Geographic Location

HEDA is located in eastern Hangzhou Municipality, on the lower reach of Qiantang River, and in south wing of Hangzhou Wing. It is one of the three sub-centers in “one main city, three sub cities”, at a same distance from Shanghai, Suzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo. The would-be CBD-Qianjiang New Town is only 20 minutes’ ride away from here. (When, in 2008, the Riverside Avenue undertakes thorough transport service)

Natural Environment

HEDA is situated in a riverside alluvial plain, most of which is reclamation land and saline-alkali land. It is even, and the elevation is 4.5 to 5.5 meters and altitude 5.1 to 5.9 meters.

Transportation and Communications

In recent years,the city is diligently practising the strategy”Riverside Development ,Across-River Growth,Eastward expansion”,and further accelerating the construction of a range of significant transportation facilities,through which a multi dimensional communication network is finished,and xiasha New city and the main city join up perfectly

Present Turnpike Road

Kenshan East Road joins the western city,down town areas,and extends to Xiasha,the Xiasha section has been thoroughly renovated,and the new hub follows the latest road construction standards and is broadened to two-way six to eight lanes.

Most Fascinating Turnpike Rood

Riverside Avenue section in HEDA on north side of Qiantang River, with a span of 12 km, has been completed and put into operation, which is vital to connecting various sections of HEDA to Qianjiang New Town and Haining. Besides, the extension section of Riverside Avenue is under construction and will be finished by the end of 2008, when it will connect it to the would-be center of administrative business of the city---Qianjiang New Town.

Express Way

Desheng Expressway is the first east-west avenue,with 6 lanes on both directions,at an average speed of 60-80 km/hour.It will pass through Downtown,Jiubao,and Xiasha,connecting Jiangdong Bridge(under construction,be completed in October,2008.),which will directly link Jiangdong area of HEDA,and will be the golden tunnel to downtown.-Jiubao Large Residential Community-Xiasha and Jiongdong Area.

Jiusha Avenue

Another vital line of communications began in April, 2008, will be laid in accordance with the subway and reach directly the future downtown area of Xiasha.

New Transportation Centre in Hangzhou

In Jiubao, throat for one to travel in and out of urban area, there will construct a central station for long-distance passenger transport, the eastern railway hub station, the No. 2 passage port for passenger transport in Hangzhou section of Jinghang Grand Canal and a subway hub, which will contribute to the organic connection of Hangzhou urban area to secondary towns of Xiasha, Linping and Jiangnan.

The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

NO.1 BRT carries from Huanglong Sports Center to the Eastern Higher Educational zone in Xiasha, and the whole trip takes around 35 minutes.

NO.1 Subway

the NO.1 Subway, under construction, will set up 7 stops in Xiasha, namely, Western Xiasha, Central Xiasha, Eastern Xiasha, Wenze Road, etc, which jointly cover the central areas of Xiasha New Town, Higher Educational Zone, Southeast Riverside Residence Area. By 2011 the NO.1 Subway will have been put into operation, when one can reach municipal downtown areas within 20 minutes.