City launches first aid training program

City launches first aid training program

In a recent program, 55 employees working in public institutions in Haishu District of Ningbo received first aid training to improve the public's skills in first aid and emergency response.

The 4th lake leisure festival opened

The 4th lake leisure festival opened

The fourth Chinese lake leisure festival was held in Dongqian Lake area the other day. Six series of activities with different themes about different images of Dongqian Lake were held.

Overall quality of Ningbo private entrepreneurs joins the first ranks

The Chinese Academy of Personnel Science and the Development Research Center of Ningbo Municipal People’s Government jointly released a report recently, saying the overall quality of Ningbo private entrepreneurs has made to the first ranks in China. 
The statistics say that, there are 470,000 private market entities in Ningbo, 94.7% of the total market entities in Ningbo. There are about 120,000 private enterprises, contributing more than 80% of the economic growth. In the 2011 Chinese Private Enterprises Top 500, 20 were from Ningbo, about ten of which made to the Top 100. 
The private entrepreneurs in Ningbo fall into four categories. Most of them have their own business. Those who enter the private business sector after leaving the state-owned enterprises have an easier access to bank resources. Entrepreneurs with experience abroad have a broad perspective and much greater potential to develop. And those who were once professional managers before are more skilled at management. The four categories of entrepreneurs have different backgrounds, ideas about management and goals. 
A survey shows that Ningbo private enterprises have been persisting in developing their own businesses and emphasizing developing new products and brands. After year’s development, they have achieved well in the traditional industries such as fabric, clothes and machinery, in the port-based industries such as steel, electricity and paper-making, in the technological industry such as biomedicine. Ningbo has become the production bases of stationery, mold, plastic machinery, clothes and household appliances in China. All these are attributed to the fact that Ningbo private enterprises, while enjoying port resources, have seized the historic opportunity to develop the private economy.

Prize giving ceremony for Technology Business Plan Competition held

The prize giving ceremony for the Technology Business Plan Competition was held in Ningbo Innovation Port on the afternoon of Sept. 22. A total number of 105 awards worth of 7.9 mln yuan were unveiled on the ceremony. The more exciting news was that 23 business plans on the competition had successfully raised fund of 340 mln yuan.
The competition was jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ningbo Municipal Government. Since its launch in March and especially since the special report of building Ningbo into an angelic city written on June, 14, the authority had endeavored to encourage more private capitals to invest in Ningbo and more talents to start businesses here. In answer to the government’s appeal, many departments and offices such as the Municipal Personnel Office and Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau went to Beijing and Shanghai and held advertising activities there. What’s more, they also sent invitations to over 200 overseas students’ organizations via Overseas Students Association and Chinese Professional Association and other agents. At the beginning of this month, Wang Huizhong, the Party Secretary led a team to Silicon Valley and New York and held talks with overseas talents, appealing them to start businesses in Ningbo.
In the meantime, the competition made changes on the reward mechanism, setting up a special award to overseas talents who start businesses in Ningbo. Among which two are awards for overseas elites, each with a sum of one mln yuan. And the winners of these two awards were announced on the spot, being the program leaded by Dr. Dai Junhui and the program of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology respectively.
Zhai Lixin, Deputy Director of the Department of Policy, Regulations and Reform of the Ministry of Science and Technology made his congratulation on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Technology and expressed his sincere hope that Ningbo could be built into an angelic city, an innovative city as well as an entrepreneurial city. 

Video dialogue settles international trade disputes

Recently, local quality watchdog successfully settled a trade dispute through the internet with a US Company over the quality problems of the toys imported from a Ningbo manufacturer. The later agreed to pay the US side 20,000 yuan as compensation.

A few days ago, the Administration Bureau for Industry & Commerce in Fenghua of Ningbo received an e-mail from a US company named Lyco product LLC, complaining the colors of the $34,000 toys it imported from a Fenghua Toy Factory are inconsistent with the original samples. The Administration for Industry & Commerce soon conducted an investigation in the involved toy factory.

