Ningbo is one of China's oldest cities with a history dating back to 4800 B.C.; known as a major trading port as well as Yangzhou and Guangzhou in the Tang dynasty; thereafter, the major ports for foreign trade in the Song dynasty; becoming one of the five greatest trading ports in China after the Opium War. As one of the key harbor city of China foreign trade, which has become a new comprehensive, advanced and developed city.

Ningbo’s Climatic Features are sub-tropical monsoon climate featured with temperate and humid weather and four distinct seasons; frost-free of 230-240 days, average temperature: 16.2 C and rainfall: average rainfall of 1300-1400 mm.

A very convenient transport network is established in Ningbo. To its west, the West Lake in Hangzhou is not far away. To its north is Shanghai. A transportation network of water, land and air has been formed with the deep-water port as the dominant role. Highways vein the whole region. Shanghai- Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway has been open to traffic .The Lishe International Airport has opened 24 airlines with over 170 scheduled flights per week. Now Ningbo-Macao-Taiwan has begun its direct flight. There are 7 high-speed passenger ships to-and-from Ningbo-Shanghai-Putuo every day, which has formed a "high-speed blue passage" in the "gold triangle" area in Hangzhou Bay. The authorities of China railway have opened the line of Ningbo-Nanjing and Ningbo-Wuyishan (mountain) holiday train travel and the air-conditioned between Ningbo and Beijing, Guangzhou, Changchun.