Ningbo Explained

Ningbo
Native Name:宁波市
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Other Name:Ningpo
Settlement Type:Prefecture-level and sub-provincial city
Image Map1:Location map of Ningbo, Zhejiang.png
Map Caption1:Ningbo City in Zhejiang
Pushpin Map:China
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in China
Coor Pinpoint:Tianyi Square
Coordinates:29.869°N 121.554°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Zhejiang
Subdivision Type2:County-level divisions
Subdivision Name2:11
Subdivision Type3:Township divisions
Subdivision Name3:148
Seat Type:Municipal seat
Seat:Yinzhou District
Government Type:Sub-provincial city
Governing Body:Ningbo Municipal People's Congress
Leader Title:CCP Secretary
Leader Name:Peng Jiaxue
Leader Title1:Congress Chairman
Leader Name1:Yu Hongyi
Leader Title2:Mayor
Leader Name2:Qiu Dongyao
Leader Title3:CPPCC Chairman
Leader Name3:Xu Yuning
Area Total Km2:9816.23
Area Urban Km2:2461.8
Area Metro Km2:2461.8
Elevation M:150
Elevation Ft:488
Population Total:9618000
Population As Of:2022 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:7585000
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Population Metro:2033000
Population Density Metro Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Demographics Type2:GDP[2]
Demographics2 Title1:Prefecture-level & Sub-provincial city
Demographics2 Info1:CN¥ 1.570 trillion
US$ 233.5 billion
Demographics2 Title2:Per capita
Demographics2 Info2:CN¥ 163,911
US$ 24,369
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:315000
Area Code:574
Iso Code:CN-ZJ-02
Registration Plate:Chinese: [[License Plate (China)|浙B]]
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Blank1 Info Sec1:Camphor Laurel
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Sieb.
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Piccap:"Ningbo" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
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S:宁波
T:寧波 / 波
P:Níngbō
W:Ning2-po1
Gr:Ningbo
J:Ning4-bo1
Y:Nìhng-bō
Tl:Lîng-pho
H:Nèn-pô
L:"Tranquil Waves"

Ningbo 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]

Etymology

The first character in the city's name ning (or Chinese: ) means "serene", while its second character bo translates to "wave". The city is abbreviated "" for the eponymous "Yong Hill" (Chinese: 甬山), a prominent coastal hill near the city, and the Yong River that flows through Ningbo city.

Formerly known as Mingzhou (明州; Míngzhōu), Ningbo boasts a rich historical background. The name Mingzhou is derived from the characters "" (Míng), which symbolizes the presence of two lakes within the city walls: the Sun Lake (日湖) and the Moon Lake (月湖). This nomenclature traces its roots back to the Tang dynasty in 636 AD, reflecting the enduring history of Ningbo. While the original Sun Lake dried up during the 19th century, the Ningbo government embarked on its restoration in 2002, transforming it into one of the city's prominent parks. This restoration not only honors the city's historical roots but also contributes to the contemporary allure of Ningbo as a city that seamlessly blends its past and present.

History

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. 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.

Ancient to Sui dynasty

As of 2020, the earliest relics of human activity discovered in Ningbo City are from the Jingtou Mountain site in Yuyao. These relics date back to 6300 BC, evidencing early human consumption of seafood and rice. A large number of cultivated rice, farming tools, remains of dry fence buildings, remains of domestic livestock, and primitive religious items have been unearthed from related sites of the Hemudu culture (5000–4500 BC), evidencing human settlement and culture in the eastern part of the Ningshao Plain, where modern-day Ningbo city is located.

