Ningbo

Ningbo (Chinese: 宁波; Mandarin pronunciation:
[nǐŋ pwó] ( listen)), formerly written Ningpo, is
a sub-provincial city in northeast
Zhejiang
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Zhejiang province in China. It
comprises the urban districts of
Ningbo

Ningbo proper, three satellite
cities, and a number of rural counties including islands in Hangzhou
Bay and the East
China

China Sea. Its port, spread across several locations,
is among the busiest in the world[2] and the municipality possesses a
separate state-planning status.[3] As of the 2010 census, the entire
administrated area had a population of 7.6 million, with
3.5 million in the six urban districts of
Ningbo

Ningbo proper. To the
north,
Hangzhou Bay

Hangzhou Bay separates
Ningbo

Ningbo from Shanghai; to the east lies
Zhoushan

Zhoushan in the East
China

China Sea; on the west and south,
Ningbo

Ningbo borders
Shaoxing

Shaoxing and Taizhou respectively.
Contents
1 Etymology
2 History
2.1 Tang and Song dynasty
2.2 Ming dynasty
2.3 Qing dynasty
2.4 Republican era
3 Geography
3.1 Climate
4 Administrative structure
5 Economy
5.1 Foreign investment
5.2 Economic and technological development zones
5.2.1
Ningbo

Ningbo Economic & Technological Development Zone
5.2.2
Ningbo

Ningbo Daxie Development Zone
5.2.3
Ningbo

Ningbo National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
5.2.4
Ningbo

Ningbo Free Trade Zone
5.2.5 Nordic Industrial Park
5.2.6
Ningbo

Ningbo Advertising Park
6
Ningbo

Ningbo Port
7 Tourism
8 Notable people
9 Transportation
9.1 Bridge
9.2 Sea
9.3 Air
9.4 Railway
9.5 Expressway
9.6 Rapid transit
10 Military
11 Culture
11.1 Language
11.2 Food
11.3 Festival
12 Education
12.1 Universities and colleges
12.2 Secondary and primary education
12.3 International education
13 See also
14 References
15 External links
Etymology[edit]
The first character in the city's name ning (宁 or 寧) means
"serene", while its second character bo (波) translates to "waves".
The city is abbreviated Yǒng (甬), after the Yong Hill (甬山), a
prominent coastal hill near the city, like the
Yong River that flows
through Ningbo. (The abbreviation Ning is used more commonly for
Nanjing.)
It was once named Míngzhōu (明州). The character ming (明) was
composed by two parts, representing two lakes inside the city wall:
Sun Lake (日湖) and Moon Lake (月湖). Only Moon Lake remains.
History[edit]
Main article: History of Ningbo
Ningbo

Ningbo is one of China's oldest cities, with a history dating to the
Hemudu culture

Hemudu culture in 4800 BC.
Ningbo

Ningbo was known as a trade city on the
silk road at least two thousand years ago, and then as a major port,
along with
Yangzhou

Yangzhou and
Guangzhou

Guangzhou in the Tang Dynasty; thereafter, the
major ports for foreign trade in the Song Dynasty.
Tang and Song dynasty[edit]
Tianfeng Tower, originally built in Tang Dynasty, is the symbol of old
Ningbo.
A rock garden inside Tianyi Chamber
Since the
Tang dynasty

Tang dynasty
Ningbo

Ningbo has been an important commercial port.
Arab traders lived in
Ningbo

Ningbo during the
Song dynasty

Song dynasty when it was known
as Mingzhou, as the ocean-going trade passages took precedence over
land trade during this time.[4][5] Another name for Mingzhou/Ningbo
was Siming. It was a well known center of ocean-going commerce with
the foreign world.[6] These merchants did not intermingle with native
Chinese, practicing their own customs and religion and they inhabited
ghettos. They did not try to proselytize Islam to Chinese.[7] Jews
also lived in Ningbo, as evidenced by the fact that, after a major
flood destroyed
Torah

Torah scrolls in Kaifeng, a replacement was sent to
the
Kaifeng Jews

Kaifeng Jews by the
Ningbo

Ningbo Jewish community.[8]
Ming dynasty[edit]
The city of
Ningbo

Ningbo was known in Europe for a long time under the name
of Liampó. This is the usual spelling used e.g. in the standard
Portuguese history, João de Barros's Décadas da Ásia, although
Barros explained that Liampó was a Portuguese "corruption" of the
more correct Nimpó.[9][10] The spelling Liampó is also attested in
the Peregrination (Peregrinação) by Fernão Mendes Pinto, a
(so-called) autobiography written in Portuguese during the 16th
century. For the mid-16th-century Portuguese, the nearby promontory,
which they called the cape of Liampó, after the nearby "illustrious
city" was the easternmost known point of the mainland Asia.[9] The
Portuguese began trading in
Ningbo

Ningbo around 1522. By 1542, the
Portuguese had a sizable community in
Ningbo

Ningbo (or, more likely, on
nearby small islands like Shuangyu). Portuguese activities from their
Ningbo

Ningbo base included pillaging and attacking multiple Chinese port
cities around
Ningbo

Ningbo for plunder and spoil. They also enslaved people
during their raids.[11] The Portuguese were ousted from the Ningbo
area in 1548.
Qing dynasty[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty
of
Nanjing

Nanjing (signed in 1842) at the end of the
First Opium War
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First Opium War between
Britain and China. During the war, British forces took possession of
the walled city of
Ningbo

