Ningbo's history can be traced back 7,000 years, with the excavation of the Hemudu site proving that Ningbo was one of the first regions in the world to grow rice. More than 2,000 years B.C. in the Xia Dynasty, Ningbo's name is "Yin", in the Spring and Autumn period for the territory of the State of Yue, the Qin belongs to the Huiji County of Yin,, Juchang three counties, the Tang Dynasty, known as the Mingzhou. In 821 A.D., the state of mingzhou moved to three rivers, and built the inner city, marking the beginning of the city of ningbo. Ming Hongwu fourteen years (1381 AD), take "the sea is fixed, the wave of the meaning of Ningbo," renamed Ningbo, has been used to the present.
At present, Ningbo set Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei, Zhenhai, Beilun, Yinzhou six districts, under the jurisdiction of Yuyao, Cixi, Fenghua three county-level cities and Xiangshan, Ninghai two counties. The city has a total land area of 9,817 square kilometers and a household population of 5,710,200 people. The urban area is 2,462 square kilometers, with a population of 2,218,300 in the urban area. The city tree of Ningbo is camphor tree and the city flower is camellia.
Ningbo, traditionally, has been a city of commerce and trade.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, Ningbo was a city of commerce and trade. To the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the prosperity of the "departmental goods Xianbei, the merchants standing". To the nineteen sixties, Ningbo's money changers, North and South goods, fish houses all over the city, the world said, "travel the world, as Ningbo Jiangxia".
Nowadays, with the further deepening of reform and opening up and the further optimization of the economic structure, Ningbo, the historic trade metropolis, is once again bursting with vitality, and has become a shining pearl in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta.
Keywords: Ningbo Gang
In the prosperous business activities, gradually nurtured and developed in the history of China's development of merchant gangs play a significant role in the "Ningbo Gang". "Ningbo gang" was formed in the Ming Dynasty, rose in the five ports of Shanghai after the opening of trade, to the Xinhai Revolution reached its peak. Modern China's industrial and commercial storms, leaving the "Ningbo Gang" a colorful.
As early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, Ningbo people in Shanghai created a lot of "first": Shanghai's first Chinese bank, the first Chinese exchange, the first private shipping company, the first new woolen factory, shooting China's first silent short story film, the establishment of the first Red Cross organization, etc. At present, there are still more than 300,000 "Ningbo Gang". At present, there are still more than 300,000 "Ningbo Gang" and their descendants distributed in more than 60 countries and regions. The "Ningbo Gang" in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan is famous all over the world, and there are many industrial and commercial giants and world-class celebrities among them, such as "World Ship King" Bao Yugang and Dong Haoyun, President of Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Wang Kuancheng, "King of Film and Television" Run Run Shaw, and "King of Film and Television" Shao Yifu. "Mr. Run Run Shaw, the "King of Cotton Yarn" Mr. Chen Tinghua, the "King of Wool Spinning" Mr. Tso Kwong Piu and so on. Among the top ten tycoons in Hong Kong, the "Ningbo Gang" once occupied three seats; among the eight "World Ship Kings", the "Ningbo Gang" also occupied two seats. Ten major Chinese consortiums in the United States and Japan's top ten overseas Chinese consortiums, "Ningbo Gang" also accounted for one seat each.
The old generation of "Ningbo Gang" is honest and pragmatic, pioneering and enterprising, and at the same time, patriotic love for their homeland, serve the people. Since the reform and opening up, a new generation of Ningbo businessmen have inherited the excellent tradition of the old "Ningbo Gang" and have done business all over the world.
Keywords: private economy
The highly developed private economy is the most important feature of Ningbo Mall, and has become the main source of "Ningbo's vitality" and market mechanism.
The honest, pragmatic, open and innovative people of Ningbo are committed to economic development and improving their lives. After 30 years of reform and opening up, Ningbo has become one of the most dynamic cities on the eastern coast of China, and has created brilliance in many industries, becoming an important advanced manufacturing base in China.