Before the Han dynasty, the area where Ningbo City is located today was sparsely populated. In the Xia dynasty, the location of Ningbo was called "Yin". In the Spring and Autumn period, the area where Ningbo belonged was the Yue State. At that time, the Yue King Goujian built Juzhang City in the present-day Cicheng Town, which became the earliest city in Ningbo. In the latter half of the Warring States period, the area of Ningbo became the jurisdiction of Chu State. In 221 BC, Qin unified the six states and the Ningbo area was delegated to Kuaiji Commandery, with three counties of Yin, Yin, and Juzhang (some studies assert there were four counties of Yin, Yin, Juzhang, and Yuyao). In the early years of the Western Han dynasty, Kuaiji Commandery belonged to the Kingdom of Jing and Wu. After the Seven Kingdoms was settled, Kuaiji Commandery was restored. In 589 AD (Sui Kai Huang nine years), the counties were merged under the Wu kingdom.

Tang and Song dynasty

Since the Tang dynasty, Ningbo has been an important commercial port. Arab traders lived in Ningbo during the Song dynasty when it was known as Mingzhou or Siming,[17] since the ocean-going trade passages took precedence over land trade during this time.[18] [19] It was a well known center of ocean-going commerce with the foreign world.[20] These merchants did not intermingle with native Chinese, instead practicing their own customs and religion and inhabiting ghettos. They did not try to proselytize Islam to the Chinese.[21] There was also a large Jewish community in Ningbo, as evidenced by the fact that, after a major flood destroyed Torah scrolls in Kaifeng in 1642, a replacement was sent to the Kaifeng Jews by the Jews at Ningbo.[22]

Ming dynasty

The city of Ningbo was known in Europe for a long time under the name of Liampó. This was 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.[23] [24] The spelling Liampó is also attested to 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.[23] The Portuguese began trading in Ningbo around 1522. By 1542, the Portuguese had a sizable community in Ningbo (or, more likely, on nearby small islands such as Shuangyu). Portuguese activities from their Ningbo base included pillaging and attacking multiple Chinese port cities around Ningbo for plunder and spoil. They also enslaved people during their raids.[25] The Portuguese were ousted from the Ningbo area in 1548.

Qing dynasty

Ningbo was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing signed in 1842 at the end of the First Opium War between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and China. During the war, British forces briefly took possession of the walled city of Ningbo after storming the fortified town of Zhenhai at the mouth of the Yong River on October 10, 1841. The British subsequently repulsed a Chinese attempt to retake the city in the Battle of Ningpo on 10 March 1842. 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. 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 defenses.

Ningbo was also once famed for traditional Chinese furniture production, and western encyclopedias described Ningbo as a center of craftsmanship and industry.[26] [27]

During the 1800s Ningbo authorities contracted Cantonese pirates to exterminate Portuguese pirates who had raided Canton shipping around Ningbo. The massacre was "successful", with 40 Portuguese dead and only 2 Cantonese dead. It was dubbed "The Ningpo Massacre" by an English correspondent, who noted that the Portuguese pirates had behaved savagely towards the Cantonese Chinese, and that the Portuguese authorities at Macau should have reined in the pirates.

During the late Qing era, Western missionaries set up a Presbyterian Church in Ningbo. Li Veng-eing was a Reverend of the Ningpo Church.[28] The Ningpo College was managed by Rev. Robert F. Fitch. The four trustees were natives of Ningbo, and three of them had Taotai rank.[29] Rev. George Evans Moule, B.A., was appointed as a missionary to China by the Church of England Missionary Society, and arrived at Ningpo with Mrs. Moule in February 1858. His time was chiefly divided between Ningpo and another mission station he began at Hang-chow. He wrote Christian publications in the Ningbo dialect.[30]

World War II

During WWII in 1940, between 80% and 90% of Ningbo's population fled Ningbo, leaving only the elderly behind[31] before the Japanese bombed Ningbo with ceramic bombs full of fleas carrying the bubonic plague.[32] According to Daniel Barenblatt, imperial planes loading germ bombs for bubonic dissemination over Ningbo was recorded on film in 1940.[33]

“It has been said of the 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.'”[34]

Geography

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 Archipelago; on the north by Hangzhou Bay, across which it faces Jiaxing and Shanghai; on the west by Shaoxing; and on the south by Taizhou. Its land area is 9816km2, while its oceanic territory amounts to 9758km2; there is a total 1562km (971miles) of coastline, including 788km (490miles) of mainland coastline and 774km (481miles) of island coastline that together accounting for one-third of the entire provincial coastline. There are 531 islands accounting for 524km2 under the city's administration.