Ningbo briefly after storming the fortified town of
Zhenhai at the mouth of the
Yong River on October 10, 1841. The
British repulsed a Chinese attempt to retake the city in the Battle of
Ningpo on March 10, 1842. In 1864, the forces of the Taiping Rebellion
held the town for six months. In March 1885, during the Sino-French
War, Admiral Courbet's naval squadron blockaded several Chinese
warships in Zhenhai Bay and exchanged fire with the shore defences.
Ningbo

Ningbo was also once famed for traditional Chinese furniture
production.
During the Qing dynasty, western encyclopedias described
Ningbo

Ningbo as a
center of craftsmanship and industry.[12][13]
During the late Qing dynasty, in the 1800s, the
Ningbo

Ningbo authorities
contracted
Cantonese

Cantonese pirates to exterminate and massacre Portuguese
pirates who raided
Cantonese

Cantonese shipping around Ningbo. The massacre was
"successful", with 40 Portuguese dead and only 2 Chinese dead, being
dubbed "The Ningpo Massacre" by an English correspondent, who noted
that the Portuguese pirates had behaved savagely towards the Chinese,
and that the Portuguese authorities at
Macau

Macau should have reined in the
pirates.
During late Qing era, Western missionaries set up a Presbyterian
Church in Ningbo. Li Veng-eing was a Reverend of the Ningpo
Church.[14] The Ningpo College was managed by Rev. Robert F. Fitch.
The four trustees were natives of Ningbo, three of them had Taotai
rank.[15] Rev. George Evans Moule, B. A. was appointed a missionary to
China

China by the Church of England Missionary Society, and arrived at
Ningpo with Mrs. Moule in February 1858. He then began a mission
station at Hang-chow, between which and Ningpo his time had been
chiefly divided. He wrote Christian publications in the Ningbo
dialect.[16]
Republican era[edit]
During
World War II

World War II in 1940, Japan bombed
Ningbo

Ningbo with ceramic bombs
full of fleas carrying the bubonic plague.[17] According to Daniel
Barenblatt, Prince
Tsuneyoshi Takeda

Tsuneyoshi Takeda received, with Prince Mikasa, a
special screening by
Shiro Ishii

Shiro Ishii of a film showing imperial planes
loading germ bombs for bubonic dissemination over
Ningbo

Ningbo in 1940.[18]
"It has been said of the
Ningbo

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.'"[19]
Geography[edit]
Yuehu Mosque of Ningbo
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was built between 1872 and
1876, was closed by the government in 1963, and was reopened and
renamed in 1980. It was recognized as a national heritage site in
2006.
Ningbo

Ningbo ranges in latitude from 28° 51' to 30° 33' N and in longitude
from 120° 55' to 122° 16' E, bounded on the east by the East China
Sea and
Zhoushan

Zhoushan Archipelago, on the north by
Hangzhou

Hangzhou Bay, across
which it faces
Jiaxing

Jiaxing and Shanghai, on the west by Shaoxing, and on
the south by Taizhou. Its land area is 9,816 square kilometres
(3,790 sq mi), while oceanic territory amounts to
9,758 km2 (3,768 sq mi); there is a total 1,562 km
(971 mi) of coastline including 788 km (490 mi) of
mainland coastline and 774 km (481 mi) of island coastline,
together accounting for one-third of the entire provincial coastline.
There are 531 islands accounting for 524 km2
(202 sq mi) under the city's administration.
The city proper of
Ningbo

Ningbo is sandwiched between the ocean and
low-lying mountains to the southwest, with coastal plain and valleys
in between. Important peninsulas include the Chuanshan Peninsula
(穿山半岛), located in
Beilun District

Beilun District and containing mainland
Zhejiang's easternmost point, and the Xiangshan Peninsula
(象山半岛) in Xiangshan County. The Siming Mountains (四明山)
run north from Mount Tiantai and within
Ningbo

Ningbo City, traverse Yuyao
City, Haishu District, and
Fenghua

Fenghua District, reaching a height of
979 m (3,212 ft).
Climate[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) with four
distinctive seasons, characterised by hot, humid summers and chilly,
cloudy and drier winters (with occasional snow). The mean annual
temperature is 16.53 °C (61.8 °F), with monthly daily
averages ranging from 4.9 °C (40.8 °F) in January to
28.1 °C (82.6 °F) in July. Extremes since 1951 have ranged
from −8.8 °C (16 °F) on 12 January 1955 to 42.1 °C
(108 °F) on 8 August 2013.[20] The city receives an average
annual rainfall of 1,440 millimetres (56.7 in) and is affected by
the plum rains of the Asian monsoon in June, when average relative
humidity also peaks. From August to October,
Ningbo

Ningbo experiences the
effects of typhoons, and is affected by an average 1.8 storms
annually, though the city is not often struck directly by these
systems. A 2012 OECD study lists
Ningbo

Ningbo among the top 20 cities
worldwide most at risk of flooding due to anthropogenic climate
change.[21]
Climate data for
Ningbo

