Xinzhi Hotel, which is known as Ningbo State Guest House, locates in the core area of Haishu District. It is surrounded on three sides by water and keeps quiet in a noisy neighbourhood. It has a beautiful garden designed with Jiangnan characteristics and a strong cultural heritage, which is known as "Diaoyutai of Ningbo". It has successfully received party and state leaders and has honorably received foreign heads of state and friendly personnel delegation. As the government reception base in Ningbo, it has made certain contributions to Ningbo's tourism.

So far, hotel has 115 comfortable guest rooms, which are distributed in East Building, North Building and West Building. The traditional Chinese architectures with different characteristics successively locate at two sides of the river.