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- May 22, 2026
Meet village CEO: How one woman is revitalizing rural Ningbo
Can a village have a CEO? In Ningbo's Xiaoqing village, it does.
- May 08, 2026
Photographer captures smiles in Ningbo neighborhood
A neighborhood in Ningbo marked the 78th World Smile Day on May 8 with a community photo exhibition celebrating everyday smiles and human connection.
- May 11, 2026
A Malaysian volunteer's island diary in Ningbo
Lim Ying Hien from Malaysia is currently on Jiushan Archipelago off Ningbo, supporting conservation work for the Chinese Crested Tern alongside local volunteers.
- April 23, 2026
Reader feedback sparks accessibility update
In Ningbo, a public library has updated its Braille catalogue following a simple request from a visually impaired reader.
- January 06, 2026
Ningbo artist Jiang Hongsheng: Ink and friendship across borders
In a classroom at Russia's Irkutsk State University in September 2025, more than 20 students sat in a circle, brushes poised, as Ningbo artist Jiang Hongsheng guided them gently in English: "Don't draw the flower — feel it."
- January 05, 2026
Gu Fangzhou
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gu Fangzhou, a virologist of Ningbo origin whose groundbreaking work on China's oral polio vaccine safeguarded millions of children.
- May 14, 2025
Chen Yifei
Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, Chen Yifei moved to Shanghai with his parents as a child, where he received art training in realism and was influenced by Russian art.
- October 15, 2024
Wang Yangming
Wang Yangming (1472–1529) was a Chinese statesman, general, and Neo–Confucian philosopher born in Yuyao city, Ningbo.
