Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north.

As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,400,868 and its built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban districts was home to 1,518,654 inhabitants.

The ancestors engaged in farming, animal husbandry, fishing and hunting 7,000 years ago.

Its development goal is to become the export processing base for IT, IC, mechanical and electrical, electronics and other high-tech industries.

[9] South Lake, to the south-east of the old walled city, has been a popular tourist site for centuries.

The Chinese Communist Party was officially founded on a boat in the lake, after the delegates to its first congress adjourned their meeting in Shanghai and reconvened here.

In January 2022, Yuehe Street was named the "first provincial night cultural and tourist concentration area".