The newspaper was founded on 8 August 1949 under the name Yongjiang Daily as the official newspaper of the Ningbo Prefectural Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

In July 1950, Yongjiang Daily merged with Ningbo People's Daily and changed its name to Ningbo Times.

After the 3rd plenary session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Ningbo News resumed publication on 1 June 1980, and was co-sponsored by the Ningbo Municipal Committee of the CCP.

In March 2018, Ningbo Daily won the Third National Top 100 Newspapers [zh] in China.

[2][3] During the 2012 protests against the PX project in Zhenhai District, Ningbo, the Ningbo Daily published an article claiming that citizen demonstrations undermined the stability and development of the overall situation, causing dissatisfaction among the demonstrators.