31 Facts About Ningbo

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Ningbo is the southern economic center of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, and is the core city and center of the Ningbo Metropolitan Area.

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Ningbo is one of the 15 sub-provincial cities in China, and is one of the 5 separate state-planning cities in China, with the municipality possessing a separate state-planning status in many economic departments, rather than being governed by Zhejiang Province.

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Therefore, Ningbo has provincial-level autonomy in making economic and financial policies.

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4.

In 2021, Ningbo featured the 7th most listed companies of all cities in China.

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Furthermore, Ningbo was among the top 10 Chinese cities in the Urban Business Environment Report released by the Chinese state media China Central Television in 2019.

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Port of Ningbo–Zhoushan, spread across several locations, is the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage and world's third-busiest container port since 2010.

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Ningbo is one of China's oldest cities, with a history dating to the Jingtou Mountain Culture in 6300 BC and Hemudu culture in 4800 BC.

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Ningbo was known as a trade city on the silk road at least two thousand years ago, and later as a major port for foreign trade.

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In 221 BC, Qin unified the six states and the Ningbo area was delegated to Kuaiji Commandery, with 3 counties of Yin, Yin, and Juzhang .

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10.

City of Ningbo was known in Europe for a long time under the name of Liampo.

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11.

Portuguese activities from their Ningbo base included pillaging and attacking multiple Chinese port cities around Ningbo for plunder and spoil.

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12.

Ningbo was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China.

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13.

In 1861, the forces of the Taiping Kingdom took the city relatively unopposed as the defending garrison and all Ningbo residents fled except for the Jews and Persians; they held the town for six months.

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14.

Ningbo was once famed for traditional Chinese furniture production, and western encyclopedias described Ningbo as a center of craftsmanship and industry.

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Ningbo's time was chiefly divided between Ningpo and another mission station he began at Hang-chow.

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16.

Ningbo has a humid subtropical climate with four distinctive seasons, characterized by hot, humid summers and chilly, cloudy and dry winters .

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17.

Sub-provincial city of Ningbo is as whole an urban group with one central group, one northern group, and one southern group.

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18.

Ningbo is an important port city located 220 kilometers south of Shanghai.

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19.

Today, Ningbo is a major exporter of electrical products, textiles, food, and industrial tools.

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20.

Ningbo is famous for the Si Lan Nong Xiang flower, which is used for dying cloth.

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21.

Ningbo Advertising Park is a national level pilot park located in the Ningbo Southern Business District.

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22.

Unlike other cities, Ningbo has the same authority as provincial governments for economic administration and is the largest port in the world in terms of annual cargo throughput.

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23.

In 2006, Ningbo Port started its expansion towards the neighboring island city of Zhoushan to build an even larger port with higher capacity to compete with neighboring ports in the region, such as Shanghai's Yangshan Deep-Water Port.

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Ningbo is part of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast to the south, via Singapore towards the southern tip of India, via Mombasa to the Mediterranean, and from there via Athens to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub of Trieste with its rail connections to Central and the Eastern Europe.

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25.

Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Railway is a high-speed railway that opened in September 2009.

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26.

Ningbo has multiple metro lines in service, under construction, and under authorized planning:.

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27.

Ningbo serves as the headquarters of the East Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy.

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28.

Ningbo speech is a dialect of Wu Chinese that has preserved many aspects of ancient Chinese phonology.

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29.

Ningbo is known for Ningbo Tangyuan, small stuffed buns which are boiled.

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30.

Ningbo is even more well known throughout China for its seafood.

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31.

Ningbo has 15 universities and colleges as of May 2021, as well as many research institutions that offer graduate degree programs.

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