2004, exempt agricultural taxes and increase grain subsidies. The city's budget expenditure on supporting agriculture reached 530 million yuan, an increase of 20.3%. Grain production resumed growth, with the sown area of 2.242 million mu and the total output of 953,000 tons, up by 6.6% and 13.7% respectively, and the benefit of growing grain was improved. The pace of agricultural industrialization continued to accelerate, with 67 new leading agricultural enterprises, 20 1 10,000 mu of characteristic agricultural bases and 01537 million mu of agricultural bases outside the city. Strengthen the guidance and encouragement for the development of the service industry, formulate the Outline of Shaoxing Business Service Industry Development Plan and some opinions, strengthen the integration and promotion of tourism festival resources, actively take measures to promote the healthy development of the real estate market, and promote the construction of service facilities and environmental transformation. The total retail sales of consumer goods in the whole society was 33.54 billion yuan, an increase of14.9%; Received domestic and foreign tourists12.26 million person-times, and realized a total tourism income of 9.52 billion yuan, up by 654.38+08.3% and 654.38+096.5438+0% respectively; The sales of commercial housing was 7.57 billion yuan, an increase of 36.5%. Actively carry out investment promotion activities, implement the export tax rebate policy, encourage the development of processing trade, improve the service environment, and maintain a good development trend of open economy. The contracted foreign investment amounted to US$ 654.38 billion, up by 654.38%, and the actually used foreign investment amounted to US$ 820 million, up by 654.38% or 0.9%. The total import and export volume reached US$ 8.66 billion, of which self-export was US$ 66. 1 billion, up by 45.3% and 45.8% respectively. Foreign economic cooperation has been further expanded.
Improve the level of urban and rural construction and promote overall development. The overall planning of Shaoxing Industrial New Town in Hangzhou Bay, the zoning planning of southwest area of central city and the planning of Didang New Town have been completed. The investment in key projects was 654.38+05.67 billion yuan, and the adjusted annual planned tasks were completed; The "Double Ten" series of projects completed a total investment of 6.75 billion yuan, and the investment in that year was 5.6 billion yuan. Ke Pauk Expressway, Hangjinqu Expressway, Shaoxing County Link Line Phase I Project, Shengli West Road, Renmin Road and other urban road extensions, Baziqiao Historic District core protection area and Qiu Jin's former residence protection, 220 kV coastal power transmission and transformation, Shaoxing Jianhu Middle School, Lanting Protection and Reconstruction Phase I Project, and Jinjitang, Dashujiang and other urban villages reconstruction have been completed or basically completed. Caoejiang Sluice, Qianzha Bridge, Jinyong Expressway,1. The development and construction of Paojiang, Ke Qiao and Jinghu New Districts were actively and steadily promoted. The construction of county central cities continued to increase, and the functional facilities of Zhuji Chengxi Industrial New City, Shangyu Chengbei New District, Shengzhou Chengnan New District and Xinchang Qixing New District were further improved, which became the new highlights of urban construction and investment attraction. Remarkable progress has been made in the construction of "demonstration of a well-off society in 100 villages, renovation and transformation of thousands of villages", "a thousand miles of clear water river" and "a thousand miles of green belt" Urban areas have carried out the "Top Ten Renovations" of urban management, transforming and demolishing urban villages10.07 million square meters, and demolishing illegal buildings10.20 million square meters. Efforts will be made to promote the construction of ecological environment and successfully create a national water-saving city. Xiaoshunjiang regional water supply project won the "China Human Settlements Model Award".
Focus on strengthening social undertakings and promoting coordinated development. The activity of "striving to be a civilized Shaoxing person and strive for a national civilized city" was promoted in an orderly manner, and "being brave in sword spirit" was sublimated. Cultural undertakings are prosperous and active, and the "Seven Arts Festival" sub-venue and closing ceremony were successfully held. Shao's drama "True and False Wukong" won the "Special Prize of Wenhua Award". Actively promote the cause of education, and take the lead in creating a strong education county in the province. Six towns (streets) became the first batch of modern towns for basic education, with more than 30,000 college students, and Lanting Calligraphy Art College was built. Implement the five-year plan for talent work and introduce all kinds of talents 1.72 million. The construction of public health system has been continuously strengthened, and the prevention and control of avian influenza and SARS have achieved remarkable results. The urban and rural community health service network has been gradually improved, and the new rural cooperative medical system has been fully established in counties (cities, districts) with a population of 2.93 million. A number of health infrastructures such as the second phase of the Municipal Women's Hospital and the public health center have been built one after another, and the relocation of the General Hospital and the Seventh Hospital of the Municipal People's Hospital is progressing smoothly. The national fitness campaign was widely carried out, and Meng won the gold medal at the Yadian Olympic Games. The population and family planning work was promoted as a whole, the research on regional population development strategy was initiated, and the mid-term evaluation of the comprehensive reform of national population and family planning was passed. New progress has been made in auditing, statistics, nationality, religion, foreign affairs, overseas Chinese affairs, Taiwan affairs, archives, meteorology, radio and television, press and publication, and new achievements have been made in the work of women, children, the elderly and the disabled.
