■In the map of the world, Hangzhou city is located at the north latitude 30°16’ and the east longitude 120°12’. Early in the beginning of the 13th century, Marco Polo, the well-known Italian traveller, praised this city as the heavenly paradise on the earth.

■Located at the south bank of Qiantang River in Hangzhou of China, Leisure Expo Garden is at the center of large Hangzhou and has a radialization contacts to the Yangtze Delta while it is close to the river and the sea, next to Binjiang High-Tech Development Zone, Zhijiang National Tourist Resort, Xiaoshan Economic Development Zone and Xiang Lake Tourist Resort.

■Hangzhou is forming three major functional areas, i.e. the West Lake with a natural, cultural, scenery tourist function, Hangzhou Central Business DistrictQianjiang New City (CBD) and the irst recreational business district in China, Leisure Expo Garden(RBD).
These three functional areas will form an important golden triangle to optimize the tourism industrial structure and the modiication of tourist products in Hangzhou and promote the process of citydevelopment in Hangzhou.