Yuyao (simplified Chinese: 余姚; pinyin: Yúyáo) is a city in Zhejiang province, China, capital of Yuyao district, Ningbo. Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... Zhejiang (Chinese: 浙江; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Che-chiang; Postal System Pinyin: Chehkiang or Chekiang) is an eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Ningbo (Simplified Chinese: 宁波; Traditional Chinese: 寧波; pinyin: Níngbō; Wade-Giles: Ning-po; literally Tranquil Waves) is a seaport sub-provincial city with a population of 800,000 in northeastern Zhejiang province, Peoples Republic of China. ...

Administratively Yuyao is under the direct jurisdiction of Ningbo. Ningbo (Simplified Chinese: 宁波; Traditional Chinese: 寧波; pinyin: Níngbō; Wade-Giles: Ning-po; literally Tranquil Waves) is a seaport sub-provincial city with a population of 800,000 in northeastern Zhejiang province, Peoples Republic of China. ...

It is located 40 km (25 miles) west of Ningbo and has a local population of 120,000 within the city, and 826,000 in the whole county. Recently the migranted workers almost doubled the total population to about 1.5 million. Ningbo (Simplified Chinese: 宁波; Traditional Chinese: 寧波; pinyin: Níngbō; Wade-Giles: Ning-po; literally Tranquil Waves) is a seaport sub-provincial city with a population of 800,000 in northeastern Zhejiang province, Peoples Republic of China. ...

The mean annual sunshine is 2,061 hours and the annual rate of sunshine is 47%. The mean annual temperature is 16 degree Celcius and the coldest months perennial are January and February, the hottest are July and August. The mean annual precipitation is around 1,300 millimeters and changes greatly from year to year. The hyetal distribution is also uneven during a year, and the rainfall centers on bai-u rainy period from April to June and typhoon period from July to December. Yuyao offers a wide variety of landscape from wide open ocean to high mountains.

Yuyao is well known for its rich heritage of civilization. The Hemudu Civilization formed in Yuyao about 7,000 years ago, and is one of the earliest sites of human history on earth. The material and ethical relics revealed large-scale rice planation and other agricultural activities, hurdle style architecture, paddling and boating and respecting birds and sun. Yuyao produced many famous scholars in the history, for example, Yan Zi-Ling in Han dynasty, Yu Fan in Three Kingdoms Period, Yu Xi in East Jin dynasty, Yu Shi-Nan in Sui and Tang dynasties, Wang Yang-Ming, Zhu Shun-Shui and Huang Zong-Xi in Ming dynasty. Wang Yangming and Huang Zongxi were ranked among China’s top 10 ideologists. Yuyao was then named as “the Most Famous County”and “the Famous State on Literature”. During the Anti-Japanese War, Yuyao was one of China’s 19 bases against Japanese invaders, and was the center of anti-Japanese bases of eastern Zhejiang province.

Yuyao is known as a place for rice and fish. Its economy has been booming as private enterprises dominate after the economic reform began in late 1970s. In 2005, GDP was over RMB 300 billions, with an annual growth rate of 20%. It ranked as one of the top-20 counties in China. The industry products are mainly electric appliances, plastic moulding and machinery. High-tech industries such as materials, optical, electro-mechanical integration and fine chemical industry are developing rapidly. The main agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry product of Yuyao are tea, fruits like waxberry, bamboo, silkworm, fowl, livestock and fish. Fresh produce is avaialbe in all seasons.

The Hangzhou-Ningbo highway and railway go through Yuyao, in addition to three major east-west roads and one north-south road. The longest bridge in the world - The 36-km Hangzhou Bay Cross-Ocean Bridge - is under construction near the northern border of Yuyao; it will provide a much shorter link to Shanghai than the current Ningbo-Hangzhou-Shanghai corridor.