Yiwu, called "Wu Shang" in ancient times, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, managed by Jinhua City, and is a type II big city. Jinhua-Yiwu (central Zhejiang) ranks alongside Hangzhou (northern Zhejiang), Ningbo (eastern Zhejiang) and Wenzhou (southern Zhejiang) as four regional central cities in Zhejiang.

It is located in the middle of Zhejiang Province, in the east of Jinqu Basin, surrounded by mountains in the east, south and north, with a length of 58. 15km from north to south, a width of 44.4 1km from east to west, and an area of1/05.46km2. According to the data of the seventh census, by 2020, ?

Yiwu has successively produced historical celebrities such as Luo, a famous doctor in Song Dynasty, Chen Wangdao, a modern educator, a literary theorist and Wu Han, one of the four famous doctors in Jin and Yuan Dynasties.

Yiwu is a national comprehensive reform experimental zone, a national civilized city, a national health city, a national environmental protection model city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national garden city, a national forest city, a civilized model city in Zhejiang Province, and a pilot area of a high-quality development and common prosperity demonstration zone in Zhejiang Province.

Yiwu is one of the richest areas in China, the largest distribution center for small commodities in the world, recognized as the largest market in the world by international authoritative organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank, and listed as the first batch of national comprehensive pilot areas for new urbanization; Yiwu International Trade City was awarded the first AAAA shopping and tourist area in China by the National Tourism Administration.