Strive to improve people's lives and promote harmonious development. 55,000 new jobs were created in cities and towns, and 25,000 unemployed people in cities and towns were re-employed. The registered unemployment rate in cities and towns was controlled at 3.8%. The "quality training project for millions of farmers" was solidly promoted, and 96,000 rural laborers were newly transferred. The participation rate of enterprise employees' endowment insurance increased to 86%, the number of landless farmers' endowment insurance reached 300,000, and the number of urban employees' basic medical insurance increased by 1 1.5%. The minimum living security for urban and rural residents has been basically realized, and dynamic subsidies have been given to the rising prices of basic consumer goods for the needy. The centralized support rate of rural "five guarantees" and urban "three noes" personnel reached 97.6%. The collective wage negotiation system of enterprises has achieved full coverage in enterprises that have built trade unions. In the urban area, 6,543,800 square meters of affordable housing was built, which solved the housing problem of 657 families with difficulties. The renovation of the building facade along the main road was fully completed, and the "safety project" for food and medicine was smoothly promoted. Innovate the "Qiao Feng experience", create a "safe Shaoxing", strengthen the construction of a team for maintaining stability, solidly carry out special governance activities such as social security, safe production, market economic order, and wage settlement, strengthen the rectification of the cultural market and the yellow wine industry, and establish a joint meeting system for handling outstanding problems in letters and visits and mass incidents. Safety production accidents decreased by 39.8%, and the total number of letters and visits from the masses decreased by 20.9%. National defense mobilization, militia, reserve, conscription, civil air defense, national security and other work have been strengthened, and the third round of "National Double Support Model City" has been solidly promoted.
In 2005, the main expected targets of the city's economic and social development are: GDP growth 12%, fixed asset investment growth 15%, total retail sales of social consumer goods growth 13%, total self-export growth of 20%, local fiscal revenue growth 13%, and urban residents.
Shaoxing flower
Shaoxing has a long history of planting orchids, which was recorded in writing during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which can be said to be the highest in the world. In the earliest local chronicles Yue Jue Shu written by Yuan Kang and Wu Ping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is recorded that "Gou Jian planted Zhulanshan".
On the third day of March in the 9th year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (353), Wang Xizhi invited 465,438+0 celebrities, relatives and friends such as Xie An and Sun Chuo to write 37 poems in Lanting, Shaoxing. For these 37 poems, Wang Xizhi wrote Preface to Lanting, which is regarded as the best running script in the world. Some of the 37 poems are about orchids. For example, Xu's "bow down and admire vanilla". I also want to be a guest, I hope the wind will never sigh. "Yuan George" people also have words, but they enjoy it. "I want to play with you, because I am very happy to be a guest. The faint voice repeated, and the fragrance was Lan Ruo. If it is consistent, it will be retaliated. "
In the Song Dynasty, he wrote in the compilation of "Continued Meeting Records": "Lan's" Reading Jueshu "said: Zhu Jian planted mountains. As the old saying goes: Mountain, the land where Zhu Jian planted orchids, Wang and Xie Jianlan pavilions. "
In the Ming Dynasty, Xiao Lianggan, the magistrate of Shaoxing, specialized in Zhang Yuan Tuan, and compiled the "Records of Shaoxing", which reads: "There is grass on the mountain, with long leaves and white flowers, and it is called orchid. Sentence to build a tree. Zhu Lanzhi's Water Out (thoroughfare), Lanting, Yinshan Hanjiu County Pavilion, and Wang Xizhi's Qushui Preface are here. "
Xu Wei, a famous wizard in Shaoxing in Ming Dynasty and the founder of Ivy League School, wrote many poems and painted many orchids all his life. He wrote in "Gu Lan Song": "When you plant orchids, you must choose a place. Now orchids are in their proper place. But for thousands of years, Yonghe incident happened, and the right army has been repairing it. The more the orchid spectrum is like this, I just came to the mountains this spring, and the orchids are all blue and purple. "
Shaoxing scholar-officials have a long history of writing orchids, chanting orchids and raising orchids, which can be found not only in poems, paintings and calligraphy, but also in prose notes, such as Tao Anmeng written by Zhang Dai in Ming Dynasty and Diary of Yuemaotang written by Li Ciming in Qing Dynasty.
In a letter1933165438+1October 14, Mr. Lu Xun said: "It is quite troublesome to raise orchids. My great-grandfather cultivated many orchids and built three houses for this purpose. " This is also recorded in "The Decline of Lu Xun's Old Home" written by Zhou and Zhou: "Qin Niangong, Lu Xun's great grandfather, did nothing but grow orchids before his death." .
A Brief History of Whelan, published in 1923, is an influential orchid history. Author Wu Enyuan met many Lannong in Tangdi, Shaoxing. In "A Brief History of Huilan", he recorded the orchid planting experience of the farmers in Tangdi, Shaoxing, and their contribution to the discovery of rare species. Among the 40 rare orchids recorded in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, Shaoxing County accounts for 26 species.
1984 65438+1On October 22nd, the second meeting of the Standing Committee of the First People's Congress of Shaoxing passed a resolution to identify orchids as the city flower of Shaoxing. From 1988 to 1992, Shaoxing orchids won 13 gold medals and 27 silver medals, and won 10 fine variety medals, 3 cultivation medals and 1 science and technology medals at three national orchid expositions and two national orchid exhibitions. Comrade Zhu De, a proletarian revolutionist of the older generation, had exchanged experiences with Lannong in Shaoxing, where there was a special flower market. 199 1 At the opening ceremony of the National Spring Orchid Exhibition, Professor Wu, honorary chairman of China Orchid Society, said in his speech: Shaoxing is the hometown of orchids in China.