Economy

Huzhou is known as the City of Silk, is one of the Four Capital-cities of Silk in China.Textiles (especially silk), building materials and agriculture.

History

248 BC, Gucheng County (菰城縣) was set up by the State of Chu.222 BC, Qin Dynasty, Wucheng County (烏程縣) was set up.266, Kingdom of Wu, set Wuxing Shire (吳興郡), its administrative area including the modern Huzhou prefecture city and Hangzhou (杭州), Yixing (宜興).602, Sui dynasty, changed the name of Wuxing to Huzhou (湖州).During the Tang Dynasty, Huzhou administered 5 counties: Wucheng (烏程), Wukang (武康), Changxing (長興), Anji (安吉), and Deqing (德清).At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Gui'an county (歸安縣) was divided from the Wucheng county.During the Qing Dynasty, Huzhou administered 7 counties: Wucheng, Guo'an, Wukang, Deqing, Changxing, Anji, and Xiaofeng.1949, the People's Republic of China, Huzhou town became the seat of government of the First Special District of Zhejiang, administrative area including the modern Huzhou and Jiaxing prefecture cities.1983, Huzhou prefecture level city was set up.