Ningbo

Ningbo
宁波市
Ningpo
Clockwise: Ningbo city god temple, Yinzhou District Government of Ningbo, Tianfeng Pagoda, Dongqian Lake, Tianyi Pavilion Museum
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Ningbo City in Zhejiang
Ningbo City in Zhejiang
Ningbo is located in China
Ningbo
Ningbo
Location in China
Coordinates (Tianyi Square): 29°52′08″N 121°33′14″E / 29.869°N 121.554°E / 29.869; 121.554
CountryChina
ProvinceZhejiang
County-level divisions11
Township divisions148
Municipal seatYinzhou District
Government
 • TypeSub-provincial city
 • BodyNingbo Municipal People's Congress
 • CCP SecretaryPeng Jiaxue
 • Congress ChairmanYu Hongyi
 • MayorQiu Dongyao
 • CPPCC ChairmanXu Yuning
Area
9,816.23 km2 (3,790.07 sq mi)
 • Urban
2,461.8 km2 (950.5 sq mi)
 • Metro
2,461.8 km2 (950.5 sq mi)
Elevation
150 m (488 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
9,618,000
 • Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
 • Urban
7,585,000
 • Urban density3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,033,000
 • Metro density830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level & Sub-provincial cityCN¥ 1.570 trillion
US$ 233.5 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 163,911
US$ 24,369
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
315000
Area code574
ISO 3166 codeCN-ZJ-02
Vehicle registration浙B
City treesCamphor Laurel
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Sieb.
City flowersCamellia
Websiteningbo.gov.cn
Ningbo
"Ningbo" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese宁波
Traditional Chinese寧波 / 𡩋波
WuNihng-bo (locally)
Literal meaning"Tranquil Waves"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNíngbō
Gwoyeu RomatzyhNingbo
Wade–GilesNing2-po1
IPA[nǐŋ.pwó]
Wu
RomanizationNihng-bo (locally)
Hakka
RomanizationNèn-pô
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationNìhng-bō
JyutpingNing4-bo1
IPA[nɪŋ˩.pɔ˥]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôLîng-pho

Ningbo[a] is a sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. Ningbo is the southern economic center[3] of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis.[4] The 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.[5]

Ningbo is the core city and center of the Ningbo Metropolitan Area.[4] To the north, Hangzhou Bay separates Ningbo from Shanghai; to the east lies Zhoushan in the East China Sea; on the west and south, Ningbo borders Shaoxing and Taizhou respectively. As of the 2020 Chinese national census, the entire administrated area of Ningbo City had a population of 9.4 million (9,404,283).[6]

Ningbo is one of the 15 sub-provincial cities in China, and is one of the five separate state-planning cities[7] in China (the other four being Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen, and Shenzhen), with the municipality possessing a separate state-planning status in many economic departments, rather than being governed by Zhejiang Province. Therefore, Ningbo has provincial-level autonomy in making economic and financial policies.[8]

In 2022, the GDP of Ningbo was CNY 1570,43 billion[9] (US$233.479 billion), and it was ranked 12th among 293 cities in China.[10] Moreover, Ningbo is among the wealthiest cities in China; it ranked 8th in terms of average yearly disposable income in the year of 2020.[11] As of 2020, Ningbo has global headquarters and registered offices of over 100 listed companies,[12] and many regional business headquarters. In 2021, Ningbo featured the seventh most listed companies of all cities in China.[13] Furthermore, Ningbo was among the top 10 Chinese cities in the Urban Business Environment Report released by the Chinese state media China Central Television (CCTV) in 2019.[14]

As a city with rich culture and a long history dating back to the Jingtou Mountain Culture in 6300 BC and the Hemudu culture in 4800 BC, Ningbo was awarded "City of Culture in East Asia" by the governments of China, Japan, and Korea in 2016.[15] From 1842, Ningbo was one of the first five treaty ports opened up to the West. Ningbo is one of the top 200 cities in the world by scientific research as tracked by the Nature Index.[16]

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  12. ^ "公牛集团挂牌上交所 宁波上市公司总数"破百"-新闻中心-中国宁波网". news.cnnb.com.cn. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  13. ^ "宁波A股上市公司数量位居全国第7!哪些行业是全国"顶流"?-新闻中心-中国宁波网". news.cnnb.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  14. ^ 程祥. "2019中国城市营商环境报告发布 北京综合排名第一". news.cctv.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  15. ^ "Ningbo is East Asia's new 'City of Culture'". nationthailand. 2015-10-02. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  16. ^ "Leading 200 science cities | Nature Index 2022 Science Cities | Supplements | Nature Index". www.nature.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2022-11-27.


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