Ningbo Metropolitan Area

Ningbo metropolitan area consists of the following cities:


 * Ningbo (core city),
 * Zhoushan
 * Taizhou
 * Shaoxing: Shengzhou County, Xinchang County

It is positioned as the leading region of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the strategic fulcrum of the "One Belt, One Road " strategy, forming a two-way radiation between the ocean and the hinterland.

History
The history of Ningbo Metropolitan Area dates back to 1726 AD in Qing Dynasty. The is a historical political division of China that includes the 4 current cities of Zhejiang Province in China: Ningbo, Zhoushan, Shaoxing, and Taizhou.