Ningbo metropolitan areaThe Ningbo metropolitan area consists of the following cities: Ningbo, Zhoushan Taizhou Shaoxing: Shengzhou County, Xinchang CountyIt is positioned as the leading region of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the strategic fulcrum of the "One Belt, One Road " strategy, forming a two-way radiation between the ocean and the hinterland.HistoryThe history of the Ningbo metropolitan area dates back to 1726 AD during the Qing dynasty. The is a historical political division of China that includes the four current cities of Zhejiang province in China: Ningbo, Zhoushan, Shaoxing, and Taizhou.