Ningbo (1971–2000)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
24.4
(75.9)
28.9
(84)
34.0
(93.2)
34.3
(93.7)
36.3
(97.3)
38.0
(100.4)
39.0
(102.2)
39.5
(103.1)
38.8
(101.8)
34.5
(94.1)
29.5
(85.1)
25.0
(77)
39.5
(103.1)
Average high °C (°F)
8.8
(47.8)
10.1
(50.2)
13.6
(56.5)
20.0
(68)
24.6
(76.3)
28.0
(82.4)
32.6
(90.7)
31.9
(89.4)
27.6
(81.7)
23.0
(73.4)
17.6
(63.7)
12.0
(53.6)
20.8
(69.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)
4.9
(40.8)
6.0
(42.8)
9.5
(49.1)
15.2
(59.4)
20.2
(68.4)
24.0
(75.2)
28.1
(82.6)
27.8
(82)
23.7
(74.7)
18.7
(65.7)
13.0
(55.4)
7.2
(45)
16.5
(61.7)
Average low °C (°F)
1.8
(35.2)
3.0
(37.4)
6.2
(43.2)
11.4
(52.5)
16.7
(62.1)
21.0
(69.8)
24.8
(76.6)
24.7
(76.5)
20.8
(69.4)
15.3
(59.5)
9.3
(48.7)
3.6
(38.5)
13.2
(55.8)
Record low °C (°F)
−7.9
(17.8)
−6.2
(20.8)
−3.7
(25.3)
0.7
(33.3)
7.4
(45.3)
12.7
(54.9)
18.2
(64.8)
18.4
(65.1)
11.0
(51.8)
1.4
(34.5)
−3.0
(26.6)
−8.5
(16.7)
−8.5
(16.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
66.8
(2.63)
75.3
(2.965)
127.8
(5.031)
115.3
(4.539)
130.5
(5.138)
204.7
(8.059)
176.9
(6.965)
165.9
(6.531)
174.8
(6.882)
89.4
(3.52)
66.4
(2.614)
49.3
(1.941)
1,443.1
(56.815)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
12.6
12.3
16.9
15.3
14.7
16.4
13.1
14.5
14.1
10.3
8.9
8.5
157.6
Average relative humidity (%)
76
78
80
81
82
86
83
83
83
80
77
75
80.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours
123.7
108.4
121.7
142.4
156.7
147.8
243.8
238.0
171.5
166.5
143.4
146.1
1,910
Percent possible sunshine
38
35
33
37
37
35
57
58
46
47
45
46
42.8
Source #1:
China

China Weather (temperatures, precipitation) [22]
Source #2:
Ningbo

Ningbo Climate Studies (humidity, sunshine)[23]
Administrative structure[edit]
The mayor of
Ningbo

Ningbo is Liu Qi.
Wang Huizhong is the secretary of CPC
in Ningbo, who is first-in-charge of the city. The Communist Party
Secretary is always the highest official in cities in
China

China and
outranks all other officials.
Ningbo

Ningbo Local Government Offices
Ningbo

Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office[24]
Ningbo

Ningbo Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau[25]
Ningbo

Ningbo Govt.[26]
The sub-provincial city of
Ningbo

Ningbo is as whole a group urban with one
central group, one northern group, and one southern group. It has
direct jurisdiction over six districts (central group), two
county-level cities (northern group) and two counties (southern
group):
Map
Haishu
Jiangbei
Beilun
Zhenhai
Yinzhou
Fenghua
Xiangshan
County
Ninghai
County
Yuyao
(city)
Cixi
(city)
Subdivision
Simplified Chinese
Pinyin
Population (2010)
Area (km2)
Density
Central Group
Primary urban core & affiliated rural (Tri-river Area)
Haishu District
海曙区
Hǎishǔ Qū
373,742
290.38
1268
Yinzhou District
鄞州区
Yínzhōu Qū
1,359,198
1,345.54
1,010
Jiangbei District
江北区
Jiangbei Qū
361,242
208.16
1,735
Secondary urban cores & affiliated rural
Beilun District
北仑区
Běilún Qū
612,267
599.03
1,022.09
Zhenhai District
镇海区
Zhènhǎi Qū
418,500
245.90
1,701.91
Fenghua

Fenghua District
奉化区
Fènghuà Qū
491,697
1,267.60
387.89
Southern Group
Xiangshan County
象山县
Xiàngshān Xiàn
503,279
1,382.18
364.11
Ninghai County
宁海县
Nínghǎi Xiàn
646,074
1,843.26
350.50
Northern Group
Yuyao
余姚市
Yúyáo Shì
1,010,659
1,500.80
673.41
Cixi
慈溪市
Cíxī Shì
1,462,383
1,360.63
1,074.78
Defunct: Jiangdong District
Economy[edit]
The bustling downtown of
Ningbo

Ningbo City with the nationwide famous
shopping complex Tianyi Square, named after the Tianyi Ge (Chamber),
the oldest private library in China.
Ningbo

Ningbo along rivers
Ningbo

Ningbo is an important port city located 220 kilometres (140 mi)
south of Shanghai. The city's export industry dates back to the 7th
century. Today
Ningbo

Ningbo is a major exporter of electrical products,
textiles, food, and industrial tools. The private economy of the city
is especially well-developed, contributing 80 percent of total GDP in
2013.[27]
Historically
Ningbo

Ningbo was geographically isolated from other major
cities. In 2007 the
Hangzhou Bay

Hangzhou Bay Bridge was built, cutting highway
transit time between
Ningbo

Ningbo and
Shanghai

Shanghai to two and a half hours from
four. The city now serves as the economic center for the southern
Yangtze River Delta

Yangtze River Delta and has been ranked among the most competitive
cities in China.[27]
In 2009, Ningbo's economic activity reached USD 60.8 billion, down
10.4% from 2008. The exports totaled USD 38.65 billion, down 16.6%
from the previous year. In addition,
Ningbo

