2. History and Culture
Yiwu has a long history, tracing back to the year of 222BC when Yiwu was designated as Wushang County. In 1998, Yiwu was promoted from a county to a city. Yiwu is honored as “Home of Chinese Martial Arts”, “Home of Chinese Modern Folk Painting” and “Home of Operatic Songs”.
3. Population and Nationalities
Till the end of December 2007, Yiwu has a population of 1.8 million, among which, 697,000 are local residents, and over 1 million are non-native residents. Localization policy is adopted by the government, giving citizen treatment to those incoming builders.
4. City tree and City Flower
City Tree: Fragrant Camphor
The city has lots of Fragrant camphors, including 1 of over 1,000 years old, 4 of over 800 years old, 103 of 200 years old, and 1,000-odd of over 100 years old. Fragrant camphor has been a unique character of Yiwu city. Campor is strong and evergreen, which signifies prosperity and good luck.
City Flower: Chinese Rose
Chinese rose is beautiful and blossoms in four seasons of the year, which signifies the all-over prosperity of Yiwu city.
5. Transportation
5.1 Airlines
Yiwu Airport has opened more than 20 airlines to big cities, such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Shantou, Kunming, Changsha, Guiyang, Urumchi, Xi’an, Nantong and etc.
Tel: 0086-579-85456789
5.2 Highway
Highway crosses the city. At present, over 340 passenger transport lines to cities of other provinces are in operation. It is only one-hour drive to Hangzhou, 3-hour drive to Shanghai and 1.5-hour drive to Ningbo.
Tel: 0086-579-85123456
5.3 Railway
90 plus trains stop at Yiwu Railway station daily. Many big and moderate cities can be reached by train in Yiwu.
Tel: 0086-579-85522468
（二）歷史文化
義烏歷史悠久，公元前222年置烏傷縣，1988年撤縣建市。是“中國武術之鄉”、“中國現代民間繪畫之鄉”、“中國曲藝之鄉”。
（三）人口和民族
截至2007年12月底，我市實有人口達180萬，其中戶籍人口69.7萬，外來人口突破100萬。在外來人口管理方面推行“外來人口本地化”政策，使外來建設者享有市民待遇。
（四）市樹和市花
市樹：香樟
香樟遍布全市，市內有千年以上樹齡香樟1棵，800年以上樹齡香樟4棵、200年以上樹齡香樟103棵， 百年以上樹齡香樟近千棵，成為義烏香鮮明的風光特色。樟樹勢雄偉，四季常青，象征著興旺發達、吉祥如意。
市花：月季
月季花容秀美，艷麗多姿，四時競放，寓意我市經濟社會各項事業的紅火興旺 。命名月季為義烏市市花，意為發揚朝氣蓬勃、奮發向上的精神，激發全市人民熱愛義烏、熱愛家鄉的感情。
（五）交通
1、航空
民航義烏機場已開通到北京、廣州、廈門、深圳、汕頭、昆明、長沙、貴陽、烏魯木齊、西安和南通等20余條航線。
民航航班咨詢電話:0086-579-85456789
2、高速公路
杭金衢高速公路、甬金高速橫貫全境，現已開通省際客運線路340余條，到杭州只需1小時，到上海3小時，到寧波1.5小時。
公路班車咨詢電話：0086-579-85123456
3、鐵路
日過境停靠列車90多趟次,可直達北京、廣州、上海等大中城市。
鐵路列車咨詢電話：0086-579-85522468