By the end of 2009, Ningbo had 114,400 private enterprises and 274,600 individual business households. The production and sales volume of 135 industrial products of 103 enterprises ranked first among their counterparts in the country, making them the "singles champions" of the industry. By the State Administration for Industry and Commerce recognized "China Well-known Trademarks" cumulative total of 20, "China Famous Brand" 61 products.
At present, Ningbo's apparel output value has accounted for 1/12 of the country, becoming one of the three major apparel production areas and the world's most important men's clothing production area; stationery output value accounted for 1/4 of the country, has become the "stationery capital of China"; the output value of the plastic machine accounted for 1/3 of the country, recognized by the state as the "capital of China's plastic machine", "China's plastic machine". "China's plastic machine capital"; Ningbo is "China's mold capital", Cixi, Beilun, Ninghai are China's famous mold production base; Ningbo is also one of the country's three major home appliance production area, the country's 1/8 of the air conditioning and 1/3 of the small home appliances are made in Ningbo.
At present, the GDP created by Ningbo's private economy is close to 80% of the city's total, the profits and taxes created account for about 70% of the city's total, and the jobs created are close to 85% of the city's total, and its economic vitality index is at the forefront of the country.
Keywords: million foreign trade army
30 years ago, the reform and opening up of the spring breeze awakened the sleep of a hundred years of the ports of commerce. 1984, Ningbo was listed as one of the mainland China's 14 further opening up of the coastal cities, China's comprehensive reform of the pilot city. 1987, the State Council formally approved the Ningbo enjoys the authority of the provincial level economic management of the single-listed city plan. Since then, Ningbo has the right to import and export foreign trade, and has gained the opportunity to deal directly with foreign businessmen, and the open economy has stepped into the fast lane of development.
At the same time, the state timely gave Ningbo more development and opening up authority. 1984, the state-level development zone Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone was formally established. 1992, the State Council approved the establishment of the Ningbo Bonded Zone. 2002, the State Council approved the establishment of Ningbo Export Processing Zone, which enjoys special preferential policies. 2004, the State Council approved the establishment of the Ningbo Bonded Logistics Park. In February 2008, the State Council officially approved the establishment of Meishan Bonded Logistics Port. This has undoubtedly provided sufficient impetus for Ningbo's new round of in-depth opening up to the outside world.
At present, there are more than one million employees in manufacturing industries and import and export enterprises related to foreign trade in Ningbo, reaching 1.4 million. This means that for every four people in Ningbo, there is one person whose employment is closely related to foreign trade.
In 2009, the number of enterprises with self-managed import and export rights in Ningbo reached 12,927, and the total amount of self-managed import and export reached 60.81 billion U.S. dollars, ranking the third among the sub-provincial cities in China. The structure of utilized foreign capital was further optimized, with the city's contracted utilized foreign capital of 3.42 billion U.S. dollars for the whole year.
Ningbo people, who are good at business, have stepped out of the country with the footsteps of opening up and turned the world into their own stage. At present, Ningbo enterprises have set up 1,069 overseas enterprises and institutions in 87 countries and regions around the world, and in 2009, the turnover of Ningbo's foreign contracted labor service cooperation reached 880 million U.S. dollars.
Keywords: information service industry
At the end of 2009, global entertainment giant Disney landed in Ningbo and established the first network animation production base outside Disney's U.S. territory.
In recent years, the information service industry has become a key advantageous industry in Ningbo.
Software and information service industry has become one of the emerging strategic industries prioritized by Ningbo, with an average annual growth rate of more than 40%, ranking the first in the province for three consecutive years. 2009, Ningbo's software business realized revenue of 7.2 billion yuan, an increase of 42.4% year-on-year, the growth rate of the province's first for three consecutive years.
In last year's fast-growing software business income, software exports amounted to 70 million U.S. dollars, software outsourcing service income of 200 million yuan, of which 14 million U.S. dollars in software outsourcing exports. Ningbo's software business income accounted for the proportion of the province's software business income has increased from 8% in 2006 to 16% in 2009.
