Shengzhou is a county-level city in central Zhejiang

Zhejiang

Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

 inland south of the Hangzhou Bay

Hangzhou Bay

Hangzhou Bay, or the Bay of Hangzhou , is an inlet of the East China Sea, bordered by the province of Zhejiang and the municipality of Shanghai. The Qiantang River flows into the bay.It lies south of Shanghai, and ends at the city of Hangzhou...

, and is the south-eastern part of the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing

Shaoxing

Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west. It was once known as "越"...

. It is about 1.5 hours drive from the provincial capital of Hangzhou

Hangzhou

Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...

 through the Hangzhou-Ningbo、Shangyu-Sanmen Expressway.

Administration

The city executive, legislature and judiciary

Basic people's court

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 are in the street committee (街道, jiedao)

Subdistrict (China)

The subdistrict , is one of the smallest political divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town surrounded by rural areas, or a rural townships known as a xiang .In general, urban areas are divided into...

, together with the CPC

Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 and PSB

Public Security Bureau

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 branches.

Economy

The city is the national and international top producer of ties.
(source: http://www.cibmagazine.com.cn/Region/index.asp?id=835&tough_times_in_tie_city.html)

Towns (镇, zhen)

• Sanjie (三界)
• Xiawang (下王)
• Pukou (浦口)
• Huangze (黄泽)
• Beizhang (北漳)
• Jinting (金庭)
• Jiangzhen (蒋镇)
• Cangyan (苍岩)
• Ganlin (甘霖)
• Boji (博济)
• Kaiyuan (开元)
• Changle (长乐)
• Shihuang (石璜)
• Furun (富润)
• Chongren (崇仁)
• Gulai (谷来)
• Xianyan (仙岩)

Food

Shengzhou is famous for its variety of local snacks and southeast China style dishes. Examples include: Xiaolongbao (小笼包)， Doufubao (豆腐包) and Shengzhou Chaoniangao (嵊州炒年糕).