Hangzhou Bay New Zone Endeavors to Become “Dragon Bay” in China

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Friday, 01 June 2018 10:33

Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Zone will invest 50 billion yuan to build itself into a “Dragon Bay” that is as good as the “Wolfsburg” of Germany in eight years. The 2018-2025 Development Plan for Automobile Industry in Hangzhou Bay New Zone, officially published on the first Dragon Bay Forum held at Hangzhou Bay New Zone on May 29th, sounds the clarion call to march into the global automobile science and technology revolution.

It is reported that the zone will invest 50 billion yuan to promote the automobile industry and give all-dimensional support to enterprises, projects and talents settled in the zone in the forthcoming eight years with priority given to “Made in China 2025” pilot city construction. It will endeavor to be a global hub for new energy and intelligent connected vehicles manufacturing, a world-renowned automobile technology R&D center as well as a destination for worldwide known automobile brands to settle in by 2025. Meanwhile, it aims to reach a production capacity of 2 million vehicles with a total output value of 400 billion yuan and 500,000 new energy

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Jiangbei Helps Boost Tourism in Ceheng

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Friday, 01 June 2018 10:30

Situated at the foot of a hill and beside rivers, the village of Bouyei ethnic minority is dotted with century-old diaojiaolou (stilted buildings), attracting people with its distinctive diet culture, and embroidery craft and traditional customs that have been passed down through generations. Now, the pictures of Ceheng County, Qianxinan District, Guizhou Province can be found on Ningbo subways and platforms.

 “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. We shall help the locals broaden their horizons and enhance the region’s capacity for accommodating tourists. We shall work to optimize the industrial structure and enlarge the tourism pie which has an output value of billions of yuan. This means we will implement targeted poverty reduction and alleviation measures to improve people’s livelihood.” said a cadre of the Jiangbei District who was transferred to work in Ceheng County.

Ceheng is one of the 14 counties of extreme poverty in Guizhou Province. According to the cadres of Ceheng County, since 1996, Ningbo as a coastal city, has helped promote the development of the inland  Qianxinan District, and Jiangbei and Ceheng has therefore been good friends for about twenty years. Since 2014, with our concerted efforts, the local poverty proportion has dropped from 40% to 15.86%.

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Successful Trial in Planting Stropharia Rugosoannulata in Zhangxi

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Friday, 01 June 2018 10:31

“We succeed in planting red mushrooms.” Xu Xingwei, a villager from Haishu district, has recently released a good news in the WeChat Circle of Friends.

The fresh red mushrooms look like “red umbrella” in the farm. “The red mushrooms planted last year has entered the harvesting period though the production has not reached large-size. However, the farmers who purchased red mushrooms give good feed-backs.”, said Xu Xingwei.

According to the data, the scientific name of red mushroom is Stropharia rugosoannulata, one of the top ten mushroom species on the

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New varieties of melon attract people’s eyes

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Friday, 01 June 2018 10:26

With the coming of the summer, the melons and fruits have been ready for harvest at the agricultural technology demonstration zone located near the Dongqian Lake.

When coming to the sweet melon greenhouse of the demonstration zone set up by Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences, one can see the white sweet melons hanging from the branches rather than lying on the ground as they should be. According to a senior agronomist from the academy, there are now 98 varieties of the sweet melon at the greenhouse.

To hang up the melons will increase the planting density and improve the appearance of them by exposing them more evenly to the sunshine. However, it also demands a more careful management. With the drip fertilization and irrigation technology and meticulous care, the new varieties of melon taste sweeter than the ordinary ones. So far, the planting area of the sweet melon in Ningbo has exceeded 45,000 mu, with about 40% of them being the hanging-up varieties.

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