Harvest in vegetable greenhouse

Workers in a vegetable green house in Cixi are busy picking vegetables

Job opportunities for the disabled

Job opportunities for the disabled

On February 22, 2012 Spring Special Job Fair for the Disabled was held in Ningbo Employment Service Center for the Disabled. 67 employers provided 695 posts for the disabled, and 86 people among the over 500 candidates finally reached employment intention on the scene.

Sea of flowers greeting the party congress

On the afternoon of February 20, a party flag pattern was formed with potted flowers by garden workers at the north gate of Ningbo Grand Theater. These days, over 120,000 pots of flowers were displayed at the north and south gates of the Grand Theater Square to greet the coming Ningbo Party Congress.

Visiting the Orchid Expo

On February 19, many citizens came to the Flower World of Luotuo Street, Zhenhai District, to visit the 22nd China Orchid Expo. So far, the Expo has received over 50,000 visitors from inside and outside the province.

Riding the taxi getting more expensive again

Riding the taxi getting more expensive again without improvements in service and cleanliness.

As you might have noticed, the taxis have gone up again by 1 Rmb. So totaling 2 Rmb above the meter showing.

Ningbo to renovate 35 back streets this year

According to a meeting on the city management held recently, this year, Ningbo will go on the comprehensive renovation of the back streets in central urban areas. Of the 48 back streets in the plan, 35 will get renovated. This program aims to further improve the people's living environment.

Reportedly, The innovation program includes 16 engineering projects including road leveling and so on. In 2012, the city plans to renovate 48 back streets, 17 in Haishu, 12 in Jiangdong, 7 in Jiangbei, 5 in Zhenhai, 7 in Beilun. According to the plan, the renovation of 35 back streets will be finished this year, 11 in Haishu, 11 in Jiangdong, 7 in Jiangbei, 3 in Zhenhai, and 3 in Beilun. Together with the renovation program, the sewage drainage system of the streets will be improved

Sum for social relief in last year: 8 million yuan

In Kongpu Community, 111 poverty-stricken families got aided for the New Year;

residents have got consumer subsidies; people in straitened circumstances are aided with consumer subsidies; the standard of minimum living allowance has been rising; 149,000 aged people have got living subsidies; people in straitened circumstances are secured with various medical services--these are some of the improvements of the living conditions of the people in Ningbo.

Statistics show that in 2011, Ningbo spent 813,230,000 yuan on social relief.

In the year, 149,000 aged people were benefitted by the monthly subsidy of 50-300 yuan. For this program, the city paid about 74 million yuan. Some counties, cities and districts in Ningbo released even more preferential policies in this respect.

In Zhenhai and Yinzhou districts, the monthly subsidy for a centenarian is 500 yuan. In Cixi City, a person aged between 80 and 98 covered by the minimum living allowance has 30% more than the minimum living allowance. 20,317 houses of the aged people have "All-service telephones" installed for free, to ensure they are serviced in emergencies.

In Ningbo 304 rural community service centers were built or rebuilt and the rural community service centers have added up to 1,655, accounting for 70% of administrative villages.

The party committees and governments of various levels are much concerned about the lives of the poverty-stricken people, taking actions to them solve difficulties caused by consumer goods price rises.

By the end of September 201, the city for three times granted consumer subsidies. These subsidies have totaled 23,370,500 yuan, benefitting 172,227 people.

By the end of December 2011, to 43,533 households of minimum living allowance the city had dealt out 207,426,200 yuan as funds of relief, increased by 16% above the same period of the previous year

A ship of Maersk calls Daxie Port

On February 18, MAERSK EDISON, a ship carrying 13102 teus, called Ningbo Daxie China Merchants International Container Terminal. There it unloaded 7,575 TEUs and loaded 568 TEUs. It is the first ship of Maersk that calls Daxie Port, indicating that the AE20 line of Maersk was officially open in Ningbo Daxie China Merchants International Container Terminal. This line will considerably promote the shipping business of Daxie. MAERSK EDISON, of the UK, 141,649 in tonnage, is one of the largest container ships of Maersk.