Located in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta, Huzhou is the heartland shared by Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Nanjing, and is a pivotal city connecting the north and south wings of the Yangtze River Delta with the eastern and central areas of China. It is situated 72 kilometers away from Hangzhou, 138 kilometers away from Shanghai, and 180 kilometers away from Nanjing. Huzhou enjoys convenient transportation and boasts a top-level national transportation network, including railways, highways, and inland waterway transit ports. The Nanjing-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway, the Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway, the Huzhou-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway, the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-Speed Railway (under construction), the Xuancheng-Hangzhou Railway, and the Rudong-Nantong-Suzhou-Huzhou Intercity Railway (under construction) are all available. Additionally, there are eight expressways, including the G25 Changchun-Shenzhen Expressway (Hangzhou-Nanjing section), the G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway (Shanghai-Nanjing section), the S12 Shanghai-Jiaxing-Huzhou Expressway, the S13 Lianshi Town-Hangzhou Expressway, the S14 Hangzhou-Changxing Expressway, No.2 Western Route of Hangzhou Ring Expressway (Huzhou Section), the Huzhou-Hangzhou Expressway (under construction), and the Suzhou-Taizhou Expressway (under construction). The city is also traversed by 3 national highways 104, 318, and 235 as well as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a famous UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the Changxing-Huzhou-Shanghai Channel, which is known as the "Oriental Rhine", making transportation extremely convenient.