Last year, the city hosted the Tokyo "Service Outsourcing Cooperation and Exchange Conference", the second e-services conference, the fourth small and medium-sized e-commerce conference and other large-scale activities. In May this year, the Shanghai World Expo "information technology and urban development" theme forum will be held in Ningbo. This is the first theme forum after the opening of the Shanghai World Expo, which will focus on urban informatization, pay deep attention to urban management, urban life and urban integration under the integration of global economy, and look forward to the development trend of cities under the background of informatization.
Keywords: "Middle Upgrading"
In 2006, Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government took the situation into consideration and made a decisive decision to launch the strategy of "Middle Upgrading". "The focus is to change the city's function from production-oriented to service-oriented, and to vigorously develop the six functions of international trade, transportation and logistics, financial settlement, scientific and technological innovation, talent and education, and livability and livability, so as to enhance the city's agglomeration and radiation power.
Based on the functional positioning and spatial layout of the central city, to determine the focus of the development and construction of the ten functional blocks: the eastern part of the new city central business district, the head of the Bay Leisure and Tourism District, the three rivers in the central business district, science and technology and cultural entrepreneurship area, Changfeng riverfront leisure and residential area, the southern business district, the city of culture, tourism and trade area, the South Railway Terminal Passenger Terminal District, the Zhenhai Zhedong Productive Port Logistics District and Ningbo Bonded Port Area. The eastern part of the city will be built into a new city. Among them, the eastern part of the new city will be built into a set of business, exhibition, administrative, cultural, residential and other functions in one of the important areas, and will be the core of the old city together with the Sanjiangkou, forming a "city of two centers" of the overall spatial pattern.
"In upgrading" since the implementation of the strategy, has made a lot of people can see, touch and feel the results of the stage. Such as the construction of Heyi Avenue Riverside Recreation Area, Wanda Plaza, Dongqianhu Tourist Resort and other blocks, changing the original dilapidated appearance of these plots, built a modern shopping malls, tourist attractions for all types of consumer groups.
People's travel is also becoming more and more convenient, forming a 2-hour transportation circle from Ningbo to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Jinhua and Wenzhou. The construction of rail transit line 1 started last year, and line 2 is also scheduled to start construction by the end of this year.
Keywords: cultural city construction
Culture, an important source of national cohesion and creativity, is an important factor in the competition for comprehensive national power. At the new historical starting point, Ningbo is sketching the "cultural image" of the future city.
In recent years, Ningbo City, a sound public **** culture and sports service system, and actively create a "15-minute cultural activities circle", the people at home can basically meet the cultural and fitness needs. Three rivers cultural promenade shows the new style of "cultural city". Including the old Bund, urban construction museums, art museums, concert halls, Ningbo Grand Theater, Times Square, Riverside Park and other iconic cultural and leisure venues, as well as under construction and extension of the Ningbo Book City, the head of the Bay Leisure and Tourism Zone, the Mass Art Activity Center, various types of water sports and fitness facilities, and the historical sites of the Pearl River and the intertwined.
Ningbo also carries out wonderful elegant art and large-scale cultural and sports festivals and events. Last year, the city ****organized 25 national events and activities. Literary and artistic excellence creation is also fruitful, long documentary literature "family book", dance drama "ten miles of red makeup? Daughter's Dream", the song "steel class of the great guy", Yong drama "Wife", the TV series "the north wind that blows" won the national "Five One Project Award", the city won the "Five One Project" award, Wenhua Grand Prize, Lu Xun Literary Award, Group Star Award and other national permanent literary and artistic awards cumulative total of more than 100 works. The city won the "Five One Project" award, the Lu Xun Literature Award, the Group Star Award and other national permanent literary and artistic works totaled more than 100 pieces. strategy, focusing on the implementation of the "cultural industry upgrade" strategy, focusing on the implementation of the "cultural talent support" strategy, focusing on the implementation of the "cultural innovation to promote" strategy, to build a new wave of cultural city, and promote the development of cultural A new wave of cultural construction, promote cultural development and prosperity, and further enhance the cultural soft power and comprehensive competitiveness of Ningbo city.