According to the investigation, the US company sent representatives a month ago to the Fenghua toy factory and signed a contract worth $ 34,000. The contracted stated that the seller's duties are complete as soon as the goods are delivered to the carrier.

After an in-depth investigation into the toy quality, the two sides had no objection to the quality of the sample after a face-to-face negotiation. The contract failed to make a clear agreement on the product quality, appearance, and color. The US buyer neither sent an inspector nor retained the samples for later identification.

Eventually, both sides accept the ruling of the local safety watchdog. The toy manufacturer agreed to compensate 20,000 yuan to the US company.

Ningbo University seeks co-ops with government deparment

Yesterday, Ningbo University(NBU) signed a package of strategic co-operation agreements with 10 government departments including the Municipal Politics and Law Commission, the Civil Administration Bureau, and the Development Research Center. Besides, the university and Ningbo Daily Newspaper Group jointly set up an internship base for the journalism majors. Yu Hongyi, the Publicity Minister of Ningbo, and Zhang Minghua, the vice mayor, attended the signing ceremony.

According to the agreements, NBU will strengthen co-operations in the fields of information, scientific research, personnel training and exchanges, and construction of cooperation platforms.

Yu fully affirmed Ningbo University's efforts and achievement in serving local economy. She hoped that NBU shall continue its effort to serve the local economic and social development and enhance the capability to solve major economic and social issues in Ningbo. She urges NBU to further strengthen cooperation and exchange with more government departments, and jointly promote the sustainable development of Ningbo’s economy, order and culture.

Free bus rides on offer for Car Free Day

Commuters in Ningbo can enjoy a free ride on the bus on Saturday September 22 as part of China's Car Free Day activities, said Ningbo Municipal Government this Tuesday. On September 22, free bus services will be offered in Ningbo. The move is to encourage motorists to give up their cars for a day. Meanwhile, the city plans to open up more bus lanes to improve bus speed and encourage more people to use public transport.

This Saturday marks the annual China's Car Free Day. According to Ningbo's transportation departments, from 0:00 to 24:00 on Saturday, Yinzhou, Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei, Zhenhai, Beilun District will offer free bus rides for passengers to raise public awareness of energy conservation and environmental protection.

This is not the first time Ningbo offers free bus rides for the public. When the typhoon "anemones" made the city a flood of water on August 10 and 11, the municipal government offered free public transport to ease the traffic pressure. The move has been applauded by the general public. On September 22, Ningbo will launch another free bus rides program. "It is meant to encourage people to use public transport and give up their cars for a day," said an official of the Municipal Transportation Bureau. From 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, the rightmost lane on the six major roads will be restricted to buses only to speed up public transport. Drivers are urged to give priority to buses on Car Free day.

In addition, Ningbo will launch special public transport services on Car Free Day. A "mini-bus" line will be opened in Higher Education Park in Yinzhou District. Meanwhile, gas-powered buses and LPG/Gasoline Dual-Fuel taxies will be used to promote the concept of "green" traffic.

On "Car Free Day", publicity programs will be held in Zhongshan Square, major bus stations in downtown, and large residential areas

Ningbo's universities see more female students

As a new semester begins in most Ningbo schools last week, many local universities and colleges saw an increase in female students.

In Ningbo Institute of Education, the students are predominantly female in recent years. In 2012, the number of female students in the school accounts for 88 percent, a record high. The school enrolled 1,015 new students in 2012, including 893 females and only 122 males. They enrolled more than 200 pre-school education majors, but only six are male students.

And it's not just vocational schools that are seeing a rise in female students. The same situation happened in some comprehensive universities in Ningbo. Ningbo University enrolled a total of more than 8,000 freshmen this year, and the gender ratio was 45:55 (male to female). Women students definitely dominate such majors as languages study.