Ningbo's city proper 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 (Chinese: 穿山半岛), located in Beilun District and containing mainland Zhejiang's easternmost point, and the Xiangshan Peninsula (Chinese: 象山半岛) in Xiangshan County. The Siming Mountains (Chinese: 四明山) run north from Mount Tiantai and within Ningbo City, traversing Yuyao City, Haishu District, and Fenghua District, and reaching a height of 979m (3,212feet).

Tidal flat ecosystems occur adjacent to the city, however, large areas have been reclaimed for agricultural purposes.[35]

Climate

Ningbo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) with four distinctive seasons, characterized by hot, humid summers and chilly, cloudy and dry winters (with occasional snow). The mean annual temperature is 17.15°C, with monthly daily averages ranging from 5.3°C in January to in July. Extremes since 1951 have ranged from NaN°C on 12 January 1955 to 42.1°C on 8 August 2013.[36] The city receives an average annual rainfall of 1430mm and is affected by the plum rains of the Asian monsoon in June, when average relative humidity also peaks. From August to October, 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 among the top 20 cities worldwide most at risk of flooding due to anthropogenic climate change.[37]

Ningbo is among the cities in China which are implementing sponge city strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change.[38]

Administrative structure and divisions

Local officers of Ningbo

Administrative divisions of Ningbo

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

It has direct jurisdiction over the following:

Map
SubdivisionSimplified ChinesePinyinPopulation (2022[39] [40])Area DensityUrbanization Rate(%)
6 Central Urban Districts
Haishu DistrictChinese: 海曙区1,058,000595.031,748.2988.1
Yinzhou DistrictChinese: 鄞州区1,662,000799.092,079.8683.0
Jiangbei DistrictChinese: 江北区503,000208.142,416.6484.7
Beilun DistrictChinese: 北仑区879,000597.761,470.4877.8
Zhenhai DistrictChinese: 镇海区516,000244.282,112.3391.1
Fenghua DistrictChinese: 奉化区586,0001,267.60462.2961.2
2 Southern Counties
Xiangshan CountyChinese: 象山县576,0001,382.18416.7362.5
Ninghai CountyChinese: 宁海县709,0001,843.26384.6463.7
2 Northern County-Level Cities
YuyaoChinese: 余姚市1,264,0001,500.80842.2181.4
CixiChinese: 慈溪市1,865,0001,360.631,370.6880.1
Sum9,618,0009,816.23979.8078.9

Economy

Ningbo is an important port city located 220km (140miles) south of Shanghai. The city's export industry dates back to the 7th century. Today, Ningbo is a major exporter of electrical products, textiles, food, and industrial tools. The city's private sector is especially well-developed, contributing 80 percent of total GDP in 2013.[41]

Historically, Ningbo was somewhat geographically isolated from other major cities. In 2007 the Hangzhou Bay Bridge was built, cutting highway transit time between Ningbo and Shanghai from four hours to two and a half. The city now serves as the economic center for the southern Yangtze River Delta and has been ranked among the most competitive cities in China.[41]

In 2009 Ningbo's economic activity reached US$60.8 billion, down 10.4 percent from 2008. The exports totaled US$38.65 billion, down 16.6 percent from the previous year. In addition, Ningbo imported US$22.16 billion of goods, up 3.1 percent from the previous year.[42]

Ningbo's economy grew 9.26 percent in 2013 to 712.89 billion yuan (US$115.12 billion).[41] In 2009, the city's per capita output was US$10,833, about three times the national average.[43]

Foreign investment

With several important development zones established in or around Ningbo, the city has received considerable foreign investment.[44] 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.[41]

Economic and technological development zones

Ningbo Economic & Technological Development Zone

Located in the north-east of Ningbo, behind Beilun Port, NETD is 27km (17miles) 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 the perfect investment environment. It is situated close to the Ningbo Port and Ningbo Lishe International Airport. Major Investors include ExxonMobil, Dupont and Dow Chemical.[45]

