A new Shantou-Yiwu-Urumqi flight route is scheduled to open on April 6th. The flight route will operate every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, departing from Shantou at 08:00, arriving in Yiwu at 09:20, departing from Yiwu at 10:00 and arriving in Urumqi at ... Read More>>
As living in Yiwu has become increasingly convenient, the county-level city has become a second home to many expats in China. In 2005, the Ministry of Public Security authorized Yiwu to directly handle its foreigner visas and residence permits. This was the ... Read More>>
The "2012 Yiwu Spring Festival Trade Fair" is being held at the Yiwu Meihu Conference and Exhibition Center (义乌梅湖会展中心) through January 18th. The trade fair is divided up into three exhibition halls: -Hall 1 is for clothing, and includes ... Read More>>
The first Yiwu Kung Fu Assembly will be held at Yiwu Xiuhu Gymnasium (义乌绣湖体育馆) from December 3-4th. The assembly divides contestants into six age groups: baby, child, juvenile, teenager, middle-aged and elderly. Over 830 players from 72 teams are ... Read More>>
The China Academy of Social Sciences announced the first “China Top 100 Commodity Markets” list, ranking Yiwu-based China Commodity City (CCC) as number one. Numerous other Zhejiang companies were also represented on the list, which ranked ... Read More>>
The 17th China Yiwu International Commodities Fair is being held at Yiwu International Exhibition Centre and Meihu Convention Centre from October 21-25th. Over 6,500 booths are currently displaying millions of commodities from China and 24 other countries, ... Read More>>
The 17th China Yiwu International Commodities Fair will be held from October 21st to 25th at Yiwu International Exhibition Center and Meihu Convention Center. 70,000 commercial booths and 5,000 exhibition booths of international standards will be set up at ... Read More>>
Starting September 9th, Shantou Airlines will offer Yiwu-Zhengzhou round-trip flights every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Yiwu-Zhengzhou flight, CZ6353/4, departs Yiwu Airport at 14:40, and arrives at Zhengzhou Airport at 18:10. The Zhengzhou-Yiwu ... Read More>>
Starting September 2nd, Air China will offer Yiwu-Beijing round-trip flights every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The Yiwu-Beijing flight, CA1880, departs Yiwu Airport at 11:05, and arrives at Beijing Capital Airport at 13:35. The Beijing-Yiwu flight, ... Read More>>
The 2011 ranking of China Cities was recently released in Hong Kong. According to its assessment, Yiwu scored 78.7 points making it the number nine on the list of "China’s Top Ten Cities for Business", following Shanghai, Hong Kong, ... Read More>>
Since midnight on April 26th, taxi passengers need to fork out 3 RMB instead of the previous 2.5 RMB for each taxi ride. This is the second fuel surcharge increase in Yiwu in two months. Read More>>
On April 1st, Yiwu Police Station set up a visa service help centre for foreigners at the west gate of the International Trade City (phase I) in order to meet the increasing needs of foreigners applying for visas. The centre provides information consulting ... Read More>>
Since March 7th, the taxi fuel charge in Yiwu has increased from 2 RMB to 2.5 RMB per ride. Read More>>
Tourists in Yiwu are always attracted by the various small commodities at the city’s markets; so it’s not surprising that many people have been extremely disappointed when learning that most of attractive goods they see are actually for ... Read More>>
According to news from the Yiwu Transportation Department, from November 1st Yiwu will start to implement a new bus fare policy; city bus 1.5 RMB, for rural lines 1 RMB. Read More>>
China Yiwu International Commodities Fair (Yiwu Fair for short) is an international exhibition of daily consumer goods jointly hosted by Ministry of Commerce, China and Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government. It has been held for 15 successive years ... Read More>>
Since August 25th, Shantou Airlines has begun flights Yiwu – Hong Kong. Flights are every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, one flight each way. Departure from Yiwu is at 08:30 and arrival time in Hong Kong is 10:30; Hong Kong departure time is at ... Read More>>
From June 24th to 27th, the 2010 China International Tourism Commodities Fair will be held at the Yiwu International Exposition Center. The first China International Commodities Fair event was held in Yiwu in 2009, and was popularly received by the entire ... Read More>>
According to recent statistics from Yiwu Customs, influenced by FIFA World Cup games, local exports of sports goods have consistently brought in over 10 million USD in monthly revenue for the past six months, with a 110% growth for May this year when ... Read More>>
Starting May 25th, direct flights between Yiwu and Shenzhen will be launched. This is the first time that direct flights have been in operation between the two cities. Flights will be every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday (one flight each day); the flight ... Read More>>
Yiwu Small Commodities City Group Co., Ltd. have started a life insurance policy to better extend protection to foreign business professionals living and doing business in Yiwu. To sign up and apply for the insurance coverage, foreigners staying in hotels ... Read More>>
The 2010 China Yiwu Commodities Fair will be held from April 20th to 23rd at the Zhejiang Yiwu International Expo Center. This year's fair will continue with the theme “increase cultural awareness, strengthen our commodities trade industry” and ... Read More>>
According to the recent figures from the city's statistics bureau, Yiwu's per capita GDP has exceeded 10,000 US dollars for the first time in history, which makes Yiwu the first in central Zhejiang Province to reach the level of a medium income developed ... Read More>>
To optimize the business environment in Yiwu, the local government approved China Life Insurance Group Yiwu Company to exclusively offer accidence insurance to the overseas merchants in the city. The type of people who can avail of the insurance are foreign ... Read More>>