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The crazier the hats.. the cooler the party!

On October 15th Asia English, Ningbo Guide and the Ningbo Focus invite you to come Ice Skate with us at downtown Ningbo’ s only Skating rink.

This is your chance to get on the ice and have some fun carving up the ice. We welcome all, from beginners to advanced skaters, and can help you if you are a first timer!

We have made it easy for you to have a great time, providing transportation to and from the rink, venue and even equipment. All you need to do is find the craziest hat you can, put it on, and meet us at the Office Bar in Laowaitan at 8:30 pm. We will take it from there!

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Cost is all inclusive for only 60 RMB!

Bring your own drinks… its up to you!

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Tricycle Tour on Holiday

Many citizens, indulging in their week-long holiday, become tricycle passengers on Wanda Square in Yinzhou district.

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Free Haircut for the Elderly

October 5th was the Double Ninth Festival. Voluntary hairdressers from Xiangshan helped 201 senior citizens with their haircut.  The three-day activity gained support and favor from the elderly.

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Business Activity on This Holiday

On Tianyi Square, two people wearing the cartoon costumes of Mickey Mouse drew children’s attention. During the holiday, there were many culture and business activities on the square, attracting many citizens.

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Flowers to Centenarians

October 5th is the Double Ninth Festival. Recently, Central Kindergarten in Jiangdong district and Shuguang community jointly carried out activities of respecting, caring and helping senior citizens. Children sent flowers, cards to the elderly and wished them good health and longevity.

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113 post office spots provide IC card recharging service

From October 9, the post office spots in Ningbo (including the 6 districts and Daxie Island) began to provide the recharging service for the public transportation IC cards. With the joining of the 113 spots, the total number of IC card recharging spots reached 130, and they can be found all over the city.

"The wide distribution of the post office spots is a great supplement to our existing recharging spots." said the official who is in charge of the Citizen Card Administration Company. Since last year, they have attempted to cooperate with the post office by opening 5 recharging spots in the downtown post offices. The result is quite satisfactory, which leads to the opening of the 113 spots.

From now on, the recharging of the regular IC cards and the purchase of the personalized IC card can be done in the 113 post office spots. But the preferential cards such as student cards, senior citizen cards, care cards and free-of-charge cards can only be got from the existing citizen card centers. In addition, according to the Citizen Card Administration Company, the online recharging service for the IC card will have been realized by the end of this year.

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Ningbo becoming the gathering place for foreign-invested enterprises

Word came from the annual conference of Ningbo Foreign-invested Enterprises Society held on October 8 that Ningbo has already become the gathering place for the high-quality foreign investment and foreign-invested enterprises.

Statistics show that every introduction of 100 million dollars of foreign investment means the country can get 100 million yuan as tax revenue and another 3427 job positions will be created. It also means a total export and import value of 145 million dollars and a profit of 157 million yuan.

According to Ningbo Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, in 2010, there were 5772 foreign-invested enterprises with a total investment of 44.21 billion dollars, including a registered capital of 25.56 billion dollars. The realized investment added up to 23.81 billion dollars. By the end of 2010, the total investment, registered capital and realized investment had all increased compared with the previous year, an increase of 4.2 billion dollars, 3.04 billion dollars and 2.53 billion dollars respectively. 3221 foreign-invested enterprises proved profitable, an increase of 182 over the previous year. The profitable enterprises made up 56% of all the enterprises tested, up 3% over the previous year.

As one of the first opening-up coastal cities since the introduction of reform and opening-up policy, Ningbo has been making efforts to attract foreign businesses and investments actively and efficiently in a proper way. The investments have been closely integrated with equipments, technology, management and talents on a certain scale. The consistent inflow of the foreign investment greatly compensated the shortage of fund for Ningbo's development. In the meanwhile,  by bringing in a large quantity of advanced production technology and administration experience, the foreign investment played a significant role in promoting the scientific and technological progress and industrial upgrading, in boosting tax revenue, employment and imports and exports, and in achieving the balanced development of different regions.

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