【Oriental Capital of Leisure   City of Quality Life 】  

Hangzhou – China’s best tourist city has been called the “Paradise on the Earth” since ancient times. The leisurable life and the garden-style environment have brought another name – the “Oriental Capital of Leisure” to the city. The people living here enjoy the quality life in the harmonious society, emphasizing teahouses, cuisine foods and health care, etc. totally ten special industrial sectors with potential.   A 2200-year old city, Hangzhou was among the Seven Ancient Capitals of China and is deeply-based in culture.   The bright mountains and rivers and the shining history have bred the distinct and unique dragon well culture. Hangzhou West Lake Dragon Well Tea tops the ten renowned teas in China for its “green color, fragrant aroma, nice shape and sweet taste”. If the West Lake is the root of the city, then the Dragon Well Tea is the soul and a representative of the West Lake Culture which advocates for an “integration of man into nature”.   In 2007, the Municipal Government promoted the “West Lake – Dragon Well Tea Garden”, Liangzhu Cultural Site and the Grand Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to be included the World Cultural Heritages. These moves have greatly accelerated the city’s progress to an internationalized tourist destination.