Ningbo

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宁波市
Níngbō Shì
Ningbo is highlighted on this map
Origin of Name 宁 níng - Serene
波 bō - Waves
Together - Serene Waves
Abbreviation 甬 yǒng
Administration Type Sub-provincial city
Area 9,365 km²
Coastline 1,562 km
Population
Total
Urban Area
5,527,000 (2004)
1,219,900
GDP
- Total (2006)
- Per Capita (2006)		  
¥286.4 billion
¥ 51,285
Major Nationalities Han, Tujia, Miao, Zhuang
County-level divisions 11
Township-level divisions 148
Mayor Mao Guanglie (毛光烈)
CPC Ningbo Committee Secretary Bayin Chaolu (巴音朝鲁)
City flower Camelia
City tree Camphor Laurel
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Sieb.
Area Code 574
License Plate Prefix 浙B
Official website: City of Ningbo

Ningbo (simplified Chinese: 宁波; traditional Chinese: 寧波; pinyin: Níngbō; Wade-Giles: Ning-po; literally "Tranquil Waves") is a seaport sub-provincial city with a population of 1,219,900 in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying south of the Hangzhou Bay, and facing the East China Sea to the east, Ningbo borders Shaoxing to the west and Taizhou to the south, and is separated from Zhoushan by a narrow body of water.

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The sub-provincial city of Ningbo administers 6 districts, 3 county-level cities and 2 counties. A distinction must be made between "Ningbo City" and metropolitan Ningbo. Ningbo City [Ning Bo Shi] is a geographic area with a population of 6 million. Metropolitan Ningbo consists of the districts of Haishu, Jiangdong, and Jiangbei. Metropolitan Ningbo has a population of 820,000.

Ningbo was one of China's oldest cities with a history dating back to 4800 B.C. the Hemudu culture. Ningbo was known as a major trading port along with Yangzhou and Guangzhou in the Tang dynasty; thereafter, the major ports for foreign trade in the Song dynasty. Ningbo was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing (signed in 1842) at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China. During the war, British forces took possession of the walled city of Ningbo briefly after storming the fortified town of Zhenhai at the mouth of the Yong River on October 10, 1841. In 1864 the forces of the Taiping Rebellion held the town for six months.

Ningbo was once famed for traditional Chinese furniture production.

During World War II in 1940, Japan bombed Ningbo with fleas carrying the bubonic plague.

"It has been said of the Ningbo fishermen that, 'no people in the world apparently made so great an advance in the art of fishing; and for centuries past no people have made so little further progress.'"[1]

  • Ningbo covers an area of 9,365 square kilometers and has a total coastline of 1562 km including 788 km of mainland coastline and 774 km of island coastline.
  • Climatic Features: sub-tropical monsoon climate featured with temperate and humid weather and four distinct seasons; frost-free of 230-240 days
  • Average Temperature: 16.2 °C
  • Average Rainfall: 1300-1400 mm


Ningbo is a very important economic hub and port city. Historically a port city for foreign trade since the 7th century. Ningbo currently is a major exporter of consumer products, electrical products, textiles, food, and industrial tools.

In 2002, Ningbo economic activity reached USD 12.273 billion, up 38.04% from the previous year. The exports totalled USD 8.163 billion, up 30.73% from the previous year. In addition, Ningbo imported USD 4.11 billion of goods, up 55.28% from the previous year. Towards the end of 2002, there were 6863 foreign enterprises operating in Ningbo with a total foreign investment estimated to be 21.37 billion US dollars. [2]

  • Tianyi Pavilion Museum, Ningbo's best tourist attraction, the Tianyige Library (daily 8am-4.30pm; ¥12), is comfortably tucked away in the vicinity of Moon Lake (Yuehu). Built in 1516 and said to be the oldest surviving library building in China, it was founded by Ming official Fan Qin, whose collection went back to the eleventh century and included woodblock and handwritten copies of the Confucian classics, rare local histories and lists of the candidates successful in imperial examinations. Nowadays you can visit the library's garden and outhouses, some of which contain small displays of old books and tablets. It's quite a charming place and the gold-plated, wood-paneled buildings, their bamboo groves, pool and rockery still preserve an atmosphere of seclusion, contemplation and study.
  • Baoguo Temple, the oldest intact wooden structure in Southern China, is located in Jiangbei District, 15km north of Ningbo city.
  • Tianfeng Tower
  • Ahyuwang Temple
  • Tiantong Temple
  • Tian Yi Square

Main article: Ningbo People

Many well known Chinese came from Ningbo or their ancestral home was Ningbo.

People in main land China

People in Hong Kong

People in Taiwan

People overseas

The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge currently under construction across Hangzhou Bay, will connect the municipalities of Shanghai and Ningbo, and will be the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world, and the world's second-longest bridge, next to the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway in Louisiana, USA. The port of Ningbo is one of the World's busiest ports, ranked 4th by cargo tonnage in 2005, and 15th in TEU.

  • Ningbo is known for Ningbo Tang Bao, small stuffed buns which are steamed. The stuffing is usually ground pork mixed with minced vegetables. They are usually eaten with care as the tang (broth) inside the buns can be very hot in temperature.

Ningbo has city partnerships with many cities around the world.

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  1. ^ The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by G.R.G. Worchester, river inspector (retired), Chinese Maritime Customs, pg. 174. ISBN 0-87021-335-0
  2. ^ http://english.ningbo.gov.cn/art/2006/03/02/art_347_6562.html
  3. ^ http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/sitemap/business/cd_regional_international_affairs/internationalteam/twinning.htm

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Prefecture-level divisions of Zhejiang
Sub-provincial cities: Hangzhou | Ningbo
Prefecture-level cities: Huzhou | Jiaxing | Jinhua | Lishui

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