Tiantai County is located in east central of Zhejiang Province, north of Taizhou. The total area is 1432.1 square kilometers. Main terrain is hilly mountains in eastern of Zhejiang. Total water source is 1.237 billion cubic meters on average per year, and the water quality is good. Mineral deposits are gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, etc.
When in Sanguo period (222 ~ 231), the county had been set, called Shipin. Till to Five Dynasties WuYue Tianbao period year(908) it renamed to TianTai, then renamed to Taixing again. When in Song period(960), The name was back to Tiantai and still in use to now days. May 24, 1949, Tiantai was been liberated, the Tiantai county people's government was been established. In 1997, it havs 9 towns, 10 countries, the population is 538,000.
Tiantai is famous with Buddhism resource and beautiful landscape. August 1988, Tiantai Mountain was set as a state-level scenic spots.
The Tiantai's water resources is abundant in eastern China, the potential of development and utilization of water resources is great, generating electricity capacity in more than 100 million kilowatts per year. Tiantai County is rich in natural resources, has been proven more than 20 kinds of mineral resources.
Tiantai County People's Government address: No. 314 Zhongshan East Road, Chicheng Area, Postcode: 317200. Code: 331023. Code: 0576.