Zhejiang Province is located in the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta on the southeast coast of China, bordering the East China Sea in the east, Fujian in the south, Anhui and Jiangxi in the west, and Shanghai and Jiangsu in the north. Qiantang River, the largest river in China, is called Jiangzhe River because of its winding water flow. Also known as Zhejiang, the province is called "Zhejiang" for short. The distance between east, west, north and south in Zhejiang Province is about 450 kilometers. According to the results of the second national land survey, the land area of Zhejiang Province is 10.55 million square kilometers, accounting for 1. 10% of the national land area. It is one of the smallest provinces in China.

Zhejiang is the birthplace of Wuyue culture and Jiangnan culture, and one of the birthplaces of ancient civilization in China. As early as 50,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age, there were primitive human activities of "Jiande people". There are Hemudu culture seven thousand years ago, Majiabang culture six thousand years ago and Liangzhu culture five thousand years ago. It is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, a land of plenty, and is called "the land of silk" and "the land of plenty".