 Haining began to be inhabited as early as the New Stone Age some 6,000 years ago.During the Spring and Autumn period (770-476BC), it became part of the State of the Wu and then belonged to the State of the Yue before coming under the State of the Chu.In 221BC, during the Qin Dynasty, it fell under the jurisdiction of Changshui County (present-day Jiaxing).