Ningbo metropolitan area

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

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

Ningbo South Business District in 2018

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 the Ningbo metropolitan area dates back to 1726 AD during the Qing dynasty. The Ningshaotai Circuit [zh] is a historical political division of China that includes the four current cities of Zhejiang province in China: Ningbo, Zhoushan, Shaoxing, and Taizhou.