Zhejiang Wanli University enrolled 4,989 freshmen, including 2,256 boys and 2,733girls, or 45.2 percent male students and 54.8 percent female students, remaining a similar gender ratio with Ningbo University.

Even science and engineering-based universities like Ningbo University of Technology tend to see higher female enrollment. The school enrolled a total of 3,353 new students this year, with boys accounting for 58.66 percent and girls 41.34 percent. Girls dominate the liberal arts majors, especially language majors. The Japanese language program recruited 51 girls and only 10 boys. Another example is the Chinese Language program, which attracted 70 girls but only 11 boys.

However, many employers in Ningbo prefer male applicants when hiring employees, which makes female graduates more difficult to find jobs and less opportunities to get promotion than their male counterparts.

Brazil increases import tariffs, affecting Ningbo

Brazil has decided to increase the import tariffs it imposes on hundreds of products, the Foreign Trade Commission of Brazil said on September 6. The change is meant to encourage Brazilian companies to make similar products amid the current global economic troubles. The new measure might affect Ningbo's exportation to Brazil.

According to the new measures, the import taxes Brazil imposes on tiles will increase from 15 percent to 35 percent, on bicycles from 20 percent to 35 percent, on air conditioners from 18 percent to 35 percent, and on bicycles and car tires 16 percent to 25 percent.

The substantial increase of tariffs was a surprise to most industry insiders. An even larger tariff hike is on mineral oil, which increases from 4 percent to 25percent.

Inspection and quarantine experts pointed out that major target of Brazil's tariff hike is China. The new measures will also have a direct impact on other Chinese-made products including automobiles, tires, glass, pharmaceutical, mechanical and electrical products, and footwear. China may be the biggest victim of Brazil's protectionism.

In addition, Brazil will also implement anti-dumping sanctions on carbon steel pipe imported from China.

Brazil's move is affecting many exporters in Ningbo, who have seen rising exporting volume to Brazil in recent years.

Statistics from Ningbo Inspection and Quarantine Bureau show, there are more than 1,000 Ningbo exporters to Brazil, exporting 6,977 batches of products from January to August, worth $ 276 million, an increase of 20.27 percent and 11. 73 percent over the same period last year.

Ningbo mainly exports products like automobiles, bike accessories, lamps, small home appliances, and clothing to Brazil. The exportation of agricultural products, chemical industry, machinery and equipment is relatively small.

An owner of a local exporting company said the heavy tariff increases means a price hike of their products, which inevitably hurts the competitiveness in price.

Inspection and quarantine experts pointed out that the enterprises should make efforts to optimize the structure of foreign trade and increase their reputation when carrying out the "go global" strategy.

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Fish and fun in the 1st China International Seafood Expo

On September 15, visitors flocked to the 1st China (South) International Seafood Expo opened in Ningbo. A giant bluefin tuna attracted many seafood lovers, lured not just by the tuna's size but by its good taste.

A lecture

On September 13, Chen Xi'na, a public bus driver and winner of the 5.1 Labor Medal, gave a lecture to party member students of a college of Ningbo Institute of Technology of Zhejiang University.

Ningbo University has new students from Hong Kong

Ningbo University has new students from Hong Kong

This year, Ningbo University enrolled 10 students from Hong Kong and 2 exchange students from Taiwan.

2nd China Marine Economic Investment Fair opened in Ningbo

Last Saturday, the 2nd China Marine Economic Investment Fair kicked off in Ningbo. The three-day event features the 8th China Ocean Forum, the China Ocean Expo and the China (South) International Seafood Expo.

Jointly organized by the Zhejiang Provincial Government and State Oceanic Administration (SOA), the 2nd China Marine Economic Investment Fair is themed at  "developing the knowledge to support the marine economy". The event features products shows, high-end forums, promotions and negotiations, contracts signing, and personnel recruitment.

During the event, a promotion fair will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel, and a number of contracts on high-quality marine economy will be signed. Zhejiang Province plans to set up about 90 sea-related projects with a total investment of over 230 billion yuan, most of which are the high-tech projects.

