Covering an area of 1,105 square kilometers, Yiwu lies in the middle of Zhejiang province, with 7 boroughs and 6 towns under its jurisdiction. It has a total population of 1.7 million, including 700,000 local population and over 1,000,000 non-native population in 43 nations from every provinces in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan ). 22,747 non-native children and 170 foreign students studies in Yiwu as well. Yiwu was set up in the 25 th year of King Qin (222B.C.) and upgraded to Yiwu Municipality in 1988. On this land, talents were born generation after generation, such as Luo Binwang, one of the four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty, Zong Ze, a well-known anti-Jin general of Song Dynasty, Zhu Danxi, one of the four famous doctors in Jin & Yuan Period, Chen Wangdao, a contemporary educationalist, Feng Xuefeng, a theorist of literature and arts, Wu Han, a famous historian, etc. ...

Yiwu locates the central area of Zhejiang province with total land area of 1,105 square kilometers. The whole city governs 8 towns and 5 subdistricts, has 670,000 population with local domiciliary register and 600,000 odd external temporary population. Yiwu has long history, in 25th of Ying Zheng of Qin Dynasty (B.C. 222), was in Wushang County, in the 7th of Wu De of Tang Dynasty (A.D. 624), was changed as Yiwu, while in 1998, was established City from county. From old times, Yiwu has gained the honor of ¡°Home of Culture¡±, Luo Binwang---one of the ¡°Four Outstanding Persons in Early Tang Dynasty¡±, Zong Ze---the famous Anti-Jin General of Song Dynasty, Zhu Danxi---one of the four famous doctors of Jin and Yuan Dynasty. In modern times, there are educationist Chen Wangdao, literature theorist Feng Xuefeng and historian Wu Han etc.

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