Ningbo Daxie Development Zone

The Ningbo Daxie Development Zone was approved in 1993 and covers an area of 5.92km2. 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.[45]

Ningbo National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone

Ningbo National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone was founded in 1999 and was upgraded to a national level zone in January 2007. It is 10km (10miles) from Ningbo International Airport and 18km (11miles) away from 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.[46]

Ningbo Free Trade Zone

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 Province. It was established by State Council in 1992, covering the area of 2.3km2. 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 percent as compared to 2007.[47]

Nordic Industrial Park

The Nordic Industrial Park Co. Ltd. (NIP) is one of the first wholly foreign-owned industrial parks in China located in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. NIP is managed and operated by a Scandinavian management team.[48]

Ningbo Advertising Park

The Ningbo Advertising Park is a national level pilot park located in the Ningbo Southern Business District. The financial incentives have attracted over 300 relevant firms to establish operations.[49]

Ningbo port

See main article: Port of Ningbo. Unlike other Chinese 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. In contrast to Shanghai, the port is deep-water and capable of handling 300,000 ton vessels. The port is located mainly in Beilun district and Zhenhai district.

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. Statistics in 2010 showed that total cargo throughput was 627,000,000 tonnes and container throughput 13,144,000 TEUs. In 2021, total cargo throughput was 1,224,050,000 tonnes, including 31,080,000 TEUs. Ningbo proper saw 623,400,000 tonnes and 29,370,000 TEUs, while Zhoushan saw 600,650,000 tonnes and 1,710 000,TEUs.Thus, with bulk container breakdowns, hugely improved logistics, and massive chemical and foodstuff, processing developments, Ningbo is outcompeting Shanghai for the preeminent Chinese east coast port.[50] [51]

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 Europe and Eastern Europe.[52] [53] [54]

Tourism

Due to its long history and economic prosperity, Ningbo is a city with very rich tourist resources. The following is a list of the main tourist attractions authorized by the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism in each subdivision of Ningbo city.

Haishu District

Yinzhou District

won the "National Cultural Relics Conservation Best Project Award" awarded by the China National Architecture Research Association and the China Cultural Relics Conservation Foundation

A Zen Buddhist temple complex first consecrated during the Tang dynasty in the downtown area of Ningbo city.

a Buddhist temple first established during the Western Jin dynasty (282 AD).

One of the "Five Chan Buddhism Temples". Tiantong Temple is the cradle of the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) of Japanese Buddhism.

Jiangbei District

Zhenhai District

The seventeen Houses of Zheng exemplify the classical style of residences during the Ming and Qing dynasties in the south part of Yangtze River Basin.

Beilun District

Fenghua District

Xiangshan County

Ninghai County

Yuyao City (County)

Cixi City (County)

Notable people

Many well known Chinese came from Ningbo or have Ningbo as their ancestral home.

People in mainland China
People in Hong Kong
People in Taiwan
People overseas

Transportation

Bridge

The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, a combination cable-stayed bridge and causeway across Hangzhou Bay, opened to the public on 1 May 2008. This bridge connects the municipalities of 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, a four-lane sea crossing bridge linking Jintang Island of Zhoushan and Zhenhai district, is a 27km (17miles) long opened on December 26, 2009.

The Xiangshan Harbor Bridge opened to traffic on December 29, 2012, connecting Ningbo with Xiangshan. The 47km (29miles) long project includes 22km (14miles) as the main body of the bridge and an 8 kilometer long tunnel.[56]

Sea port

The port of Ningbo is the world's busiest port. It was ranked number 1 in total Cargo Volume (1.22 billion tonnes in 2021[51]) and number 3 in total container traffic (31.1 million TEUs in 2021) since 2019.[57]

Airport

Ningbo Lishe International Airport connects Ningbo by air to the rest of China, with regularly scheduled domestic and international flights.