Ningbo imported USD 22.16 billion
of goods, up 3.1% from the previous year.[28]
Ningbo's economy grew 9.26 percent in 2013 to 712.89 billion yuan
(US$115.12 billion).[27] In 2009, the city's per capita output was
US$10,833, about three times the national average.[29]
Ningbo

Ningbo is famous for the Si Lan Nong Xiang flower. Used for dyeing
cloth, 2008 exports were responsible for 3% of the
Ningbo

Ningbo economic
growth.
Foreign investment[edit]
With several important development zones established in or around
Ningbo, the city has received considerable foreign investment.[30]
Over 60 domestic and foreign-invested financial institutions have
established operations in the city, which has also attracted more than
10,000 foreigners. The municipal government offers preferential
policies designed to encourage investment in international trade, new
strategic industries, manufacturing, information services, and
creative industries.[27]
Economic and technological development zones[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo Economic & Technological Development Zone[edit]
Located in the north-east of Ningbo, behind Beilun Port, NETD is
27 km (17 mi) away from the city center. With more than 20
years of great effort, NETD has already formed the general framework
for large scale construction and development, and established perfect
investment environment. It is situated close to the
Ningbo

Ningbo Port and
Ningbo

Ningbo Lishe International Airport. Major Investors include Exxon
Mobile, Dupont and Dow Chemical.[31]
Ningbo

Ningbo Daxie Development Zone[edit]
The
Ningbo

Ningbo Daxie Development Zone was approved in 1993 and covers an
area of 5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi). Over more than ten years
of development and construction, industrial and logistical foundations
have been established in the zone for the transshipment of energy,
liquid chemicals and containers.[31]
Ningbo

Ningbo National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone was founded in
1999 and was upgraded to a national level zone in January 2007. It is
10 km (6.2 mi) from
Ningbo

Ningbo International Airport and
18 km (11 mi) away from
Ningbo

Ningbo Port. The zone serves as the
important technical innovation base of Yangtze River Delta. Industries
encouraged include chemicals production and processing, biotechnology
and pharmaceuticals, raw material processing, Research and
Development.[32]
Ningbo

Ningbo Free Trade Zone[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo Free Trade Zone is one of the 15 free trade zones authorized by
the State Council of China, and is the only free trade zone in
Zhejiang
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Zhejiang Province. It was established by State Council in 1992,
covering the area of 2.3 km2 (0.89 sq mi). It lies in
the middle of the coastline of Mainland China, at the south of Yangtze
River Delta. In 2008, its industrial output value was RMB 53.33
billion and grew at 19.8% as compared to 2007.[33]
Nordic Industrial Park[edit]
The Nordic Industrial Park Co. Ltd. (NIP) is one of the first wholly
foreign-owned industrial parks in
China

China located in Ningbo, Zhejiang
Province. NIP is managed and operated by a Scandinavian management
team.[34]
Ningbo

Ningbo Advertising Park[edit]
The
Ningbo

Ningbo Advertising Park is a national level pilot park aimed
located in the
Ningbo

Ningbo Southern Business District. The financial
incentives have attracted over 300 relevant firms to establish
operations.[35]
Ningbo

Ningbo Port[edit]
Main article: Port of Ningbo
Ningbo

Ningbo is not just an ordinary city—it has the same authority as
provincial governments for economic administration—and has a port
second only to
Shanghai

Shanghai around the world in terms of annual cargo
throughput. Unlike Shanghai, the port is deep-water and capable of
handling 300,000 tonne vessels. The port is located mainly in Beilun
district and Zhenhai district. In 2006,
Ningbo

Ningbo Port started its
expansion to the neighbouring island City of
Zhoushan

Zhoushan for the purpose
of building an even larger port with higher capacity to compete with
neighbouring ports in the region, such as Shanghai's Yangshan
Deep-Water Port. The statistics in 2010 showed that total cargo
throughput was 627,000,000 tonnes and container throughput 13,144,000
TEUs. With bulk container breakdowns, hugely improved logistics, and
massive chemical and foodstuff, processing developments,
Ningbo

Ningbo could
yet win the race with
Shanghai

Shanghai as port of choice for servicing the
Chinese east coast.[36]
Tourism[edit]
The Zunjing Hall (尊经阁) located within the Tianyi Chamber
King Ashoka Temple
The monument to victory in the Battle of Zhenhai (Sino-French War)
Statue of Dante in Ningbo
Tianyi Pavilion

Tianyi Pavilion (Tianyi Ge), one of Ningbo's most popular tourist
attractions, is in the vicinity of Moon Lake (Yuehu). Built in 1516
and said to be the oldest surviving library in China, it was founded
by Ming official Fan Qin, whose collection went back to the 11th
century and included woodblock and handwritten copies of the Confucian
classics, rare local histories and lists of the candidates successful
in imperial examinations. Today you can visit the library's garden and
outhouses, some of which contain small displays of old books and
tablets.
Baoguo Temple, the oldest intact wooden structure in eastern China, is
located in Jiangbei District, 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Ningbo
city proper.
Qita Temple, a Zen Buddhist temple complex first consecrated during
the Tang Dynasty.
Tianhou Temple, a former temple of Mazu as the "Empress of Heaven"
once used by Fujianese merchants as their guild hall (Qing'an
Huiguan). In the 19th century, it was accounted by S. Wells Williams
as the most beautiful place in
Ningbo

