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General Information abou Yiwu
Yiwu is a commercial city located in the eastern part of China, right in the center of Zhejiang province. Yiwu is located about 280 km south west of Shanghai, 100 km south of Hangzhou, 150 km north of Wenzhou, 150 kilometers west of Ningbo. The nearest town, about 35 km away, is the city of Dongyang. Although today it is known mainly for trade and modern, Yiwu has ancient origins, about 200 years bc, Yiwu has become a county in 624 AD during the Tang Dynasty, and remained until 1988 when the county has become Yiwu City. Some attractions are Xiuhu Lake, Da'an Pagoda Temple, Yiwu Wetland Park and Tomb Luo.

Population and Climate
The population of Yiwu is about 2 million inhabitants, of which about 900 thousand are local residents, while 1.1 million are migrant workers (among them there are also about 50 thousand foreigners). Yiwu has a subtropical monsoon climate, the average annual temperature is about 17 degrees: the lowest temperature is in January (to -4 degrees), the highest is in July (can reach 38 degrees). The climate is more pleasant in October and November, with a temperature of 22-23 degrees.

Yiwu, the China Commodity City, the largest market in the world
Yiwu has the largest market in Asia, in the field of small commodities. More than 100.000 companies, located in every region of China, are exposing on an area (called China Commodity City) of nearly 5 million square meters. The exhibits are approximately 425,000 and covers about 2000 different categories. Visitors to this huge market are about 250.000 a day and buy some 1.900.000 items. Each year about 580 mila containers of sold goods depart from Yiwu direct in all nations of the world. The market is open every day of the year, with the exception of few days in February (during the Chinese New Year).

One helpful advice for visiting Yiwu market
Since Yiwu is visited mainly by business people, let's just an advice to those who come to Yiwu for the first time. Before you enter in the market and run for several hours in vacuum, inquire on the position of the products you need, otherwise you risk of losing a few days before you understood how it works. It's impossible to visit Yiwu market and expect to see everything in a couple of days. The Yiwu market is immense, is actually the largest in Asia, to visit all the stands should be more than a year. Then before starting you must to find a map, to take notes on the sectors that you intend to visit and ask all possible information.

The Yiwu market is divided into 15 areas
To facilitate searches of potential buyers, Yiwu Market is divided into 15 business areas, corresponding to the following categories of goods: Art & crafts, Stationeries, Imitation Jewelry, Clocks & watchs, Sports Goods, Textile, Socks, Hand Tool, Toys, Electric Products, Glasses, Umbrella, Kitchenware, Artifical Flower, Lace & Ribbon. Yiwu is also known for its production of brown sugar cane. This is an important production, typical of Yiwu, also known nationally. Another typical of Yiwu: many of the roses sold in stores across China come precisely from Yiwu (here are fresh and beautiful roses all year).

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