Railway

Three railway lines intersect in Ningbo: the Xiaoshan–Ningbo Railway (Xiaoyong Line), which runs west to Hangzhou; the Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou (Yongtaiwen) Railway, which runs south to Wenzhou; and the Hangzhou–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, could not meet the demand for railway travel between Zhejiang's two largest cities, so construction of a new high-speed railway line between Hangzhou and Ningbo started in 2009. The new railway line was finished in 2013 and reduced travel time between Ningbo and Hangzhou to 50 minutes.

The Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Railway is a high-speed railway that opened in September 2009. It connects Ningbo with cities along the coast to the south to Fujian Province. High-speed trains on this line operate at speeds of up to 250km/h.

Ningbo re-opened the Ningbo railway station after three years of construction on 28 December 2013. With a construction area of more than 120,000 m2,[58] it is one of the largest railway stations in China.

Expressway

Seven expressways connect Ningbo with its surrounding cities:

Rapid rail transit and subway

See main article: Ningbo Rail Transit. Ningbo has multiple metro lines in service, under construction, and under authorized planning:

Ningbo Rail Transit in 6 Urban Districts of Ningbo (Not Including 2 County-level Cities and 2 Counties)!Lines!Length in Kilometers (km)!Number of Stations!In-Service Year
Lines in Service
Line 146.17292014
Line 233.95272015
Line 338.63272019
Line 436.11252020
Lines Under Construction
Line 2 Extension2.922021
Line 527.5222021
Line 3 Extension9.552023
Line 4 East Extension2.51Construction Began in 2021
Constructing Plans That Will be Completed by 2026
Line 1 West Extension1.51by 2026
Line 4 West Extension2.51by 2026
Line 638.624by 2026
Line 738.825by 2026
Line 822.618by 2026
Since the Metro lines above mainly serve the six urban districts of Ningbo, the Ningbo government announced several future plans to build further rapid transit to connect the six urban districts with the county-level cities and counties.

Military

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

Language

Ningbo speech is a dialect of Wu Chinese that has preserved many aspects of ancient Chinese phonology. Its original wording mode can be found in classical reference books. After the unequal treaty port opening, western culture gradually permeated Ningbo. Thus, the prefix " yang", meaning ocean or Western, before the nouns of imported goods is a special language phenomenon of Ningbo dialect.[60]

Food

Ningbo is known for Ningbo Tangyuan, small stuffed buns which are boiled. The stuffing is usually ground sesame mixed with sugar or pork fat. The stuffing is then wrapped with sticky rice powder. Ningbo is even more well known throughout China for its seafood. Seafood markets are abundant, carrying extensive varieties of fish, 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.

Education

At the end of 2020, there were 1,896 schools of all levels and types in the city, with a total of 1,418,000 students. Among them, there are 15 colleges and universities in Ningbo with 177,000 full-time students; 86 regular high schools with 93,000 students; 35 vocational schools with 69,000 students; 230 junior high schools with 217,000 students; and 427 primary schools with 517,000 students. There were also 838 full-time private primary and secondary schools (including kindergartens) in the city, with 258,000 students, accounting for 21.7% of the city's full-time primary and secondary school students. In the compulsory education section, there were 288,000 children of migrant workers who went to schools in Ningbo.[61]

Ningbo is one of the top 200 cities in the world by scientific research as tracked by the Nature Index.

In the whole year of 2020, the city attracted 1,372 more workers with doctoral degrees, for a total of 9,265; 67,000 highly skilled talents, for a total of 551,000; 35 post-doctoral research stations, for a total of 224; and 166,000 graduates, a year-on-year increase of 20.5%. There are 10 offices, totaling 100. Throughout the year, 327,000 skilled personnel were trained in the city.

Higher-Educational institutions

Ningbo has 15 universities and colleges as of May 2021, as well as many research institutions that offer graduate degree programs. The following is a list of current universities and colleges in Ningbo.

