 Ningbo, adjoining to Shanghai and Hangzhou, is located at the middle section of China's coastline and the south flank of Yangtze River delta which is regarded as one of most prosperous areas in China. Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the longest cross-sea bridge in the world with a length of 36 kilometers is lately built, bringing Ningbo into the 2 hours economic circle of Shanghai.Ningbo is an important port city in the east coastal area in China. Ningbo Port, which is dubbed Oriental Rotterdam, is a modern deep water port integrating functions of river port, estuary port and seaport. The volume of cargo throughput and container throughput reached 401 million tons and 13,004 million TEU respectively in 2010, speeding up by 24.8% which ranks the first among the 8 coastal ports in Mainland and the 30 international ports worldwide. For the first time the total volume of throughput ranks the 3rd among the Mainland coastal ports after ranking the 4th in the last successive 6 years; meanwhile, it came to be known as top 6 of the international ports of the world. The fantastic transportation network narrows the distance between Ningbo and the whole world. The intensive superhighway network extends outwardly in a radiate type, closely connected to the central cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou, and it takes 2 hours, 1.5 hours and 3 hours respectively to reach there from Ningbo. In addition, the superhighway network can extend longer to the Pearl Rriver Delta economic zone. As for the railway network, the Xiao-Yong Railway multiple tracks are connected to the national railway network and constructs a convenient railway transport circuit in Ningbo. For the airways, more than 30 airlines flying to metropolises of Mainland China have been launched in Ningbo airport. Aerial liners to Hongkong and Seoul and chartered services to Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia as well. There are 728 airlines every month and the density of the flights ranks No.3 in Mainland China. Besides, the distance between Ningbo and Xiaoshan international airport in Hangzhou is only about 110 kilometers. The superior location promotes Ningbo forward continuously. |
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