Ningbo Metropolitan Area
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Ningbo metropolitan area{{Cite web|title=Government Announcement of Ningbo Metropolitan Area|url=http://www.ningbo.gov.cn/art/2021/2/26/art_1229099770_3707060.html}} consists of the following cities:
It is positioned as the leading region of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the strategic fulcrum of the "One Belt, One Road " strategy, forming a two-way radiation between the ocean and the hinterland.{{Cite web|title=Ningbo Metropolitan Area|url=http://cs.zjol.com.cn/lxsh/201902/t20190228_9557619.shtml}}
History
The history of Ningbo Metropolitan Area dates back to 1726 AD in Qing Dynasty. The {{Interlanguage link|Ningshaotai Circuit|zh|宁绍台道}} is a historical political division of China that includes the 4 current cities of Zhejiang Province in China: Ningbo, Zhoushan, Shaoxing, and Taizhou.