What is the administrative level of Zhenhai District? Is the administrative level of Zhenhai District higher than that of Cixi?

Yes. Zhenhai District is at the deputy department level. Cixi City is a county-level city and is at the division level. Zhenhai District is affiliated to Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. It is located in the northeast of Ningbo City, in the middle of the coastline of mainland China, south of the Yangtze River Delta, and along the East China Sea. It is bounded by Zhoushan Islands in the east, Ningshao Plain in the west, Beilun Port in the south, Hangzhou Bay in the north, and a strip of water from Shanghai. On January 29, 2013, the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development listed Zhenhai District of Ningbo City as the first batch of national smart city pilots. It has a land area of ??246 square kilometers and currently governs 2 towns and 5 streets (including Guisi Street, which is managed by the Ningbo National High-tech Zone Management Committee). [1]

In October 2019, it ranked 44th in the list of the top 100 districts in terms of comprehensive strength (top 100 districts in the country), the top 100 districts in the country for scientific and technological innovation in 2019, and the top 100 districts in the country for green development in 2019. Area[2]. [3] On October 9, 2020, it was awarded the title of the fourth batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

Zhenhai has a long history. Remains of human habitation in the Neolithic Age have been found at the foot of Hengshan Mountain in Xiaogang and at the foothills of Snake Mountain in Shaxi.

After the founding of the Yue Kingdom at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the land began to belong to it.

In the 25th year of the reign of King Qin (222 BC), Kuaiji County was established and Juzhang County was established. Because it was located to the east of Juzhang County, it was called Juzhang East Territory, which lasted for 843 years.

In the 4th year of Tang Wude (621), the ancient sentences were analyzed and divided into two states: Yao and Yin. In the eighth year, Yinzhou was renamed Luan County, and the local area was renamed the eastern border of Luan County. In the fourth year of Tang Yuanhe (809), Wanghai Town was built at the mouth of the Yongjiang River in Luodong, which was the beginning of the establishment of Zhenhai.

In May of the third year of Kaiping in the Hou Liang Dynasty (909), King Qian Liu of Wuyue inspected Mingzhou and built a city in Wanghai Town; in the eighth month of the leap year, Qian Liu, because the coastal mouth of Wanghai Town was profitable for fishing and salt, The establishment of Wanghai County ("Taiping Huanyu Ji") was the beginning of the establishment of the county. Soon it was changed to Dinghai County. At that time, the county only governed the four townships of Qingquan, Lingxu, Chongqiu and Jintang.

In the tenth year of Xining in the Song Dynasty (1077), the three townships of Lingyan, Taiqiu and Haiyan in Yin County were transferred to Dinghai. In the first year of Yuanfeng (1078), Jintang was transferred to Changguo, and Qingquan was divided into two townships, the east and west. The county governs seven townships, designated Shangxian.

The Yuan Dynasty’s organizational system followed the Song Dynasty system. In the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1387), Changguo abolished the county and changed it to Wei. The original Changguo County (now Zhoushan City) was under the jurisdiction of Dinghai County until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

In the 26th year of Kangxi (1687), the original Dinghai County was changed to Zhenhai County, and Dinghai was named after 778 years. The following year, the border of Yuanchang was separated and Dinghai County was established. At this point, Zhoushan belonged to Zhenhai for 300 years. The organizational system of Zhenhai County has remained unchanged since the Republic of China.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to factors such as political and economic construction, organizational changes and county changes occurred frequently. At the end of 1954, 10 towns in the northern part of Longshan were placed under Cixi County; 5 towns including Hetou and Changshi in Cidong were placed under Zhenhai; and Tanhu Island at the mouth of Hangzhou Bay was placed under Shengsi. In 1958, it was transferred from Yuyao County to Wenxi Township; at the end of the same year, the county was withdrawn and merged into Ningbo City. In January 1963, the organizational structure of Zhenhai County was restored. In July 1985, it was merged into Ningbo City again. In October of the same year, the county system was officially abolished and Ningbo Zhenhai District was established. Zhenhai County was named in the 299th year of its history. The county lasted 1077 years from its establishment to its dissolution.

Zhenhai District includes 7 towns and streets, namely Shupu Town, Jiulonghu Town, Zhaobaoshan Street, Jiaochuan Street, Luotuo Street, Guisi Street and Zhuangshi Street. Pupu Town includes 2 communities and 7 villages, namely Huiyuan and Guangyuan communities, Yuyan, Miaodai, Shiqifang, Juedu, Yanshan, Wantang and Lanshan villages. Jiulonghu Town includes 2 communities and 11 villages, namely Siyuan and Longyuan communities, Tiangu, Wenxi, Changshi, Xihe, Xijingtang, Jiulonghu, Zhongxin, Hetou, Tianyangchen, Changhong, Dujia'ao Village. Zhaobaoshan Subdistrict includes 10 communities, namely Chengdong, Shengli Road, Zongpu Bridge, Houjie Street, Zhanzhan Road, Shunlong, Ximen, Bailong, Haigang and Zhangjianqi communities.

Jiaochuan Subdistrict includes 13 communities and 8 villages, namely Yufan, Linjiang, Yinfeng, Hongqiao, Wulipai, Dongxin Road, Zhongyi, Shitangxia, Qingfeng, Houshi, Zhendian, and Petrochemical Three Construction, refining and chemical communities, Qingshuipu, Mianfeng, Dujiaqiao, Nanhong, Yanjiang, Chenjia, Yufan, Yingzhou Village. Luotuo Subdistrict includes 11 communities and 9 villages, namely Zhongjie, Shengjia, Nanyi, Jingyuan, Lianqing, Jinhua, Jinyi, Jianggang Lake, Gaoshufang, Jindong, Xinchen Community, Luotuo, Yu 3. Dongjiafan, Chaoyang, Tuanqiao, Shangzhi, Luoxing, Qingshui Lake, Jingde Village. Guisi Sub-district includes 1 community and 7 villages, namely Guisi Community, Xingfeng, Miaoshengsi, Dongqian, Guisi, Lidongqiao, Minlian and Shahe Village. Zhuangshi sub-district includes 9 communities and 6 villages, namely Xingzhuang Road, Zhuangshi, Zhuangyi, Chenni Road, Gaojiao, Tongxinhu, Zhongxing, Jinxiu, Lianxing communities, Guangming, Qinyong, Zhongbao, Yongwang, Wanshi Xu, Hantang Village. (As of the end of 2019).