Ningbo-Seoul chartered flight opens

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Category: Ningbo Business

Published: Monday, 25 June 2012 09:43

Thanks to the Expo Yosu 2012, the tourist flow between Ningbo and South Korea increases. According to the up-to-date statistics by Ningbo Municipal Tourist Administration, in the first five months this year, Ningbo received 11,236 tourists from South Korea, up by 64.44% over the same period of last year. In the same period, 14,139 went to South Korea, increased by 46.11% over the precious year. South Korea has become the destination that grows fastest for tourists of Ningbo to foreign countries.

On July 17 will open Ningbo Tourism Promotion Week at the Expo Yosu. So far, the travel agencies in Ningbo are taking action. Ningbo China Youth Travel Company is offering a tourist line by Costa Cruise Lines to Yosu and Cheju Island. From June 22 on, Ningbo-Seoul chartered flight opens every Monday and Friday.

Financing service month for Taiwan-funded enterprises opened

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Category: Ningbo Business

Published: Monday, 25 June 2012 09:39

On June 15, Ningbo Financing Service Month for Taiwan-Funded Enterprises opened in Nanyuan Hotel. The service month aims to improve the financial services for the Taiwan-funded enterprises in Ningbo and the environment for investment so as to give greater support to the cross-straits economic and trade exchanges.

At the opening ceremony of the service month, Ningbo Branch of Shanghai Bank singed an agreement with Ningbo Municipal Office of Taiwan Affairs on the comprehensive banking services of 5 billion yuan for the Taiwan-funded enterprises in Ningbo.

The investment by the Taiwan-funded enterprises in Ningbo covers 25% of the total investment Ningbo has introduced. And the Taiwan-funded enterprises play a great role in the process of the industrial upgrading of Ningbo. The global financial crisis has caused difficulties for the Taiwan-funded enterprises and to an extent affected the economic and trade exchanges of Ningbo and Taiwan. Under this situation, Ningbo Bureau of the State Foreign Exchange Administration Bureau hosted this service month to strengthen the cooperation in banking business between Ningbo and Taiwan, to strengthen the financial support to the Taiwan-funded enterprises and to promote development of places.

For the present situation when Ningbo's foreign economy suffers from tremendous pressure, in March, the Ningbo Bureau of the State Foreign Exchange Administration Bureau started a program entitled "Financing Service Year for Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises. With this program, Ningbo aims to strengthen the link between banks and enterprises, to enhance the financing environment and to give preferential financing services to the foreign-related small and medium-sized enterprises.

Meeting of World Textile and Garment Supply Chain opened in Ningbo

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Category: Ningbo Business

Published: Monday, 25 June 2012 09:42

The 3-day meeting of the world textile and garment supply chain opened in Ningbo on June 19. Sun Ruizhe, vice director of China National Textile And Apparel Council, and Liu Haiquan, Member of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, spoke at the forum.

The theme of the meeting is the brand mode and the innovation of the supply chain, and the topics of the meeting include such issues as how Chinese textile and garment enterprises should adjust their "business orientation", re-construct the supply chain, balance the relations of the supply chain and maximize the effect of the supply chain.

The meeting will have such activities as themed speeches, the forums on special topics, dialogues, questions and answers, round table meetings, and products display and so on, for the exchanges of the enterprises in the supply chain of textile and garment industry.

The meeting is jointly hosted by China National Textile And Apparel Council and Ningbo Municipal Government.

Youngor Business School founded

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Category: Ningbo Business

Published: Monday, 25 June 2012 09:38

On the morning of June 18, Zhejiang Textile & Fashion College and Youngor Group signed an agreement on the joint establishment of Youngor Business School. Wang Huizhong, Member of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, announced the founding of the school. At the founding ceremony, Wang expressed his hope that the two parties would actively explore the way to deepen the school and enterprise cooperation so as to bring about qualified personnel for Ningbo.

Wang Jianbo, Member of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Secretary-general of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, and Zhang Minghua, Vice Mayor of Ningbo, were present at the founding ceremony.

The agreement specifies that following the principle of "cooperation in the management of the school, in education, in employment and in development", Youngor Group should put a fund of 12 million yuan for the business school in such aspects as the training of teachers, the employment of spare-time teachers, the awarding of teachers and students and the support to poor students. In the meantime, Zhejiang Institute of Textile and Garment should train personnel for garment enterprises and personnel of management for Youngor Group and help Youngor Group solve the problem of shortage of personnel.

After the founding ceremony of Youngor Business School, Wang Huizhong visited the practice base of the College, the fashion-design studio, the computer aided printing workshop, the exhibition room of students works and the sales shops. Wang Huizhong fully confirmed the achievements the College has made in its practice of the "3 thinks and three pursues".