Taizhou (Taizhou) generally means Taizhou (prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province)
Taisha Prefecture is a prefecture-level city of Zhejiang Province, a city in the central area of Yangtze River Delta, a type II big city, a regional central city and a modern port city in Zhejiang coastal area approved by The State Council. By 2018, the city has jurisdiction over 3 districts, 3 counties and 3 county-level cities, with a total land area of 9,411 square kilometers. By the end of 2021, Taizhou's permanent population is 6.661,000. In 2021, Taizhou's GDP reached 578.619 billion yuan.

Taizhou is located in the East China Sea and the central coast of Zhejiang Province, bordering the East China Sea in the east, Shaoxing and Ningbo in the north, Wenzhou in the south, Jinhua and Lishui in the west. The terrain slopes from west to east and has continuous mountains in the northwest. Summer is controlled by tropical Marine air mass, hot and rainy, subtropical climate characteristics. Winter is controlled by the polar continental air mass, the temperature is cool, with subtropical climate characteristics, the highway traffic in the territory to Shen-Hai highway and other major highway network.

Taizhou is south of the Yangtze River, water through the city. In history, Taizhou has a "dense network of rivers and streams", and the charm of its water towns is no less than that of Suzhou and Hangzhou. Taizhou has long been known at home and abroad as the source of Buddhism, the birthplace of the Tiantai sect and the South Sect of Taoism. Tiantai Mountain, with its profound cultural connotation, breeds the extensive and profound "Hehe culture". Taizhou is the epitome of "seven mountains, one river and two fields" in Zhejiang Province. It is a harmonious ecological land with mountains, sea and water.

In November 2015, it was listed in the second batch of national comprehensive pilot areas for new urbanization. In April 2016, Taizhou joined the Alliance of Sino-German Industrial Cities and started the construction of the Sino-German Industrial Cooperation Park project. In November 2017, it was awarded the title of National Civilized City. In December 2017, it was selected as the happiest city in China. In December, 2018, it was rated as one of the top 30 best prefecture-level cities in Mainland China. On November 25, 2019, it was selected as the happiest city in China.