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Ningbo will start the certification and registration of e-sports athletes- See more ...

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the General Administration of Market Supervision, and the Bureau of Statistics recently...

University of Nottingham Ningbo celebrates 15th anniversary- See more ...

On the afternoon of April 10th, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China celebrated its 15th anniversary, and held a “birthday dance...

Mustard harvest in Yuyao- See more ...

The vegetable grower salted the freshly harvested mustard. (Photo by Xu Neng and Fang Wen)...

Intelligent water treatment in Yuehu Lake- See more ...

On the afternoon of April 8, the beautiful Yuehu Lake under the blue sky. (Photo by Liu Bo and Sha...

Razor clam feast- See more ...

The razor shell is especially fat and tender during the time of Qingming. (Photo by Hu Long) The first Zhanqi Razor...

First robot market of China opens in Yuyao

Details: Category: Ningbo District; Published: Tuesday, 22 May 2018 07:59

The settlement ceremony of the enterprises at the Robot Expo City of the Yangtze River Delta area as well as the launching ceremony of the smart equipment and application exhibition was held in Yuyao County on May 9. As is reported, the expo city will attract the settlement of 120 smart manufacturing enterprises and the annual turnover will reach two billion yuan.

The Robot Expo City of the Yangtze River Delta area, located at the northern high-speed rail station of Yuyao County, with a total construction area of 15,700 square meters, is the first demonstration base located at a high-speed rail station for smart equipment exhibition, docking, application and innovation in China,

Planting of early-season rice completed

Details: Category: Ningbo District; Published: Wednesday, 09 May 2018 03:05

The planting of the early-seasoned rice of this year has completed, said the Planting Center of Ningbo Bureau of Agriculture. Despite the large-scale decrease of the minimum purchasing price for rice nationwide, the planting area of the early-seasoned rice this year stood at 168,000 mu, almost the same as that of last year.

The planters are less motivated as the national minimum purchasing price for the early-seasoned rice this year has decreased by 0.2 yuan per kilogram. To address the problem, Ningbo has taken such measures as adjusting the planting structure, attracting more orders and increasing government subsidies.

Shanghai-Jiaxing-Ningbo Railway to be built

Details: Category: Ningbo District; Published: Sunday, 29 April 2018 13:25

Recently, the Shanghai-Jiaxing-Ningbo Railway, as a part of the Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo Railway network, has been listed among the national development plan for railway construction and has launched the pre-construction research. Currently, the survey and design work of the railway has been well under way.

As a major high-speed railroad across the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the railway will enhance the position of Ningbo railway hub in the national railway network on a large scale. Upon completion, it will greatly shorten the distance between Ningbo and such major cities as Shanghai, Suzhou and Beijing, and reduce the travel time and cost for passengers. It will also include Ningbo in the one-hour traffic circle of Shanghai, and shorten the time from Ningbo to Beijing within five hours.

Bohemian Hue in Ningbo Grand Theater

Details: Category: Ningbo District; Published: Wednesday, 09 May 2018 03:01

5 On the evening of May 1st, the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra gave the eleventh performance in the music season at the Ningbo Grand Theater. The concert was directed by Xia Xiaotang, permanent command of the Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra, permanent conductor of the Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra, and professor of the command department in the Central Conservatory of Music.

In the first half of the concert were two suites of L'Arlesienne which is a drama of a French literary giant, Daudet. Bizet, a French composer wrote 27 pieces of orchestral music for the play, showing his fresh style in orchestration. Before performance, Mr. Xia Xiaotang, in his vivid and humorous language, analyzed the structure and content of the play to the

Damuwan New City is expected to complete the sponge city construction of 3 square kilometers this year

Details: Category: Ningbo District; Published: Wednesday, 09 August 2017 06:12

“As an emerging city in the early stage, the Damuwan New City is more conducive to promote the construction of sponge city than the old cities.” In March this year, the Damuwan New City was listed as the first pilot area of sponge city in Xiangshan county. As present, the new city has built the area of sponge city covering 2.4 square kilometers with a 149-million-yuan investment.

It is reported that in the construction of sponge city, the Damuwan New City has inherent advantages in resources. It links to open sea, has saline and fresh water two major water systems and 27 rivers in the area, possessing the “sponge” ability to absorb and liberate. “Permeable pavement is widely used in roads, squares and parking. And in the aspect of landscape greening, we take various ways, such as sunk greening, plant ecological ditch and ramp waterfront.”, said Wang Li, the leader of the engineering department in this project.