Ningbo and by John Thomson as one of
the most beautiful temples in China, but that structure was destroyed
during the Chinese Civil War. It has been reconstructed with many of
its original works of art, however, to form the East
Zhejiang
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Zhejiang Maritime
Affairs and Folk Customs Museum.
Tianfeng Pagoda
Ashoka Temple
Tiantong Temple
Tianyi Square
Yushan Islands
Dongqian Lake
Xuedou Temple
Hemudu Relics
Jiulong Lake
Zhaobao Mountain
Mount Phoenix Theme Park
Romon U-Park
Notable people[edit]
Main article: List of people from Ningbo
Many well known Chinese came from
Ningbo

Ningbo or their ancestral home was
Ningbo.
People in mainland China
Zhang Jianhong, freelance writer, playwright, poet, and also a
democracy activist
Pan Tianshou, artist in Chinese painting
Zhou Xinfang, artist in Peking Opera
Sha Menghai, the Master Calligrapher
Tu Youyou, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine achieved
scientist
People in Hong Kong
Run Run Shaw
Tung Chee Hwa
Tung Chao Yung
Chen Din Hwa
Stephen Chow
Sammo Hung
People in Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek, political and military leader of 20th century China
Chiang Ching-kuo
Morris Chang
People overseas
Shien Biau Woo
Yo Yo Ma
Kin Yamei
Transportation[edit]
See also:
Ningbo

Ningbo Lishe International Airport
Zhao bao shan Bridge, Zhenhai District, Ningbo
Ningbo

Ningbo New Railway Station was reopened in December 2013 after years
of on-site restoration to accommodate high speed rails and increasing
passengers.
Bridge[edit]
As there are three main rivers running through Ningbo, it is crucial
to build bridges to improve the efficiency of transport network in
Ningbo. The Ling Bridge which connects Haishu district and Jiangdong
District is the earliest modern bridge built in Ningbo, designed by
German engineers. Since the late 1980s, 16 bridges have been built on
the three rivers. Currently another 27 bridges are under construction.
The
Hangzhou Bay

Hangzhou Bay Bridge, a combination cable-stayed bridge and
causeway across
Hangzhou

Hangzhou Bay, opened to the public on May 1, 2008.
This bridge connects the municipalities of
Shanghai

Shanghai and Ningbo, and is
considered the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world. It is the
world's second-longest bridge, after the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
in Louisiana, United States.
The Jintang Bridge, linking Jintang Island of
Zhoushan

Zhoushan and the Zhenhai
district, is a 27 km (17 mi) long, 4 lane sea crossing
bridge which opened on December 26, 2009.
The
Xiangshan Harbor Bridge

Xiangshan Harbor Bridge opened to traffic on December 29, 2012,
connecting
Ningbo

Ningbo with Xiangshan. The 47 km long project includes
22 km as the main body of the bridge plus an 8-kilometre-long
tunnel.[37]
Sea[edit]
The port of
Ningbo

Ningbo is one of the world's busiest ports. It was ranked
number 7 in total Cargo Volume and number 6 in total container traffic
in 2011.[38]
Air[edit]
Ningbo Lishe International Airport

Ningbo Lishe International Airport connects
Ningbo

Ningbo by air to the rest
of China, with regularly scheduled domestic and international flights.
In 2009, new air routes between
Ningbo

Ningbo and
Taiwan

Taiwan were opened. Jetstar
Asia launched a new route between
Ningbo

Ningbo and Singapore in September
2011. Tiger Air planned to begin flying this route from 26 December
2013.[needs update]
Railway[edit]
Three railway lines intersect in Ningbo: the Xiaoshan–
Ningbo

Ningbo Railway
(Xiaoyong Line), which runs west to Hangzhou, the
Ningbo–Taizhou–
Wenzhou

Wenzhou (Yongtaiwen) Railway, which runs south to
Wenzhou, and the Hangzhou–
Ningbo

Ningbo High-Speed Railway, which runs
parallel to the Xiaoyong Line providing high-speed railway service.
With the booming economy in the region, the Xiaoyong Railway, a
conventional railway built in the 1950s, cannot meet the demand for
railway travel between Zhejiang's two largest cities, so construction
of a new high-speed railway line between
Hangzhou

Hangzhou and
Ningbo

Ningbo started
in 2009. The new railway line was finished by 2013 and reduced travel
time between
Ningbo

Ningbo and
Hangzhou

Hangzhou to 50 minutes.
The
Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Railway

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

Ningbo with cities along the
coast to the south to
Fujian
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Fujian Province. High-speed trains on this line
operate at speeds of up to 250 km/h (160 mph).
Ningbo

Ningbo re-opened the
Ningbo

Ningbo Railway Station after three years of
construction on December 28, 2013. With a construction area of more
than 120,000 m2,[39] it is one of the largest railway stations in
China.
Expressway[edit]
Seven expressways connect
Ningbo

Ningbo with its surrounding cities:
The Hangyong expressway, built in the 1990s, connects
Hangzhou

Hangzhou and
Ningbo, now part of
Hangzhou Bay

Hangzhou Bay ring expressway (G9211).
The Yongtaiwen expressway (G15), opened in 2000, connects
Ningbo