List of Universities and Colleges in Ningbo as of May 2021!English Name!Chinese Name!Degree Program!Website!Note
Ningbo University宁波大学bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral degreehttps://www.nbu.edu.cn/en/A Double First-Class Construction university, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines
University of Nottingham, Ningbo China宁波诺丁汉大学bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral degreehttps://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/Affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom (UK) and the first Sino-foreign university in China
Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University浙大宁波理工学院bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral degreehttp://www.nit.zju.edu.cn/en/
Zhejiang Wanli University浙江万里学院bachelor's degree, master's degreehttp://en.zwu.edu.cn/
Ningbo University of Technology宁波工程学院bachelor's degree, master's degreehttp://www.nbut.cn/
Ningbo University of Finance and Economics宁波财经学院bachelor's degreehttp://www.nbut.cn/
College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University宁波大学科学技术学院bachelor's degreehttps://www.ndky.edu.cn/An independent college of Ningbo University
China Coast Guard Academy中国人民武装警察部队海警学院bachelor's degree
Zhejiang University of Pharmacy浙江药科职业大学associate degree, bachelor's degreehttps://www.zjpc.net.cn/
Zhejiang Business Technology Institute浙江工商职业技术学院associate degreehttps://www.zjbti.net.cn/
Zhejiang Pharmaceutical College宁波职业技术学院associate degreehttps://en.nbpt.edu.cn/
Zhejiang Fashion Institute of Technology浙江纺织服装职业技术学院associate degreehttp://www.zjff.edu.cn/
Ningbo City College of Vocational Technology宁波城市职业技术学院associate degreehttps://www.nbcc.cn/
Ningbo College of Health Sciences宁波卫生职业技术学院associate degreehttp://www.nbchs.net/
Ningbo Childhood Education College宁波幼儿师范高等专科学校associate degreehttps://www.nbei.net/
As of 2020, many famous universities and research institutions have an operating campus or institutes in Ningbo, most of them offering graduate degree programs.
Part of Research Institutions Offering Graduate Programs in Ningbo !English Name!Chinese Name
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences中国科学院宁波材料技术与工程研究所
Ningbo Institute of Technology, BeihangUniversity北京航空航天大学宁波创新研究院
Zhejiang University, Ningbo浙江大学宁波校区
Harbin Institute of Technology, Ningbo哈尔滨工业大学宁波智能装备研究院
Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo大连理工大学宁波研究院
Tianjin University, Ningbo天津大学浙江研究院
Ningbo Institute of Marine-Derived Pharmaceutical, Peking University北京大学宁波海洋药物研究院
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ningbo西北工业大学宁波研究院
Compared to the other 14 sub-provincial cities in China, Ningbo has the fewest higher-educational institutions.

Secondary and primary education

Compulsory education is from the ages 6 to 15. Students are catered to in a variety of state and private schools. Studying for the Gaokao (高考), a cumulative test taken at the end of high school, is optional.[62] At the end of 2020, there were 86 regular high schools with 93,000 students in Ningbo; 35 vocational schools with 69,000 students; 230 junior high schools with 21.7 students; and 427 primary schools with 517,000 students. There were also 838 full-time private primary and secondary schools (including kindergartens) in the city, with 258,000 students, accounting for 21.7% of the city's full-time primary and secondary school students. In the compulsory education section, there were 288,000 children of migrant workers who went to schools in Ningbo.

International education

Several schools are permitted to operate foreign educational programs as an alternative to the Chinese National curriculum and to accept international students.

Access International Academy Ningbo (AIAN) and Ningbo Zhicheng School International (NZSI) both offer the American AERO (American Education Reaches Out) curriculum with the College Board Advanced Placement examinations. Ningbo International School (NBIS) delivers the Cambridge International Primary and Secondary Curricula leading to iGCSE Examinations and A-Levels. Huamao Multicultural Education Academy[63] is an IB World School and offers an international curriculum through the IB Primary Years Program for students ages 3–12 and the IB Diploma Program for students ages 16–19.

Twin towns – sister cities

Ningbo is twinned with:[64]

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