Yiwu (Jinhua)
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Yiwu ( Chinese 义乌 市 , Pinyin Yìwū Shì ) is an independent city that belongs to the administrative area of the independent city of Jinhua in the Chinese province of Zhejiang . Yiwu covers an area of 1,103 square kilometers and has a population of around 1.3 million.
Yiwu is an important center for trading small goods . 13,000 foreign business people live in Yiwu. More than 170 different small goods were exported from here to almost every country in the world in 2013. The city of Yiwu has the only Chinese customs authority at the county level.
The city is also known across borders as the “City of Christmas ”. Almost two thirds of all Christmas items sold worldwide are made in Yiwu.
Infrastructure
In 2014 a container rail freight train drove from here for the first time and as a test the 13,000 km record route to Madrid . This connection has been offered regularly since then. In the meantime, other destinations in Europe such as B. Since the beginning of 2017, London has been 12,000 km away and on this route 16 days (half the time by sea) and 8 countries away as part of the Trans-Eurasia-Express as part of the “ One Belt, One Road ” project with container freight trains approached.
Web links
- Article on the Yiwu market in the English Wikipedia [ geographical location ]
- Official website - Chinese
- Info page - English
- Yiwu China - German
- Article on the Arabic-speaking community in Yiwu https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/china-syrien-jemen-101.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topics of the day from August 13, 2020: [1]
- ↑ Beijing Rundschau: Small goods, great opportunities
- ↑ Yiwu Customs Opened
- ↑ Felix Lee: City of Christmas. Südwest Presse, December 23, 2016, accessed December 23, 2016 .
- ↑ World's longest train ride from Yiwu to Madrid completed December 10, 2014
- ↑ Verkehrsrundschau: Freight train from China arrives in London In: verkehrsrundschau.de , accessed on January 19, 2017
- ↑ Friday No. 37, September 14, 2017, p. 10: East wind wins
Coordinates: 29 ° 18 ' N , 120 ° 5' E