Zhangshu

Zhangshu 樟树市 Changshu
County-level city
Location in Jiangxi
Coordinates: 28°03′17″N 115°32′46″E / 28.0546°N 115.5462°E / 28.0546; 115.5462
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city	Yichun
Area
• Total	1,291 km2 (498 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[citation needed]
• Total	609,771
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Postal Code	331200

Zhangshu (simplified Chinese: 樟树; traditional Chinese: 樟樹; pinyin: Zhāngshù), formerly Qingjiang County (Tsingkiang) (清江县), is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichun, in the west-central part of Jiangxi Province. It has an area of 1,291 km² (498 sq mi) with a population of 536,500. It is the first county of China Top 100 County in Jiangxi Province. The literal translation of the name is Camphor laurel, because traditionally, the city was a major commercial hub for camphor laurel oil. Zhangshu is famous for Chinese medicinal herbs. The China top 10 medicine producer Renhe Group is located there. Officially, it is the Medicine Capital of China, and there are thousands of pharmaceutical companies. Hundreds of thousands of kinds of Chinese herbal medicines are sold by bulk or by retail.