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Yiwu
Yiwu () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua, in central Zhejiang province, China. It is best known for hosting the Yiwu International Trade City, the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities. History Yiwu was originally established as Wushang City (乌商) in 222 BCE during the Qin dynasty. It was renamed Yiwu County in 624 CE under the Tang dynasty. Due to its poor soil and mountainous terrain, Yiwu residents historically relied on trade rather than agriculture. A long-standing local tradition was the "sugar-for-chicken feathers" barter system (鸡毛换糖), where peddlers exchanged sugar and small goods for chicken feathers used in fertilizer or dusters. Early forms of itinerant and local trading date back to the 16th century, with proto-market activities appearing by the 1700s. After 1949, private trade was suppressed under the planned economy. Despite restrictions, Yiwu traders continued informally until market reforms began under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiwu Industrial & Commercial College
Yiwu () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua, in central Zhejiang province, China. It is best known for hosting the Yiwu International Trade City, the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities. History Yiwu was originally established as Wushang City (乌商) in 222 BCE during the Qin dynasty. It was renamed Yiwu County in 624 CE under the Tang dynasty. Due to its poor soil and mountainous terrain, Yiwu residents historically relied on trade rather than agriculture. A long-standing local tradition was the "sugar-for-chicken feathers" barter system (鸡毛换糖), where peddlers exchanged sugar and small goods for chicken feathers used in fertilizer or dusters. Early forms of itinerant and local trading date back to the 16th century, with proto-market activities appearing by the 1700s. After 1949, private trade was suppressed under the planned economy. Despite restrictions, Yiwu traders continued informally until market reforms began under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiwu International Trade City
'Yiwu International Trade City'' (), also known as the Yiwu Market, is the primary wholesale market complex in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. According to the World Bank, it is the world's largest small commodities market. In 2022, the market sold around US$70 billion of goods. History In the early 1890s, Yiwu was an impoverished rural county historically known for its small traders, who mostly bartered sugar for chicken feathers during the Qing dynasty. However, the Chinese Communist Party banned the practice as "capitalist activity" after taking power in 1949. Although the Chinese government initiated the reform and opening policy in 1978, selling things for profit by private citizens was still banned in practice. In April 1982, Xie Gaohua was appointed Party Secretary of Yiwu. A month after his arrival, a street vendor named Feng Aiqian (冯爱倩) complained to him that her goods were repeatedly confiscated by county authorities and questioned why she was not allowed to sell goods to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiwu Airport
Yiwu Airport is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the cities of Yiwu and Jinhua in East China’s Zhejiang province. It is located northwest of the center of Yiwu and from the urban area of Jinhua. History Yiwu Airport was originally a military training airfield for the People's Liberation Army Navy. In 1988 the national government approved the conversion of the airfield to a dual-use military and civil airport. The airport was opened to civilian flights on 1 April 1991. In December 1993 it was closed for a 100-million yuan expansion, and reopened in December 1994. A second round of expansion began in 2006 with a total investment of 300 million yuan, and a new terminal building was opened in April 2009. Facilities Yiwu Airport had a runway that was 2,500 meters long and 45 meters wide, and an 18,000 square-meter terminal building. It is capable of handling 1 million passengers per year. In 2015, construction began to extend the runway by 500 meters and to bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiwu Railway Station
Yiwu railway station ( zh, s=义乌站, t=義烏站, p=Yìwū Zhàn) is a railway station of the Hukun Railway and the Hangchangkun Passenger Railway located in Yiwu, Jinhua, Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It is an important site on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi express railway line and under the administration of Shanghai Railway Bureau. Now it is a first-class station. Yiwu railway station offers a ticket hall, a waiting room A waiting room or waiting hall is a building, or more commonly a part of a building or a room, where people sit or stand until the event or appointment for which they are waiting begins. There are two types of physical waiting room. One has in ..., private dining rooms and has 2 500-meter-long platforms. Yiwu railway station also has a steel canopy. There is an enclosed bridge connecting the waiting hall and station, and the station is located on the west side of the basement. The ticket hall area is 1135.1 square meters, and is located ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinhua
Jinhua is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the east, and Shaoxing to the northeast. Its population was 7,050,683 as of the 2020 census including 1,463,990 in the built-up (or metro) area made of two urban districts (not including yet the satellite city of Lanxi, Zhejiang, Lanxi, which has become essentially a suburban offshoot of Jinhua's main urban area). Jinhua is rich in Ultisols, red soil and forest resources. The Jinhua or Wu River flows through the Lan and Fuchun to the Qiantang River beside Hangzhou, which flows into Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. In medieval China, it formed part of the water network feeding supplies to the southern end of the Grand Canal of China, Grand Canal. It is best known for its dry-cured Jinhua ham. History and culture The history of Jinhua dates back to the 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank
Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank ( zh, s=浙江稠州商业银行, p=Zhèjiāng Chóuzhōu Shāngyè Yínháng) is an urban commercial bank headquartered in the international trade city of Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China. The bank also sponsors the Zhejiang Golden Bulls professional basketball team. History Established in 1987 as the Yiwu Chouzhou Credit Cooperative, it transitioned into a joint-stock company in 2005 and was formally renamed Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank in 2006. As of 2024, the bank reported total assets of approximately RMB 340 billion and operated 276 branches and rural outlets. It provides financial services primarily to small and medium enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone and, in 2023, established the China-Africa Cross-Border RMB Settlement Center in Yiwu to enhance RMB-based trade settlement with African markets. China–Africa Cross-Border RMB Settlement Center In May 2023, Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank established the China–A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangzhou–Changsha High-speed Railway
Hangzhou–Changsha high-speed railway is a China Railway High-speed line connecting Hangzhou, Nanchang, and Changsha, respectively the provincial capitals of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hunan. This railway forms a section of the Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway, part of the National Railway Grid Network, as one of the four major east-west lines. It has a total length of . Construction started in December 2009 and was opened to traffic on December 10, 2014. With trains from Hangzhou to Nanchang taking 2 hours 14 minutes, Hangzhou to Changsha in three hours and 36 minutes. Route The route from east to west starts at Hangzhou East and makes stops at Hangzhou, Hangzhou South, Zhuji, Yiwu, Jinhua, Longyou, Quzhou, Jiangshan, Yushan South, Shangrao, Yiyang, Yingtan North, Fuzhou East, Jinxian South, Nanchang West, Gao'an South, Xinyu North, Yichun, Pingxiang North, Liling North, for a total of 21 stations when it reaches Changsha South. History Preparation * In 2004, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guyue Bridge (Yiwu), Song Dynasty, China
The Guyue Bridge () is an arch bridge located in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China. Introduction The bridge is located in Chi'an Town (), and it is about 100 meters west of Yazhi Street (雅治街). It goes across the ''Dragon Creek'' (traditional Chinese: 龍溪, simplified Chinese: 龙溪, pinyin: Lóng Xī). It is a single span arch bridge. The design is very special: more precisely, its structure feature is girder-arch, and the girders are arranged like ribs. Such a design can be found in the famous painting ''Along the River During the Qingming Festival'' of Song dynasty by Zhang Zeduan. The bridge was completed in 1213, the sixth year of the Jiading Era (), Southern Song dynasty. Since then it has never been rebuilt or repaired. On the body of the bridge are engraved 12 Chinese characters: ''Huangsong Jiading Guiyou Jiqiu Runyue Jianzao'' (), which literally means: Constructed in Autumn September Imperial Song Jiangding Era the Year of Guiyou ("''Huang''" means Imperial. "'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongyang
Dongyang () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua in Central Zhejiang Province, China. It covers an area of and administers eleven towns, one township, and six subdistricts. It is part of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,087,950 inhabitants however, its built-up (''or metro'') area, made of Dongyang and the neighboring city of Yiwu, was home to 2,947,340 inhabitants. History Dongyang county was first set up in AD 195 (2nd year of Xingping Reign of East Han Dynasty) and known as Wuning (). In AD 688, the name was changed to Dongyang (). The name Dongyang means "Eastern Sun". Dongyang was no longer a county and became a county-level city on May 25, 1988. Administrative divisions Subdistricts: * Wuning Subdistrict (吴宁街道), Nanshi Subdistrict (南市街道), Baiyun Subdistrict (白云街道), Jiangbei Subdistrict (江北街道), Chengdong Subdistrict (城东街道), Liushi Subdistrict (六石 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhejiang
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Sub-prefecture-level City
A sub-prefectural municipality (), sub-prefectural city, or vice-prefectural municipality, is an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. A sub-prefectural city is officially considered to be a county-level city, but it has more power ''de facto'' because the cadres assigned to its government are one half-level higher in rank than those of an "ordinary" county-level city—though still lower than those of a prefecture-level city. While county-level cities are under the administrative jurisdiction of prefecture-level divisions, sub-prefectural cities are often (but not always) administered directly by the provincial government, with no intervening prefecture level administration. Examples of sub-prefectural cities that does not belong to any prefecture: Jiyuan (Henan Province), Xiantao, Qianjiang and Tianmen (Hubei), Shihezi, Tumxuk, Aral, and Wujiaqu (Xinjiang). Examples of sub-prefectural cities that nevertheless belong to a prefecture: Gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County-level City
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local ordinance, local law and are usually governed by Administrative divisions of China#Prefectural level (2nd), prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Administrative divisions of China#Provincial level (1st), province-level divisions. A county-level city is a "city" () and "county" () that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such, it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entity, and a county, which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated Counties of China, counties. County-level cities are not "city, cities" in the strictest sense of the word, since they usually contain rural areas many times the size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
