Ningbo Metropolitan Area

Ningbo South Business District in 2018

Ningbo metropolitan area^[1] consists of the following cities:

• Ningbo (core city),
• Zhoushan
• Taizhou
• Shaoxing: Shengzhou County, Xinchang County

It is positioned as the leading region of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the strategic fulcrum of the "One Belt, One Road " strategy, forming a two-way radiation between the ocean and the hinterland.^[2]

History

The history of Ningbo Metropolitan Area dates back to 1726 AD in Qing Dynasty. The Ningshaotai Circuit [zh] is a historical political division of China that includes the 4 current cities of Zhejiang Province in China: Ningbo, Zhoushan, Shaoxing, and Taizhou.

References

1. "Government Announcement of Ningbo Metropolitan Area".
2. "Ningbo Metropolitan Area".