Ningbo with
Taizhou and Wenzhou.
The Yongjin expressway (G1512) connects
Ningbo

Ningbo and Jinhua.
The Huyong expressway (G15) connects
Ningbo

Ningbo and
Shanghai

Shanghai via the
Hangzhou Bay

Hangzhou Bay bridge.
The
Yongzhou

Yongzhou expressway (G9211) via Jintang Bridge.[40]
The G1501
Ningbo

Ningbo Ring Expressway
The G15W2 Ningbo–
Dongguan

Dongguan Expressway
Rapid transit[edit]
Main article:
Ningbo

Ningbo Rail Transit
Line 1 train leaving Xujiacao
Changle

Changle Station
Ningbo

Ningbo has two metro lines in service consisting of Line 1, which is
46.2 kilometers in length and has 29 stations, and Line 2, which is
28.4 kilometers in length and has 22 stations. More lines are under
construction. Line 3 is scheduled to be finished in the year 2019 and
Line 4 in 2020. Future plans are for 7 metro lines serving Ningbo.
Military[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo is the headquarters of the
East Sea Fleet

East Sea Fleet of the Chinese
People's Liberation Army Navy. Its responsibility includes projecting
force in the region around the Republic of
China

China (Taiwan), which the
People's Republic of
China

China views as a renegade province.
Culture[edit]
As a city with giant ports,
Ningbo

Ningbo influenced many countries near
China, such as Japan.
Language[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo speech is a dialect of
Wu Chinese

Wu Chinese that has preserved many
aspects of ancient Chinese phonology. Its original wording mode can be
found in classical reference books. It can be found that the
trisyllable and tetrasyllable phrases or proverbs in
Ningbo

Ningbo dialect
make it most unusual and dynamic. Moreover, the onomatopoeia,
assonance words, collocations, inversions, and other language
characteristics within
Ningbo dialect

Ningbo dialect all add spice to people's[who?]
life. After port-opening, the western culture gradually permeated
Ningbo, thus the prefix "洋yang" before the nouns of imported goods
is a special language phenomenon of
Ningbo

Ningbo dialect.[41]
Food[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo is known for
Ningbo

Ningbo Tangyuan, small stuffed buns which are
boiled. The stuffing is usually ground sesame mixed with sugar. It can
also be mixed with pork. The stuffing is wrapped with sticky rice
powder. Even more so,
Ningbo

Ningbo is famous throughout
China

China for its
seafood. Seafood markets are abundant, carrying countless varieties of
fish, crabs/lobsters/shrimp, shellfish, snails, jellyfish and other
invertebrates, and sea vegetables in all stages of preparation from
"still swimming," to cleaned and ready to cook, to fully cooked.
Festival[edit]
Ningbo

Ningbo has many traditional Han Chinese festivals same as other
provinces in China. However, the date of Mid-Autumn Festival is
different with others. Han Chinese will have Mid-Autumn Festival on
Lunar Calendar August 15th, but
Ningbo

Ningbo will have on August 16th. The
most creditable history is long long ago, whole city waited for Shi
Hao, a prime minister.
Education[edit]
By the end of 2013, there were 2,097 schools of all levels in total,
with 1,334,000 students. Among them there are 16 colleges and
universities, with 153,000 students; 81 secondary schools, with 97,000
students; 55 vocational schools, with 78,000 students; 216 junior
schools, with 189,000 students; 465 primary schools, with 487,000
students; 1,254 kindergartens, with 276,000 children. Besides, there
are 2,500 international students in universities in Ningbo, up 56%
from last year. All talents in
Ningbo

Ningbo increased by 112,000 people
(8.6%) in 2013, and the total amount came to 1,413,000.[42]
By the end of 2014, there were 2,082 schools of all levels in total,
with 1,320,700 students. Among them there are 14 colleges and
universities, with 150,900 students; 83 secondary schools, with 90,300
students; 52 vocational schools, with 72,8000 students; 209 junior
schools, with 189,8000 students; 457 primary schools, with 482,600
students; 1,254 kindergartens, with 278,400 children.[43]
Universities and colleges[edit]
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Ningbo

Ningbo has 16 colleges and universities. University of Nottingham
Ningbo

Ningbo
China

China is China's very first Sino-Foreign University – a joint
venture between the
University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham and the Wanli Education
Group. UNNC has built a very high reputation in
China

China for the quality
of its undergraduate education and graduated its first PhD students in
2013.[44] Toward the north of the city is
Ningbo

Ningbo University, while the
Ningbo

Ningbo Higher Education Zone (Yinzhou district) is home to Zhejiang
Wanli University, affiliated to
Zhejiang
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Zhejiang University,
Ningbo

Ningbo Institute
of Technology,
Zhejiang
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Zhejiang University, which was ranked as the eleventh
best of independent colleges in
China

China in 2011,[45] is also in this
education zone.
Secondary and primary education[edit]
Compulsory education (basic education in Chinese terms) is from the
ages 6 to 15. Students are catered for in a variety of state and
private schools. Studying for the gaokao (university entrance test) is
optional.[46]
International education[edit]
Several schools are permitted to operate educational programmes
instead of the Chinese National curriculum and accept international
students into their schools.
Access International Academy Ningbo

Access International Academy Ningbo (AIAN) offers a US curriculum with
the College Boarrd
Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement examinations.
Ningbo

Ningbo Zhicheng
School International is an
IB World School

IB World School and offers an international
curriculum through the IB Diploma Programme,
Ningbo

Ningbo International
School[47] offers the South Australian Curriculum Standards and
Accountability framework[48] (SACSA) for the toddler grades up to and
including grade 5 and provides accredited Cambridge International
University[49] programmes for grades 6–12 inclusive. Huamao
Multicultural Education Academy[50] is an
IB World School

IB World School and offers
an international curriculum through the
IB Primary Years Programme for
students ages 3–12 and the
IB Diploma Programme

IB Diploma Programme for students ages
16–19.
See also[edit]
List of twin towns and sister cities in China
Jiangnan
Ningbo

