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 or ...
under the jurisdiction of the
sub-provincial city
Strictly speaking, China's legal system neither recognizes the concept of "sub-provincial administrative divisions" () or "sub-provincial cities" () nor provides specific legislation for such designations, and these categories are absent from off ...
of
Ningbo
Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeastern 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 Eas ...
province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,829,488. Its
urban agglomeration
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built-up (or metro) area, largely contiguous with Cixi plus the county-level city of
Yuyao
Yuyao () is a county-level city in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the sub-provincial city of Ningbo.
It is located west of central Ningbo, east of Hangzhou, bordering Hangzhou Bay in the north. Yuyao ...
, had 3,083,520 inhabitants.
History
Cixi was part of the state of Yue in the
Spring and Autumn period
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(770–476 B.C.). The county was set up in the
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...
. At first it was called "Gouzhang" and has been using the name of "Cixi" since the Kaiyuan reign of the
Tang dynasty
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(738 A.D.).
Geography
Cixi City is located on the south of the economic circle of Yangtze River Delta, and is from Ningbo in the east, from
Shanghai
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in the north and from
Hangzhou
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Andong
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Cixi is located in the Zhejiang Province of eastern China and has a subtropical monsoon climate with an average temperature of .
Transportation
Highway connections are provided to all major cities, typical travel times are 1.5 hours or less by car, including access to the four major airports,
Ningbo Lishe International Airport
Ningbo Lishe International Airport is an international airport serving Ningbo, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the second largest city in East China’s Zhejiang province.
In 2022, the airport handled 6.2 million passenge ...
,
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport is an international airport serving Hangzhou, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the capital of East China’s Zhejiang province.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of the two international airports serving Shanghai, China.
Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights, while the city's other major airport, Shanghai ...
. Shanghai and Ningbo are also the closest sea ports.
Cixi is accelerating the construction of a mid-scale modern city, covering a total land area of with a population of 1.83 million as of the 2020 census, including 1.04 million registered permanent residents and one million temporary residents. Fifteen towns and five subdistricts are under the jurisdiction of Cixi City and there are 325 administrative villages including committees and communities.
Culture
The city houses many Yue Kiln Sites, which are widely regarded as one of the origin of Chinese
porcelain
Porcelain (), also called china, is a ceramic material made by heating Industrial mineral, raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The greater strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to oth ...
.
Cixi has the tradition of advocating culture and emphasizing education, with several thousand years of historical relics and profound cultural background which cultivated three regional cultures, i.e. "celadon, reclamation and immigration". Shanglin Lake celadon has been sold overseas as a "Maritime Silk Road" to the world, historical tideland reclamation area has become one of the areas with the most abundant land reserve resources in Zhejiang Province, and the immigration culture has several years of history.
Cixi was listed as the "demonstration base for community digital learning in the national city and countryside" by the Ministry of Education in 2010 and 2011.
Notable people
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Han Qide
Han Qide ( zh , t = 韓啓德, s = 韩启德 , p = Hán Qǐdé; born July 1945) is a Chinese physician and politician. Han is currently the chairman of the Jiusan Society and a member of the Chinese Communist Party. He was the vice chairman of t ...
, medical scientist and Former President of the
China Association for Science and Technology
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Han Zheng
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, member of Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
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Ing Chang-ki
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,
Taiwan
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Lu Zhangong
Lu Zhangong ( zh, s=卢展工, t=盧展工, p=Lú Zhǎngōng, poj=Lo Tian-kang; born May 1952) is a Chinese politician. He is, since 2013, a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and previously served as the Pa ...
, member of CPC 19th Central Committee
* Tan Jiazhen, founder of modern Chinese
genetics
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Zhou Xinfang
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, Master of
Beijing Opera
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List of twin towns and sister cities in China
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Anguo
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