Huzhou, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, is a central city of the Yangtze River Delta, an important city of Shanghai metropolitan area and Hangzhou metropolitan area, a core city of Hangzhou Bay Greater Bay Area, and a central city of G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor. It is located in the northern part of Zhejiang and the intersection of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. It is adjacent to Jiaxing in the east, Hangzhou in the south, Xuancheng in Anhui in the west, and Taihu Lake in the north, facing Wuxi and Suzhou in Jiangsu across the lake. Is around the Taihu lake area named for the city, in the south bank of the Taihu Lake, East Tiaoxi and West Tiaoxi River confluence. The terrain is roughly inclined from southwest to northeast, the west is mountainous, the east is plain water network. The city has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 3 counties, covering an area of 5820 square kilometers. By the end of 2021, the permanent population of Huzhou is 3.4070 million.

Huzhou is an ancient city in southern China with a history of more than 2300 years. Its establishment began in the Warring States Period, and it has numerous natural and historical and cultural landscapes, such as Moganshan and Nanxun Ancient Town. Huzhou is one of the first pilot projects of the Demonstration zone for international cooperation in ecological civilization, the national Historic and Cultural City, the National Forest City, the National Garden City, the national Health City and the Demonstration zone for common prosperity of high-quality development and construction in Zhejiang. Huzhou belongs to the north subtropical monsoon climate zone, the monsoon is significant, four distinct seasons, rain and heat in the same season, abundant precipitation, is Zhejiang Province and the country's grain, cocoon, freshwater fish, bamboo main producing areas and important production base, there are Shuangdu snow lotus root, Taihu lily and other native products, is also the birthplace of modern lake merchants.

In 2021, Huzhou's GDP reached 364.49 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5 percent over the previous year based on comparable prices. The value added of the primary industry was 14.86 billion yuan, up by 2.9%; The added value of the secondary industry was 186.05 billion yuan, up by 10.6%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 163.13 billion yuan, up by 9.0%.