The 8th China Ocean Forum will focus on marine sustainable development. As a new content, the 1st China (South) International Seafood Expo has attracted more than 200 companies, with 10 percent as international buyers.

In the main exhibition hall, the organizing committee has set up a China pavilion, a coastal provinces pavilion, a Zhejiang coastal cities' pavilion, and a pavilion for China (South) International Seafood Expo. Products representing the highest level of China's marine industry are on display, including the models of China's first deep-water drilling rig CNOOC 981, and the deep-sea manned submersible, Jiaolong. Besides, the organizers will give off first day covers autographed by divers to visitors.

Import/export inspection fee exemption benefits local exporters

The State Council, or China's Cabinet, has recently approved a raft of measures to stabilize growth in foreign trade, which is good news for the tens of thousands of foreign trade companies in Ningbo. According to the Ningbo Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the exemption of import/export inspection fees will hopefully save over 100 million yuan for local exporters in the fourth quarter this year.

Zhang Qionghua, Financial Director of Ningbo Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, said the package of measures might have an immediate effect in Ningbo. According to the newly issued policy, China exempts the entry-exit inspection and quarantine fees in Q4 of 2012 and will further reduce the inspection and quarantine fee since 2013. "Based on the statistics in the same period last year, local exporters are expected to save over 100 million yuan in Q4 this year," she said.

Speeding up payment of tax rebates to exporters will boost foreign trade in Ningbo. The city has started the export tax rebate program since the beginning of this year. It also started a pilot service, which allows the exporters of low-risk goods on a regular basis to apply direct tax rebate. With the new service, they can get their refunding within 20 working days. Meanwhile, the use of online reporting platform facilitates the collection of relevant data and thus shortens the tax rebate process. By end of this July, the tax rebates to exporters had amounted to 31.017 billion yuan, or a daily average of 150 million yuan, benefiting more than 10,000 local exporters.

In response to the new policy of the State Council, Ningbo is encouraging local companies to explore emerging markets. Currently, local exporters have made notable progress in optimizing the export layout. Customs statistics show that in the first seven months of this year, Ningbo exported $2.343 billion to ASEAN, an increase of 14.9 percent over the same period last year. Meanwhile, Ningbo saw rapid export growth in the BRIC countries, which includes a $1.035 billion export to Russia, a year-on-year increase of 8.4 percent, and a $913 million to Brazil, a year-on-year increase of 14.3 percent.

On September 12, the State Council unveiled a slew of measures to stabilize growth in foreign trade. The eight policies call for speeding up the export tax rebate progress,  reducing cost of exporters, protecting the interests of Chinese exporters by properly addressing trade frictions, easing funding difficulties, simplifying administrative procedures, and optimizing foreign trade structure. Currently, concerning departments of Ningbo are stepping up the implementation of the above eight policies.

Autumn exhibition of Ningbo Museum

The autumn season exhibition of Ningbo Museum started with the Exhibition of China Photoxylographical Printing Works that opened the other day. The Museum will have other two special exhibitions and amazing activities, events that will give visitors special experience.

The Exhibition of Dinosaurs, jointly hosted by Ningbo Museum and Zhejiang Natural Museum, will open on September 28 with exhibits including fossils of China Dongyang Dinosaur, Zhejiang Jilan Dinosaure and Tiantai Therizinosaurus. This is so far the largest exhibition of dinosaurs and the first one in Zhejiang Province.

In the autumn exhibition season, Ningbo Museum will present visitors with amazing activities. From October 1 to 10, the heritor of intangible cultural heritage: Yangzhou photoxylographical printing will make on-the-spot show of the procedures of photoxylographical printing handicraft and visitors can experience papermaking and photoxylographical printing. In middle October, The "Oriental Lecture by Ningbo Museum will open again.

