Shaoxing's infrastructure construction has been undertaken under the strict rules of protecting the ancient city and its waterside town feature. It was one of the top 40 cities in China in the supply of investment infrastructure in 1992.

Transportation
Shaoxing has easy access to transportation of railway and highway to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other neighboring cities. Deluxe buses shuttling between Shanghai and Shaoxing through expressway or high-grade highways provide fast and comfortable journey. Downtown Shaoxing is only 30 Kilometers away from Hangzhou's Xiaoshan International Airport.

Post and Telecom
One of the cities in China having the highest density of transmission through optical fibre. Shaoxing has an advanced network for digital telecommunications. IDD to 237 countries and regions are available in any place in Shaoxing. It has mail services to any corner of the earth, and express delivery service is also available. Internet, image and text fax, TV and telephone conferences have been widely adopted.

Water and Power Supply
The comprehensive urban water supply ability is 2 million tons a day with water quality arriving at Class A standard to meet both production and daily life need. Supply from local hydropower and coal-fired power plants as well as from the national grid enables sufficient electricity supply in Shaoxing. The current power supply ability is more than twice as much as the demand.

Environment Protection
The government pays attention to environment protection and works through improving greenery coverage, sewage treatment, river harnessing, banning fireworks, prohibiting auto-loudspeakers, containing garbage in plastic bags before treatment, using unleaded gasoline and treating pollution through legal and economic means to maintain and excellent environment. Xialu Town of Shaoxing awarded by the United Nation as "Top 500 Environmental Protection Models".