Manufacturing in China: City Guide – Ningbo

Manufacturing in China City Guide- Ningbo

Last Updated: November 25, 2022

Manufacturing in China provides limitless opportunities for international companies looking to outsource production. Understanding what city offers the expertise you need will help you find the perfect supplier with experience in your specific field of production.

China 2 West has sales and support offices around the world and multiple quality control and engineering locations within China, predominantly positioned close to manufacturing hubs. We’d like to introduce our City Guide series, taking an in-deep look at the Chinese cities we’re operating in and showing the city’s specializations of production. Let’s dive in.

 

Overview

Ningbo is a major sub-provincial city in the northeast of Zhejiang Province near Shanghai, Shaoxing, and Taizhou. It is sometimes called Yong. It has a temperate and humid climate. It has four distinct seasons and an average temperature of 16,2°C. The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the world’s longest trans-oceanic bridge, cuts the distance from Ningbo to Shanghai from 304 km to 179 km. Ningbo covers an area of almost 10 million square kilometers and has a population of roughly 9.544 million inhabitants.

Ningbo is a renowned cultural and historical city. As one of the oldest cities in China, it witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties. It is the birthplace of the Hemudu Culture, which has over 7,000 years of history. It has been a famous port for shipping, trading, and cultural exchange since the Tang and Song Dynasties.

 

Economic Profile

As the southern economic center of the Yangtze River Delta, Ningbo has always been a city of historical and economic importance in international trade. The city’s pillar industries are petrochemicals and chemicals, IT-related industries, electrical machinery, port-related industry, telecom equipment manufacturing, and textiles. Other specializations available are manufacturing information appliances, software, electronics, microelectronics, photovoltaic, fine machinery, modern paper making, port logistics, shipbuilding, and stainless steel.

In 2021, the city’s total fiscal revenue was 326.44 billion yuan, up by 15.1% over the previous year.

The GDP of Ningbo was 1459.49 billion yuan (US$191.68 billion), up by 8.2% over the previous year. And the per capita GDP accounted for 153,922 yuan (equivalent to US$23,858 at the annual exchange rate).

According to Ningbo Customs, Ningbo’s total foreign trade imports and exports reached 1.19 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.6% compared with the previous year (the same below), among them, the export was 762.43 billion yuan, an increase of 19%, and the import was 430.18 billion yuan, an increase of 26.3%.

 

Development Zones

There are five major National Development Zone in Ningbo city, including Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone, Ningbo Free Trade Zone, Ningbo Export Processing Zone, Ningbo Daxie Development Zone, and Ningbo Bonded Zone.

 

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