Infrastructure

Transportation

• Highways
  There is an interlaced network of highways in Jinhua that extend in all directions, leading to Hangzhou and Shanghai in the north, to Quzhou in the west, to Ningbo and Taizhou Ports in the east, and to Wenzhou Port in the south. The radiating highways, including the Hangzhou-Jinhua-Quzhou and Jinhua-Lishui-Wenzhou Expressways and other national and provincial highroads, all contribute to the transportation network, with the City Proper as its center. The Jinhua-Ningbo has finished production while The Jinhua-Jiaojiang Expressway is still under construction, and the Hangzhou-Xin'anjiang-Jinhua Expressway and the City's Loop Road are being planned. Today it is only a one-and-a-half-hour journey driving from Jinhua to Hangzhou, and a three-hour to Shanghai. When the Jinhua-Ningbo Expressway is open to traffic, the distance between the two cities will also be narrowed to a 90-minute ride.
• Railways
  Three railroads, namely, the double-tracking Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway that traverses Jinhua area, the Jinhua-Wenzhou Railway, and the Jinhua-Qiandaohu Railway, are intersected here in Jinhua. Among other railroads, the Jinhua-Ningbo and Jinhua-Jiaojiang Railways, and the extended part of the Jinhua-Qiandaohu (i.e., from Jinhua all the way to Mt. Huang) Railroad, are all included in the blueprint. Jinhua Railway Station, one that ranks Class 3 in Grade A conferring the state norm, is the biggest marshalling yard in East China, and the City is an important center of railway transportation in the area as well.
  
• Airlines
  There is a 1-to-3-hour journey driving from Jinhua Proper to the surrounding international airports in Hangzhou, Shanghai and Ningbo, and a 20-minute to Yiwu Civil Airport, where over ten air routes are available at present, including those destined for Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, Xiamen, et alibi.
  
• Water Transport
  In the vicinity of Jinhua are the harbors in Shanghai, Ningbo and Wenzhou, and the Jinhuajiang River (also known as the Wujiang River), the largest of the district, flows down into the Lanjiang River, the Fuchunjiang River and the Qiantangjiang River.
  
• On-Carriage Port
  Today the On-Carriage Port -- an international container freight station -- has been put into operation in the City, where a straight-through CIQ supervision office will be set up.

Postal and Telecommunication Services

• Jinhua is the second largest communications hub in Zhejiang. Three out of ten people in the City have telephones, and altogether there are more than 1.4 million subscribers of hand-free telephones, plus 1.45 million consumers of cell phones and over 300,000 Internet users. Being a pivotal city of optical cables in central Zhejiang, it boasts the SDH digital synchronizing network of optical cables.

Water and Power Supplies

• Jinhua has adequate facilities capable of supplying tap water that measures up Grade A conferring the state norms on drinking water, the amount of supply in the City Proper being 350,000 tons per day.
  As a component of the East-China Power Grid, the Jinhua Power Grid boasts a power transmission and transformation network that is composed of a primary sub-network covering 500 kv, 220 kv and 110 kv, and a subsidiary covering 35 kv and 10 kv. There are over 100 substations that enjoy a transformer capacity of 35 kv and upwards, capable of supplying sufficient power to the City.

Financial Service

• A financial center in central Zhejiang, Jinhua boasts more than 1,000 various financial agencies, with perfect facilities and complete services. In 2005, the amount deposited hit RMB 155.958 billion, and loans of various kinds reached RMB 119.930 billion.