Statue of Guanyin,Mount PutuoZhoushan Putuoshan Airport
Putuo District is a district of Zhoushan City,Zhejiang,China with a population of 386,600.The district used to be a county. In 1987,it was combined with the neighbouring county of Dinghai to form the city of Zhoushan.
Tourism is the most important sector of Putuo's economy,which mostly depend on its Buddhist pilgrimage mountain Mount Putuo. There are three main types of transportation to and from Putuo:air,land and water.
Area:6,730km2 (2,600sqmi) (459km2 or 177sqmi terrestrial,6,271km2 or 2,421sqmi marine)
Population Density:825/km2 (2,140/sqmi)
Gross Domestic Product:488.16 billion yuan as of 2024[1]
Per capita GDP:126,300 yuan[1] (approximately 17,734.91 US Dollars)
Economy
Putuo Distrcit's economy consists of diverse aspects.
In 2024,the agriculture,forestry,animal husbandry and fishery (primary industries) reached gross output of CNY 191.93 billion;the total retail sales of consumer goods reached CNY 224.89 billion;the total value of goods imported and exported reached CNY 589.89 billion.[1]
Tourism is one of the important sectors of its ecnomy,mostly depend on its mountain resouces. In 2024,Mount Putuo reached CNY 10.11 billion tourism revenue,alongside with accommodation revenue of CNY 610 million,catering revenue of CNY 127 million,and wholesale and retail revenue of CNY 75 million. [2]
Its ship and marine engineering industry achieved CNY 14.12 billion revenue in 2023.[3] To 2019,there are four shipyards located in Putuo district,repaired total 707ships (607 foreign vessels) in 2018.[4]
Geography
Putuo District occupies the southeastern part of Zhoushan archipelago. It includes the eastern end of the archipelago Zhoushan Island,which is the largest island of the archipelago,and many dozens of smaller islands. Among them:
the small,but famous Putuo Island (Putuo Shan,i.e. "Mount Putuo"). Putuo Island with nearby small islets is administratively organized as Putuo Town within Putuo District.
Zhujiajian Island,connected to Zhoushan Island by a bridge,and administratively organized as Zhujiajian Town.
Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport is located in the Putuo,Zhoushan,which became international airport in 2018. [10] In 2024,the annual passenger traffic of the airport was over 250 million,and its waypoints reached 35 China's cities,which made it enter into the list of medium-sized international airports.[11] Accroding to data released from CAAC ( Civil Aviation Administration of China) on September 2025,Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport ranked No.25 among all East China airports,featuring monthly passenger traffic of 183,876;In terms of cargo and mail throughput,Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport ranked No.29 among all East China ariports;And it ranked No.23 in terms of aircraft operations.[12]
Land transportation
There are three major coach terminals in Zhoushan:Zhoushan (Dinghai) Passenger Transport Center,Shenjiamen Putuo Coach Station,and Banshengdong Coach Station. There are shuttle buses connect to near cities,such as Shanghai,Hangzhou,Ningbo. [13]
Shenjiamen Putuo Coach Station - Shanghai South Coach Station (ltinerary about 6 hours)
Shenjiamen Putuo Coach Station - Hangzhou East Coach Station (Itinerary about 5 hours)
Shenjiamen Putuo Coach Station - Ningbo Coach Station or Ningbo North Coach Station (Itinerary about 1.5 hours)
Water transportation
There are ferries running between Zhoushan Islands. The ferry terminals are located in Shenjiamen Banshengdong,Sanjiang and Shenjiamen Duntou.[14]
Buddhist pilgrimage mountain Mount Putuo is located in the Putuo district. As a part of Chinese Buddhism,Bodhisattva Guanyin has been the religious symbol of Mount Putuo for over 1000 years.[16]
Mount Putuo first became a Buddhist pilgrimage center during the Song dynasty and the Yuan dynasty. However,along with the emerging of Confucian orthodoxy,holistic development of Buddhism declined during the early and middle periods of the Ming dynasty. In terms of the official statement of defending the island from coastal piracy,the religious establishments on the Mount Putuo were destroyed at that time,resulting in a blank period of religious activity for about 200 years. By the late period of the Ming dynasty,the Buddhism gained support from the Wanli emperor and other officials,Mount Putuo revived to be a pilgrimage site. [16]
In the 21st century,Mount Putuo's religious development encountered with financial issues. During 2017-2018,Putuoshan Tourism Development,which is the operator of Mount Putuo,once sought listing assets around Mount Putuo,then withdrawn its IPO application because of massive social pressure. Local Buddhist activists criticized the IPO is a "marketing of faith",which is against its religion protection goal.[17]
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