Ningbo People
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ningbo
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Jiaozuo
Puyang
Xuchang
Luohe
Sanmenxia
Nanyang
Shangqiu
Xinyang
Zhoukou
Zhumadian
Hubei
Wuhan*
Huangshi
Shiyan
Yichang
Xiangyang
Ezhou
Jingmen
Xiaogan
Jinzhou
Huanggang
Xianning
Suizhou
Hunan
Changsha*
Zhuzhou
Xiangtan
Hengyang
Shaoyang
Yueyang
Changde
Zhangjiajie
Yiyang
Chenzhou
Yongzhou
Huaihua
Loudi
Guangdong
Guangzhou*
Shaoguan
Shenzhen*
Zhuhai1
Shantou1
Foshan
Jiangmen
Zhanjiang2
Maoming
Zhaoqing
Huizhou
Meizhou
Shanwei
Heyuan
Yangjiang
Qingyuan
Dongguan
Zhongshan
Chaozhou
Jieyang
Yunfu
Guangxi
Nanning*
Liuzhou
Guilin
Wuzhou
Beihai2
Fangchenggang
Qinzhou
Guigang
Yùlin
Baise
Hezhou
Hechi
Laibin
Chongzuo
Hainan1
Haikou*
Sanya
Sansha4
Danzhou
Sichuan
Chengdu*
Zigong
Panzhihua
Luzhou
Deyang
Mianyang
Guangyuan
Suining
Neijiang
Leshan
Nanchong
Meishan
Yibin
Guang'an
Dazhou
Ya'an
Bazhong
Ziyang
Guizhou
Guiyang*
Liupanshui
Zunyi
Anshun
Bijie
Tongren
Yunnan
Kunming*
Qujing
Yuxi
Baoshan
Zhaotong
Lìjiang
Pu'er
Lincang
Tibet
Lhasa*
Shigatse
Chamdo
Nyingchi
Shannan
Shaanxi
Xi'an*
Tongchuan
Baoji
Xianyang
Weinan
Yan'an
Hanzhong
Yúlin
Ankang
Shangluo
Gansu
Lanzhou*
Jiayuguan
Jinchang
Baiyin
Tianshui
Wuwei
Zhangye
Pingliang
Jiuquan
Qingyang
Dingxi
Longnan
Qinghai
Xining*
Haidong
Ningxia
Yinchuan*
Shizuishan
Wuzhong
Guyuan
Zhongwei
Xinjiang
Ürümqi*
Karamay
Turpan
Hami
Taiwan5
(none)
Other cities (partly shown below)
Prefecture-level capitals
(County-level)
(Inner Mongolia: Ulanhot
Xilinhot)
Jiagedaqi3, Heilongjiang
Enshi, Hubei
Jishou, Hunan
(Sichuan:Xichang
Kangding
Barkam)
(Guizhou: Xingyi
Kaili
Duyun)
(Yunnan: Chuxiong
Mengzi
Wenshan
Jinghong
Dali
Mangshi
Shangri-La
Lushui)
(Gansu: Linxia
Hezuo)
(Qinghai: Yushu
Delingha)
(Xinjiang: Changji
Bole
Korla
Yining
Artux
Aksu
Kashgar1
Hotan
Tacheng
Altay)
Province-governed cities
(Sub-prefecture-level)
Jiyuan, Henan
(Hubei: Xiantao
Qiánjiang
Tianmen
Shennongjia)
(Hainan1: Wuzhishan
Qionghai
Wenchang
Wanning
Dongfang)
(
Xinjiang
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Xinjiang - XPCC(Bingtuan) cities: Shihezi
Aral
Tumxuk
Wujiaqu
Beitun
Tiemenguan
Shuanghe
Kokdala
Kunyu)
Former Prefecture-level cities
Chaohu, Anhui
Yumen,Gansu
Dongchuan, Yunnan
Shashi, Hubei
(Sichuan: Fuling
Wanxian)
(Jilin: Meihekou
Gongzhuling)
Sub-prefecture-level cities
(Prefecture-governed)
Qian'an, Hebei
Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia
Erenhot, Inner Mongolia
Golmud, Qinghai
County-level cities

