In 1949, after the Nationalist armies 'defense of the Chang Jiang (Yangtse River) collapsed, the Nationalists abandoned Shanghai and Ningpo. Leading figures from the ROC government, including Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Chiang Wei-kuo, all stopped over in Zhoushan.
民國卅八年，江南失守，寧波、上海跟著棄守，一時間，軍政要員大多撤到舟山群島，包括蔣中正、蔣經國、蔣緯國先生都在舟山停留過。