The planning scope of Ningbo Qianwan New District is a contiguous coastal space surrounded by Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New District, Sino-Italian Ningbo Ecological Park, Cixi High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Hangzhou Bay Innovation Economic Zone, with a total area of about 604 square kilometers from Sima Line in Cixi City to Shengshan Town Boundary to Shuiyunpu in the east, Luheng in Sitang to Changhe Town Boundary in the south, Hengjiang in Tang Chao to Xincheng Avenue and Mingzhou Avenue in the west and Linshan Town Boundary in Yuyao in the north.
As a symbolic and strategic platform for the "four major constructions" in the province, from 2065438 to July 9, 2009, Ningbo Qianwan New District was approved by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, and it is also one of the "seven major new districts" in Zhejiang Province. Being selected into the first batch of Zhejiang high-energy strategic platform cultivation list is the only new district entrusted with the mission of building a Shanghai-Zhejiang high-level cooperation demonstration zone on behalf of Zhejiang, which is clearly defined in the Outline of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Integration Development Plan.