Ningbo City, China City City, the city planning, the city's first batch of coastal open cities, the coastal cities of China, the top 15 cities of the Chinese mainland, the five major regional centers of the Yangtze River Delta, the economic center of the Yangtze River Delta, the economic center of Zhejiang, the modern international port city, and the famous historical and cultural city of the country. It has been a national civilized city for four consecutive times and a famous hometown of academicians in China.

Ningbo is located in the southeast coast, located in the middle section of the Chinese mainland coastline, the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, the East Zhoushan islands as a natural barrier, the north to Hangzhou Bay, the Shaoxing Shengzhou Shengzhou, Xinchang, Shangyu, and the South Sanmen Bay, and the three gates and the Tiantai of Taizhou. Ningbo culture belongs to Wu Yue culture, Ningbo people belong to Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, and use Wu language.

Ningbo has a rich cultural heritage and a long history and culture. It is a typical water town and port city in the south of the Yangtze River. It is the sea port at the Henan end of the Universiade and the Oriental departure port of the "maritime Silk Road". Among them, Ningbo port, the most representative of Ningbo, has been rated as "the world's five best ports" by the authoritative magazine of the international port and shipping industry - British container international.

On December 20, 2015, at the 7th China Japan ROK culture ministers' meeting held in Qingdao, Shandong Province, Ningbo, China was awarded the title of "2016 cultural capital of East Asia". On November 26, 2018, it won the title of the happiest city in China.