Situated in the central part of Ningbo, Fenghua is a sub-city of Ningbo and one of the National Class -A open economic zones. The city covers a land area of 1,249 square km and a water area of 96 square km, with 9 towns and 2 sub-district offices under its jurisdiction and a population of 488,000. The city proper is 15 km from Lishe Airport and 50 km from Beilun Port. The Tongjiang-Sanya Expressway and Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway cross the whole city, providing convenient transportation. Clean and tidy, the city is also cited as "an excellent city for comprehensive improvement of urban environment". Fenghua is also among the One Hundred Top Counties of the County in terms of overall strength. Its mainstay industries are garment, machinery, electronics, foodstuff, pharmaceuticals. Its garment industry in particular is well developed, hence the title of "Town of Garment". There are the abundant agricultural resources, including the yield of honey peach, taro, flowers, bamboo shoots and strawberry, all well know across the world. Aquaculture also develops rapidly in the area where aquaculture area totals some 30000 mu and mesh cages total some 30,000 in number. It has in fact become a major aquaculture base of the country, with its aquatic products being supplied to the cities of Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo and exported to Japan and Korea. Fenghua teems with beautiful sceneries and historical sites, all so suitable for tourism. Xikou Scenic Area and Tengtou Eco-tourism Exemplary Area are both National Class-A tourist spots. They received total 3 million tourist visits in 2001.
Fenghua Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Add: 130, Nanshan Road, Daqiao Town, Fenghua, Ningbo, P.R.C. Postal code: 315500 Tel: 86-574-88522642 Fax: 86-574-88525742
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