Luqiao District (simplified Chinese: 路桥区; traditional Chinese: 路橋區; pinyin: Lùqiáo Qū) is a district of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China. The district has an area of 276.6 km² and a population of approximately 425,200. Luqiao District was established in 1994 dividing from Huangyan City.
Luqiao is one of Taizhou's main urban areas, it is situated in the middle of China gold coastline. the region land area is 274 square kilometer, have 4 town and 6 street, with a total population of 429,300.
Luqiao history is dating back to 3,000 years ago, the Western Zhou Dynasty; to the Southern Song Dynasty, business become popular gradually in Luqiao; when in Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong years, Luqiao has become a famous trading port on the southeast coast of China; August 22, 1994, China Government approval to build the city of Taizhou, Luqiao has been set as region.
Economic of Luqiao developing quickly. In 2008, the region's GDP achieve to 27.031 billion yuan, up by 10.2 percent, the per capita GDP 61,900 yuan; fiscal revenues 3.271 billion yuan, of which the local revenue of 1.554 billion yuan, up by 17.8% and 16.7%; total fixed asset investment of 10.14 billion yuan, up by 10.9%; the end of the balance of deposits and loans of financial institutions were 39.95 billion yuan and 33.28 billion yuan, loan-to-deposit ratio is 83.3%; total retail sales of social consumer goods 12.766 billion yuan, up by 18.5%; million to reduce overall energy consumption rate of the output value was 11.4%, chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide emissions dropped by 3.8% and 3.6%; of urban residents was 29,131 yuan per capita disposable income of farmers per capita net income of 11,776 yuan, up by 8%, respectively, and 9.1%; registered urban unemployment rate was 3.6%, the natural population growth rate of 5.48 ‰.