Ningbo to promote quality development in the 12th Five-Year-Plan Period

Performance excellence management, CEO of quality, and quality prize for general manager…these are some of the contents of the Quality Month to be held in September with an aim to promote the quality management of enterprises. In the 12th Five-Year-Plan Period, Ningbo will invest 5 billion yuan to promote quality development of the city, an investment larger than ever before.

To vitalizing the city with quality is an important way for Ningbo to transform the development pattern, to improve the quality of development and to strengthen the comprehensive competitiveness of the city. Since 2009, Ningbo Municipal Government has released 15 policies and measures to support the quality development and has stipulated 4 local laws concerning quality. In the past three years, Ningbo has spent 4.2 billion yuan on the quality construction of products, engineering projects, services and environment.

This year, Ningbo will take a series of moves to promote the quality construction so as to be listed in the national demo cities powerful in quality. "Soon will organize experts to go to 30 enterprises to popularize the performance excellence management model," said Zhou Youpu, Director of Quality Division of Ningbo Bureau of Quality Supervision. The performance excellence management model is the quality assessment model adopted for the national quality prize of USA. To popularize this advanced international model among enterprises in Ningbo, Ningbo Municipal Government will spent over 2 million yuan.

CEO of Quality is a unique part of the quality management model of Ningbo and an inevitable part in the evaluation of famous brands, government quality prize assessment and the promotion of standardization. A CEO of Quality is for a vice manager general or higher in rank, who is responsible for the quality of the enterprise with the veto power for the quality and safety work of the enterprise. This year, all leading enterprises of Ningbo will have CEO of Quality. According to the plan, by 2015, the first acceptance rate of large and middle sized projects shall reach 100% and that for other projects shall be above 99%. The satisfaction rate for productive and consumer services shall increase by at least 10% above the 11th Five-year-plan Period.

Ningbo scientific popularity day opened

On September 9, Ningbo Scientific Popularity Day 2012 opened. Yu Hongyi, Member of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Director of Publicity Department of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, Hu Modun, Vice Director of the Standing Committee of Ningbo Municipal People's Congress, and Zheng Yu, Vice Chairman of Ningbo People's Political Consultative Conference, attended the opening ceremony. It reported that from September 9 to late September, over 100 activities of scientific popularity will be organized by the association of sciences of the city.

The event will have colorful activities: a composition contest of scientific popularity for the young people, a Sino-American interview of scientific popularity, a contest of q&a on popular ocean science, promotional activity of community science popularity "food safety and public health" and so on.

From now to late September, over 100 exciting scientific popularity activities will be organized by the associations of science and technology in the 11 countries, cities and districts, the 74 societies and the 49 scientific popularity bases. It is estimated that the activities will attract over 1 million visitors.

The theme of the event is food safety and public health.

Ningbo Farmers' Film Festival to open

According to a news conference held on September 11 by Ningbo Municipal Government, the 5th China (Ningbo) Farmers' Film Festival will start from September 14.

The Farmers' Film Festival started in 2008 and as a cultural event of Ningbo, the festival is quite well known in the country.

According to Zou Daming, Spokesman and Deputy Director of Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, News and Press, the festival will include such events as the countryside premiere of the film "Loyalty and Betrayal", show of the participating movies, the performance of film songs, the election of best liked actors and actresses by famers, and a meeting on the countryside films.

For the famers in mountain areas, the organizing committee of the festival will launch a program to donate film shows to farmers in the old revolutionary base areas and the rural areas in the west regions.

According to Zou Daming, the program of the "movie showing in the rural areas" is a cultural service program initiated by State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television of the P.R.C, in the form that government buys farmers movies. In recent years, with the implement of the program "10,000 film shows for rural areas", Ningbo has in the lead of the country in the target of "one free film every month for a village", all the countryside areas except the old revolutionary base areas and west regions. The organizer of the festival hopes enterprises and individuals will show their concern to the farmers in the old revolutionary base areas and west regions and buy them movies. A donation of 10 yuan can enable a village to watch a free movie