County-level cities by Province
Hebei
Xinji
Jinzhou
Xinle
Zunhua
Qian'an*
Wu'an
Nangong
Shahe
Zhuozhou
Dingzhou
Anguo
Gaobeidian
Botou
Renqiu
Huanghua
Hejian
Bazhou
Sanhe
Shenzhou
Shanxi
Gujiao
Lucheng
Gaoping
Jiexiu
Yongji
Hejin
Yuanping
Houma
Huozhou
Xiaoyi
Fenyang
Inner Mongolia
Holingol
Manzhouli*
Yakeshi
Zhalantun
Ergun
Genhe
Fengzhen
Ulanhot*
Arxan
Erenhot*
Xilinhot*
Liaoning
Xinmin
Wafangdian
Zhuanghe
Haicheng
Donggang
Fengcheng
Linghai
Beizhen
Gaizhou
Dashiqiao
Dengta
Diaobingshan
Kaiyuan
Beipiao
Lingyuan
Xingcheng
Jilin
Yushu
Dehui
Jiaohe
Huadian
Shulan
Panshi
Gongzhuling
Shuangliao
Meihekou
Ji'an
Linjiang
Fuyu
Taonan
Da'an
Yanji
Tumen
Dunhua
Hunchun
Longjing
Helong
Heilongjiang
Shangzhi
Wuchang
Nehe
Hulin
Mishan
Tieli
Tongjiang
Fujin
Fuyuan
Suifenhe
Hailin
Ning'an
Muling
Dongning
Bei'an
Wudalianchi
Anda
Zhaodong
Hailun
Jiangsu
Jiangyin
Yixing
Xinyi
Pizhou
Liyang
Changshu
Zhangjiagang
Kunshan
Taicang
Qidong
Rugao
Haimen
Dongtai
Yizheng
Gaoyou
Danyang
Yangzhong
Jurong
Jingjiang
Taixing
Xinghua
Zhejiang
Jiande
Lin'an
Yuyao
Cixi
Fenghua
Rui'an
Yueqing
Haining
Pinghu
Tongxiang
Zhuji
Shengzhou
Lanxi
Yiwu
Dongyang
Yongkang
Jiangshan
Wenling
Linhai
Longquan
Anhui
Chaohu
Jieshou
Tongcheng
Tianchang
Mingguang
Ningguo
Fujian
Fuqing
Changle
Yong'an
Shishi
Jinjiang
Nan'an
Longhai
Shaowu
Wuyishan
Jian'ou
Zhangping
Fu'an
Fuding
Jiangxi
Leping
Ruichang
Gongqingcheng
Lushan
Guixi
Ruijin
Jinggangshan
Fengcheng
Zhangshu
Gao'an
Dexing
Shandong
Zhangqiu
Jiaozhou
Jimo
Pingdu
Laixi
Tengzhou
Longkou
Laiyang
Laizhou
Penglai
Zhaoyuan
Qixia
Haiyang
Qingzhou
Zhucheng
Shouguang
Anqiu
Gaomi
Changyi
Qufu
Zoucheng
Xintai
Feicheng
Rongcheng
Rushan
Laoling
Yucheng
Linqing
Henan
Gongyi
Xingyang
Xinmi
Xinzheng
Dengfeng
Yanshi
Wugang
Ruzhou
Linzhou
Weihui
Huixian
Qinyang
Mengzhou
Yuzhou
Changge
Yima
Lingbao
Dengzhou
Yongcheng
Xiangcheng
Jiyuan*
Hubei
Daye
Danjiangkou
Yidu
Dangyang
Zhijiang
Laohekou
Zaoyang
Yicheng
Zhongxiang
Yingcheng
Anlu
Hanchuan
Shishou
Honghu
Songzi
Macheng
Wuxue
Chibi
Guangshui
Enshi*
Lichuan
Xiantao*
Qianjiang*
Tianmen*
Hunan
Liuyang
Liling
Xiangxiang
Shaoshan
Leiyang
Changning
Wugang
Miluo
Linxiang
Jinshi
Yuanjiang
Zixing
Hongjiang
Lengshuijiang
Lianyuan
Jishou*
Guangdong
Lechang
Nanxiong
Taishan
Kaiping
Heshan
Enping
Lianjiang
Leizhou
Wuchuan
Gaozhou
Huazhou
Xinyi
Sihui
Xingning
Lufeng
Yangchun
Yingde
Lianzhou
Puning
Luoding
Guangxi
Cenxi
Dongxing
Guiping
Beiliu
Jingxi
Yizhou
Heshan
Pingxiang
Hainan
Wuzhishan*
Qionghai*
Wenchang*
Wanning*
Dongfang*
Sichuan
Dujiangyan
Pengzhou
Qionglai
Chongzhou
Jianyang
Guanghan
Shifang
Mianzhu
Jiangyou
Emeishan
Langzhong
Huaying
Wanyuan
Barkam*
Kangding*
Xichang*
Guizhou
Qingzhen
Chishui
Renhuai
Xingyi*
Kaili*
Duyun*
Fuquan
Yunnan
Anning
Xuanwei
Tengchong
Chuxiong*
Mengzi*
Gejiu
Kaiyuan
Mile
Wenshan*
Jinghong*
Dali*
Ruili
Mangshi*
Lushui*
Shangri-La*
Tibet
(none)
Shaanxi
Xingping
Hancheng
Huayin
Gansu
Yumen
Dunhuang
Linxia*
Hezuo*
Qinghai
Yushu*
Golmud*
Delingha*
Ningxia
Lingwu
Qingtongxia
Xinjiang
Changji*
Fukang
Bole*
Alashankou
Korla*
Aksu*
Artux*
Kashgar*
Hotan*
Yining*
Kuytun
Korgas
Tacheng*
Wusu
Altay*
Shihezi*
Aral*
Tumxuk*
Wujiaqu*
Beitun*
Tiemenguan*
Shuanghe*
Kokdala*
Kunyu*
Taiwan5
(none)
Notes
* Indicates this city has already occurred above.
aDirect-controlled Municipalities. bSub-provincial cities as
provincial capitals. cSeparate state-planning cities. 1Special
Economic Zone Cities. 2Coastal development cities.
3Prefecture capital status established by
Heilongjiang

Heilongjiang Province and
not recognized by Ministry of Civil Affairs. Disputed by Oroqen
Autonomous Banner, Hulunbuir,
Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia as part of it.
4Only administers islands and waters in South
China

China Sea and have no
urban core comparable to typical cities in China.
5The claimed province of
Taiwan

Taiwan no longer have any internal division
announced by Ministry of Civil Affairs of PRC, due to lack of actual
jurisdiction. See Template:Administrative divisions of the Republic of
China

China instead.
All provincial capitals are listed first in prefecture-level cities by
province.
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