In the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to Yue State. In the twenty-fifth year of Qin Dynasty (222 BC), the county was named Huiji County. Legend has it that in the Qin Dynasty, there was a very filial Yanwu. After his father died, he built a grave out of mud, and a group of crows helped him. As a result, the crow's mouth and beak were injured, so it was called Wu Shang County. In Xin Mang (AD 9), the county name was changed to Wu Xiao. At the beginning of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was also called Wu Shang. He used to be a captain in Huijixi. In the third year of Chuping (192), the western regions were divided and Changshan County (later Jinhua County) was established. In the eighth year of Wu Chiwu in the Three Kingdoms (245), Yongkang County was located in the south. In the first year of Baoding (AD 266), Huiji County (Changshan County) was located in the west of Dongyang County, and Wu Shang County belonged to Dongyang County. In the ninth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (589), Wu Zhou was divided and Wu Zhou was established. In the 4th year of Tang Wude (62 1), Chouzhou was located in Wu Shang County, which was divided into two counties: Wuxiao and Huachuan. In the seventh year of Wude (624), Chouzhou was abolished, and Wu Xiao and Huachuan merged into one county, renamed Yiwu County. Chouzhou is named after the thick mountain (Desheng Rock). Huachuan, also known as Xiuchuan, is named after Xiuhu. Yiwu has the same meaning as Wu Shang and Wu Xiao. In the second year of Tang Dynasty (686), Dongyang County was established in the east of Yiwu County. In the 13th year of Tianbao (754), Puyang County (now Pujiang County) was established in the northern part of the county and parts of Lanxi and Fuyang. Yiwu was under the jurisdiction of general manager office, Wuzhou Road in Yuan Dynasty. In the 18th year of Zheng Zheng (1358), Zhu Yuanzhang captured Wuzhou and changed Wuzhou Road to Ningyue House. In the 22nd year of Zheng Zhi (1362), it was renamed Jinhua House. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the affiliation of Yiwu remained unchanged. After the Revolution of 1911, the abandoned official system was replaced by Taoism, and Yiwu belonged to Jinhua Road. 1927 waste road system was changed to provincial and county two-level system, and Yiwu was directly under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province. After the establishment of the Administrative Supervision Department, Yiwu was subordinate to Jinhua District or fourth area, Zhejiang Province. Yiwu was liberated on May 8th 1949. After the founding of New China, Yiwu was subordinate to Jinhua District. Pujiang merged into Yiwu in 1959, but it was still separated in 1967. 1988, Yiwu County was abolished and Yiwu City (county level) was established.