Yiwu 's a city of about 2,000,000 people in central Zhejiang Province near the central eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. The city's famous for its small commodity trade and vibrant free markets and's a regional tourist destination. Although administratively Yiwu's a county-level city, its fame nationally surpasses that of Jinhua, the prefecture-level city of which it's technically under jurisdiction. History Yiwu was founded in the Qin dynasty, at or about 222 BC. Yiwu's long his… (More on Yiwu)