嘉兴秀洲地处沪、杭、苏中心地段，是浙江省接轨上海的前沿阵地，嘉兴市的一个新兴城区。以嘉兴为中心 250公里半径内涵盖了长三角 16个大、中城市。具有独特的区位条件和资源优势。距上海、杭州、苏州均不超过9O公里，充分接受着嘉兴乃至上海、 苏州、杭州等长江三角洲大中城市资源、人才和技术的辐射。交通便捷：沪杭复线铁路、320国道、京杭大运河贯穿全境。高速公路密度全国最高：沪杭甬、乍嘉苏和待建的申嘉湖三条高速公路在秀洲区境内纵横相交，共设有5个互通立交出入口。距上海虹桥机场、上海浦东机场和杭州萧山机场均在 100公里左右。海运及水路与上海港、嘉兴港和京杭大运河相联，并已开通嘉兴至上海港的集装箱内河支线。五个镇三个街道与嘉兴城市扇状形联成一体，并已构成20分钟交通圈。

Situated in the hub of the hed major neighboring cities， namely Shanghai， Hangzhou and Suzhou， Xiuzhou District is the core of the three economic circles in Yangtze Delta． It ss the frontline to link Zaijiang Province with Shanghai Metropolis and also a newly booming up area of Jiaxing City．Putting Jiaxing as the central point ofa circle with 250km radius， there are 16la rge and medium－sized cities in yangtze Delta endowing it with advantages in geographical position and natural resources．With a distance of less than 90km from Shanghai， Hangzhou and Suzhou， Xiuzhou District can fully share the common resour cespresented by its neighboring cities such as talented people， technology and natural resources。With Shanghai－Hangzhou double－track railway， 320 National Highwayand Beijing－Hangzhou Grand Canal all running through this area， Xiuzhou District enjoys convenient and fast straffic． Also the number of express ways in this area tops first nationwide．Shanghai－Hangzhou Expressway ,Zhapu－Jiaxing－Suzhou Expressway and the planned Shanghai－Jiaxing－Huzhou Expressway go crisscrossing in Xiuzhou District with bye entries and exits． It is about 100km away from shanghai Hongqiao Airport，Shanghai Pudong International Alrport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport．Inland waterways connect the district with Shanghai Port，Jiaxing Port and Beljing－Hangzhou Grand Canal．The sub inland waterway to carry containers from Jiaxing to Shanghai Port has been put into use． All its five towns and three communities are included into a fan－shaped traffic network linking it to the downtown area within 20 minute driveway．