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Yiwu

Yiwu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua, in central Zhejiang province, China.

Yiwu
Yiwu · Wikimedia Commons (see file page)
The place

Yiwu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua, in central Zhejiang province, China. It is best known for hosting the Yiwu International Trade City, the world's largest wholesale market for small commodities.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Yiwu

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Yiwu International Trade Market

    Yiwu International Trade City, also known as the Yiwu Market, is the world's largest wholesale market for small commodities, located in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. The market serves as a vital node in global supply chains.

    5 km · Chinese wholesale market · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Yiwu Gymnasium

    Yiwu Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Yiwu, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China. The capacity of the arena is 6,000 spectators and opened in 2005.

    600 m · building in Yiwu, China · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Yiwu Museum
  2. 02
    Xiuhu Park
  3. 03
    Chouzhou Park

    221 Chouzhou Middle Road, Choucheng Street (稠城街道稠城街道稠州中路221号).

  4. 04
    Jiangbin Park

    A riverside urban park in Yiwu with green spaces, flowers and recreational facilities.

  5. 05
    Ocean World
  6. 06
    Yiwu Stadium

    A modern multi-purpose sports complex, with indoor and outdoor facilities for basketball, football, tennis, badminton and other sports.

From Wikivoyage: Yiwu, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Yiwu has a wide variety of restaurants serving Zhejiang, Chinese and international cuisines. The city's large international business community means that visitors can find food from many different countries, especially around the main commercial and market areas. Local cuisine — Zhejiang and Jiangzhe-style dishes are widely available.

From Wikivoyage: Yiwu, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Yiwu

Airports
Yiwu (YIW), 6 km · Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH), 109 km · Ningbo Lishe (NGB), 146 km
Stations
Yiwu Airport, 5.9 km · Yiwu railway station, 9 km
  • Hangzhou → Yiwu
    109 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · ¥48–65
  • Ningbo → Yiwu
    156 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · ¥70–95
  • Wenzhou (Longwan) → Yiwu
    169 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · ¥80–110
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Yiwu

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Yiwu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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  1. 01
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    347 km
  2. 02
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    566 km
  3. 03
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  4. 04
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    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

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  5. 05
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    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

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Around it

Next door to Yiwu

Yiwu is 25 km from Puyang, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.