Changxing County

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Changxing 长兴县 Changhing
County
Changxing Location of the seat in Zhejiang
Coordinates: 31°01′37″N 119°54′40″E / 31.027°N 119.911°E / 31.027; 119.911
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Zhejiang
Prefecture-level city	Huzhou
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Changxing^ⓘ (simplified Chinese: 长兴县; traditional Chinese: 長興縣; pinyin: Chángxīng Xiàn) is a county of the prefecture-level city of Huzhou, in the northwest of Zhejiang province, China. Situated on the southwest shore of Lake Tai, it borders the provinces of Jiangsu to the north and Anhui to the west. It has a total area of 1,430 km² (550 sq mi) and a population of 620,000 inhabitants.

Changxing, established in the third year of Taikang's reign (emperor Wu of Jin) (282 AD) during the Jin Dynasty, has an extensive history of over 1,700 years. It has rich resources, a long cultural heritage, and cherishes its fame as “the realm of fish and rice”, “the home of silk”, “the land of culture”, and “the distinguished county in the southeast China”.

The Changhsingian Age of the Permian Period of geological time is named after Changxing. The stage was named for the Changhsing Limestone.

Since 2004, Changxing has had a Twin City (County) relationship with Kalmar County in Sweden.