Yiwu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, managed by Jinhua City, which was called "Wu Shang" in ancient times. Jinhua-Yiwu (central Zhejiang) ranks alongside Hangzhou (northern Zhejiang), Ningbo (eastern Zhejiang) and Wenzhou (southern Zhejiang) as four regional central cities in Zhejiang.
It is located in the middle of Zhejiang Province, in the east of Jinqu Basin, surrounded by mountains in the east, south and north, with a length of 58. 15km from north to south, a width of 44.4 1km from east to west, and an area of1/05.46km2. According to the data of the seventh census, by 2020, ?
Yiwu has successively produced historical celebrities such as Luo, a famous doctor in Song Dynasty, Chen Wangdao, a modern educator, a literary theorist and Wu Han, one of the four famous doctors in Jin and Yuan Dynasties.
It is the first and only national comprehensive reform pilot of county-level cities in China, and has been awarded the honorary titles of China National Health City, National Environmental Protection Model City, China Excellent Tourism City, National Garden City, National Forest City and Zhejiang Civilized Demonstration City. Yiwu International Trade City was awarded the first AAAA shopping and tourist area in China by the National Tourism Administration. Yiwu is one of the top six counties (cities) in Chinese mainland and one of the richest areas in China.
Yiwu is the world's largest distribution center for small commodities, and has been recognized as the world's largest market by international authorities such as the United Nations and the World Bank. Yiwu is listed as the first batch of national comprehensive pilot areas for new urbanization.
In 20 19, it was one of the top 100 counties in the national business environment, and ranked sixth in the comprehensive competitiveness of the national economy in 20 19. In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Association confirmed Yiwu as a national health city 2019; In June of the same year, 165438+ 10 was selected as the "Sixth National Civilized City List".