Taizhou was honored as a national historical and cultural city, and became the 20th national historical and cultural city in China. 2065438+On February 27th, 2003, Zheng, Director of the Urban and Rural Planning Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, read the Reply of the State Council on Agreeing to List Taizhou as a National Historical and Cultural City at the Taizhou Cultural City Promotion Conference and the Propaganda and Ideological Work Conference, which marked that Taizhou officially entered the ranks of national historical and cultural cities.