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Ningbo's Urban Population Is 7.585 million

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Category: Governmental News

Published: Thursday, 16 March 2023 12:43

Yesterday, the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Statistics released the "2022 Ningbo Population Main Data Bulletin", and Ningbo's permanent population data last year was released accordingly——

At the end of 2022, the city's permanent population was 9.618 million, an increase of 74,000 compared with the permanent population of 9.544 million at the end of 2021, and one step closer to the 10 million population. Among them, the urban population is 7.585 million and the rural population is 2.033 million. The proportion of urban population in the total population (i.e. urbanization rate) was 78.9%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared with 2021.

Population size has always been considered one of the criteria for judging the energy level of a city, and the permanent population of "tens of millions" is one of the important thresholds.

Ningbo to set up inbound tourism stores in Bulgaria

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Category: Ningbo Business

Published: Thursday, 16 March 2023 12:42

At 6 pm local time on February 27, the cultural tourism promotion conference of Beijing and Ningbo (two cities along the Grand Canal) was held in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The purpose of this event is to publicize the historical origin of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the cultural charm of Beijing and Ningbo, and to boost the cooperation in the tourism field between China and Bulgaria.

Sofia is 10,571 kilometers away from Ningbo, but the two cities have a long history of interaction. In 2015, Ningbo-CEEC Tourism Cooperation and Exchange Conference launched the activity of “1,000 Ningbo people traveling to Central and Eastern Europe”. In 2016, Ningbo was elected as the “capital of East Asian culture”, and started the dialogue with such “capitals of European culture” such as Provdiv of Bulgaria. In 2019, Ningbo launched the plan of “1000 Ningbo people in 100 tourist groups visiting Bulgaria”.

The white crab and yellow croaker dishes, and such special gifts from Ningbo as Yue Kiln celadon and tea appeal greatly to the local people of Sofia.

Ningbo ranks among top in per capita consumption expenditure

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Category: Governmental News

Published: Thursday, 16 March 2023 12:41

In 2022, affected by multiple factors, the consumption desire and consumption behavior of the national residents were generally in a downturn trend: the per capita consumption expenditure of residents stood at 24,538 yuan, with a nominal increase of 1.8%, far less than the per capita disposable income growth (an increase of 5.0%).

According to the analysis of the per capita consumption expenditure of residents in some key cities in the Yangtze River Delta area (including the municipality directly under the Central Government, sub-provincial cities, provincial capitals and cities with a GDP above one trillion yuan) by the Ningbo Evening News, the per capita consumption expenditure performance of many cities is not ideal. However, over the past year, Ningbo has performed well in terms of per capita consumption expenditure, ranking among the top three cities in the Yangtze River Delta, with a considerable growth rate.

Ningbo’s consumption grows considerably

Among the seven major cities in the Yangtze River Delta area, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Ningbo rank among the top three in terms of per capita consumption expenditure in 2022, with the amount of 46,440 yuan, 46,045 yuan and 42,997 yuan respectively.

To be specific, Hangzhou won the championship by virtue of its 4.1% growth rate and Shanghai came the second place, with a negative growth.