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View Plans & PricingArea: 1,103 km² (county-level city)
Population: ~1.9 million (2020)
Yiwu means "righteous crow" in Chinese, named after a legend. It is the world's largest small-commodities wholesale market in central Zhejiang.
7.0/10 — Residents enjoy a balanced lifestyle with modern amenities and cultural richness.
Yiwu has no airport; nearby Hangzhou and Ningbo airports are used. Yiwu Railway Station and Yiwu West Station connect to Hangzhou and Shanghai on the Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway. Buses and taxis serve the city.
Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College and Yiwu University of Technology are main institutions.
Yiwu lies in the central Zhejiang basin with a humid subtropical climate. It has small hills, rivers, and is one of China's most densely populated small cities.
Visit the International Trade City (Futian Market), Yiwu International Expo Center, Xiuhu Park, and Fotu Temple.
Day 1: Futian International Trade City.
Day 2: Xiuhu Park and Fotu Temple.
Try Yiwu chicken noodles, Donghe meat cake, red yeast rice cakes, and Zhejiang-style snacks.
Yiwu is famous for small commodities. The Futian Market has everything from toys, jewelry, household goods, to textiles. Also try local snacks.
Local Vibe: Yiwu is the world's small-goods supermarket, a city where traders from every country buy toys, socks, and Christmas decorations in bulk. Locals are sharp, business-minded, and speak enough languages to sell anything to anyone. The city is all about markets, logistics, and hustle.
Fun Facts:
• Yiwu International Trade Market is the largest small-commodities wholesale market in the world.
• The city is famous for exporting Christmas decorations, toys, and everyday goods to countries around the globe.
• Yiwu is one of the starting points of the China-Europe Railway Express, connecting Zhejiang to Europe by freight train.
Yiwu locals speak their own flavor of Mandarin. Try these phrases to earn a smile:
侬好 (nóng hǎo) — Hello — Wu dialect.
蛮好 (mán hǎo) — Pretty good.
白相 (bái xiàng) — To play / have fun.
• Xie Gaohua — A local Yiwu official who helped legalize and expand the city's famous street market in the 1980s.
• Yiwu Traders — Tens of thousands of Yiwu merchants built the world's largest small-goods market.
• Yiwu Logistics Entrepreneurs — Local companies built the freight networks that connect Yiwu to global markets.
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