Yiwu City Built on Market
Yiwu is a county-level city of about 1,000,000 people in central Zhejiang Province near the central eastern coast of China. Yiwu city is famous for its small commodity trade and vibrant [?va?br?nt]充满生气的specialized markets and is a regional tourist destination. Geography
Yiwu is situated in the center of Zhejiang Province, connected Fujian on the south, and Shanghai on the north. It is 300 km to Shanghai and 120 km to Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang. Transportation is convenient with highway and railway connecting most big and medium-sized cities. Over 20 airlines have been opened to big cities like Beijing, Hongkong, Guangzhou, etc.
Economy
Yiwu is famous in China as a commodities center. People from all over the world come to Yiwu City to buy commodities for resale in other parts of China or abroad. Yiwu China Small Commodity Market has for 6 consecutive连续的years topped China's 100 top open markets and was for successive years listed as China's civilized open market. It has been named as the banner 杰出者of China's market economy and with a large variety of quality but cheaper commodities, the market has become a shopping paradise for tourists.