General City Info of Yiwu

Here you can view the general info of Yiwu city, the world's largest wholesale market of general merchandise.

Location of Yiwu

Yiwu is located in the central Zhejiang Province, connecting Guangdong on the south and Shanghai on the north. It is 300 km to Shanghai and 120 km to Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang. Transportation is convenient with expressway and railway connecting most big and medium-sized cities. Over 20 airlines have been opened to big cities like Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, etc.

Weather of Yiwu

Located in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, Yiwu has four distinct seasons, enjoying mild and humid climate, with annual average temperature of 17℃. The highest temperature hits in July, with an average of 29.3℃, and the lowest in January, with an average of 4.2℃.

History of Yiwu

Yiwu, means loyal bird in chinese, was a name from an ancient tale about the bird to sacrifice itself to help Yiwu people.
Yiwu, original name as Wushang, was founded in the Qin dynasty, at or about 222 BC. However, its long history flourished as early as the Neolithic Age.
Yiwu County was set up in 624 AD, Tang dynasty, and then lasted for about 1,300 years. Till in May 1988, the 1300 years old Yiwu County was upgraded to Yiwu City.
The long history left this city enough interesting stories and cultures like martial arts, Wu opera, and a 300-year-old Da An Si Pagoda in Xiuhu park.

Yiwu Population

Yiwu now has 716,000 local residents and over 1 million migrant workers, including around 40,000 foreigners from Korea, Mid-east, South America, and other parts of the world. The total population reaches 1.8 million.
After many years of living in Yiwu and sourcing from Yiwu market, many foreigners already take Yiwu as their second home and play more and more important roles in local community.
One thing that never happened in other China cities is that these businessmen can even take seats in Yiwu People's Congress, to have their saying on Yiwu policy-making.

Yiwu Economy

Yiwu economy is one of the fastest growing ones in China after national opening-up. It is very similar to Shenzhen. The streets, which were dirty and scattered with cow dung 20 years go, now are packed with BMW7 series and Porsche.
Yiwu fair also contributes a lot to Yiwu's economy success. Yiwu now is one of the Top 10 exhibition cities in China.

Yiwu Transportation

Yiwu now has a 4C grade airport carries over a dozen air routes to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Changsha. Yiwu airport also has HK-Yiwu direct flights. The facilities are qualified for international flights.
Hong Kong to Yiwu non-stop flight is carried regularly every year, during the Yiwu fair.
Yiwu railway station is one of the most advanced medium-sized train stations in China.
At present, trains depart from Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanjing and some other large and medium-sized cities can reach Yiwu directly every day.
More than 60 train departing from Hangzhou to Yiwu each day, and you can go to Hangzhou directly from almost all big cities of China by train.

Yiwu Cityscape

Xiuhu Lake Park, Yiwu Riverside Park, Yiwu Wetland Park are my three recommendations. They're all inside the city and very easy to go.

Yiwu International Trade Market is also an AAAA national scenery spot.

Yiwu Restaurant

Yiwu Restaurants, like its commodity wholesales, are rich in variety. Islamic restaurants, Korean restaurants, Indian restaurants, Brazilian restaurants, Japanese restaurants… all run by people from their own countries, not by Chinese.
There are also plenty of traditional Chinese restaurants and Western restaurants.

Yiwu City Tree, City Flower

People chose camphor tree as the city tree at the 11th Yiwu People's Congress on July 30, 2002.
According to Yiwu government, there are one over 1000-year-old, four over 800-year-old, 103 over 200-year-old, and over one thousand 100-year-old camphor trees in Yiwu.
The ever greenness of camphor tree symbolizes flourish and forever prosperity.
Yiwu has a long history and outstanding technology of growing China roses.
Colorful China roses are blossoming all year round, which also symbolizes long-lasting prosperity. They are widely planted and loved by Yiwu people.

Yiwu Culture

Yiwu markets made Yiwu famous in China in the last 30 years. Yiwu international trade market made Yiwu famous around the world in the last 8 years. However, Yiwu Martial Arts has kept Yiwu famous in China for more than a thousand years.
Wu Opera also known as Jinhua Opera, is one of the oldest operas (has a 400-year history) in China. The earliest days of Wu opera can be traced back to Ming Dynasty（AD1386-AD1683). The name originated from Wuzhou, the former name of Jinhua.