The event was jointly sponsored by the Publicity Department of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Ningbo Municipal People's Government.
The opening ceremony also saw the signing of agreements for 14.55 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) in cultural and tourism investment projects in Ningbo.
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