Why did Huzhou and Jiaxing, Zhejiang, split into two prefecture-level cities?

In order to facilitate management or better development, it is common to adjust administrative divisions. The merger or division of prefecture-level administrative districts is a major event in the adjustment of local administrative divisions. As far as Zhejiang Province is concerned, after liberation, there were four prefecture-level administrative regions in the country and six divisions were carried out. The situation is summarized as follows to see which division was the most successful. Mingzhou Prefecture was renamed Ningbo Prefecture. In the Qing Dynasty, Ningshaotai Road was established, which governed Ningbo Prefecture, Shaoxing Prefecture, and Taizhou Prefecture. Dao administration was located in Ningbo. After liberation, the county seat of Yinxian County was separated and established as a provincial jurisdiction over Ningbo City, and a Ningbo Prefecture was established with a special agency stationed in Ningbo City. The first separation of Ningbo was from Zhoushan. Zhoushan Islands is the largest archipelago in my country. It was established in Dinghai County in the Qing Dynasty and belonged to Ningbo Prefecture. In 1953, Dinghai County separated from the Ningbo Prefecture and established the Zhoushan Prefecture. At the same time, Dinghai County was divided into three counties, including Dinghai, Putuo, and Daishan counties. In addition, Shengsi in Jiangsu Province was also placed under the jurisdiction of Zhoushan. After that, Zhoushan was merged into Ningbo. Until 1962, Zhoushan separated from Ningbo again and established Zhoushan District. In 1967, it was changed to Zhoushan District. In 1987, Zhoushan was evacuated and established as a city.

After Zhoushan separated from Ningbo, it gained greater space for development and is now a national-level new district. The separation is undoubtedly a success for Zhoushan. Moreover, although Ningbo and Zhoushan were separated, they did not hinder cooperation. The ports of the two places realized a strategic merger and gave birth to the world's largest port, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port. The second separation of Ningbo was from Shaoxing. Shaoxing was called Baiyue in ancient times and was the core area of ??the Yue Kingdom. In the Qin Dynasty, Kuaiji County was established, and in the Sui Dynasty it was changed to Yuezhou. At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, after Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty changed the Yuan Dynasty to Shaoxing, he changed the name of Yuezhou to a prefecture after the reign name, which was called Shaoxing Prefecture. In the Qing Dynasty, Shaoxing Prefecture was equivalent to the current prefecture-level city, but as mentioned earlier, Shaoxing Prefecture was still under the jurisdiction of Ningshaotai Road, which was also the origin of Ningbo's jurisdiction over Shaoxing. Wenzhou was also divided twice. Wenzhou was the land of Dongou in ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, Wenzhou was separated from Chuzhou. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Wenzhou Prefecture was established. In the Qing Dynasty, Wenchu ??Road was added to govern Wenzhou Prefecture and Chuzhou Prefecture. The administrative seat was located in Wenzhou. After liberation, Wenzhou City and Wenzhou Prefecture were established under the provincial jurisdiction, and the special agency was stationed in Wenzhou City.

Jiaxing and Huzhou separated. In the Qin Dynasty, Youquan County and Haiyan County were established. This was the beginning of the establishment of Jiaxing. During the Three Kingdoms period, Soochow changed its form from Quan to Jiaxing. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was Jiaxing Prefecture. In the Republic of China, the prefecture was abandoned and Cun County was changed to Jiahe County, and later to Jiaxing County. After liberation, the Jiaxing Prefecture was established, and later the Jiaxing area. The agency was first located in Jiaxing City at the county level, then in Wuxing County and then in Huzhou City. Huzhou was established in Wucheng County in the Qin Dynasty, and in the Sui Dynasty Huzhou was located in Taihu Lake. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was the capital of Huzhou. After liberation, Huzhou belonged to Jiaxing Prefecture. But as mentioned above, although the special area is called Jiaxing, starting from 2006, the area was actually located in today's Huzhou. The Jiaxing area was officially separated. The original Jiaxing area was revoked and was divided into prefecture-level Jiaxing City and prefecture-level Huzhou City.