Irish Bar, Laowaitan, Jiangbei, Ningbo, China.
Ningbo was one of China s oldest cities with a history dating back to 4800 B C the Hemudu culture Ningbo was known as a major trading port along with Yangzhou and Guangzhou in the Tang dynasty thereafter the major ports for foreign trade in the Song dynasty Ningbo was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanjing signed in 1842 at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China During the war British forces took possession of the walled city of Ningbo briefly after storming the fortified town of Zhenhai at the mouth of the Yong River on October 10 1841 In 1864 the forces of the Taiping Rebellion held the town for six months Ningbo was once famed for traditional Chinese furniture production Ningbo or tranquil waves it has been said of the Ningbo fishermen that no people in the world apparently made so great an advance in the art of fishing and for centuries past no people have made so little further progress Ningbo is a very important economic hub and port city Historically a port city for foreign trade since the 7th century Ningbo currently is a major exporter of consumer products electrical products textiles food and industrial tools In 2002 Ningbo economic activity reached USD 12 273 billion up 38 04 from the previous year The exports totalled USD 8 163 billion up 30 73 from the previous year In addition Ningbo imported USD 4 11 billion of goods up 55 28 from the previous year Towards the end of 2002 there were 6863 foreign enterprises operating in Ningbo with a total foreign investment estimated to be 21 37 billion US dollars
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