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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 22 November 2016 02:21
It is learned from Ningbo Development and Reform Bureau that the "smart robot town" and the "smart photo-electricity town" of Yuyao County were listed among the first batch of featured towns for construction in Ningbo, and the "O2O plastic household appliance town" was listed among the first batch of featured towns for cultivation. Together with the "mold town", which was included in the second group of featured towns in Zhejiang Province at the beginning of this year, there have been four featured towns in Yuyao County that have been chosen as featured towns at the provincial or municipal level.
With a planned area of three square kilometers and a total investment of five billion yuan, the smart robot town is based on the "1000-talent plan" industrial park and will be built as the first-class featured town integrating smart equipment research and development, design, manufacturing and application in China based on the smart manufacturing institute of Ningbo and the "1000-talent plan" expert teams. So far, 38 projects have been signed for the town, including the "3D printing architecture dream factory" and the smart economic projects led by Gan Zhongxue and Sun Yunquan, and 22 experts have settled down in the town. The 18,000-square meter comprehensive service center has started construction since the end of October.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 22 November 2016 02:18
In the first nine months this year, the import and export trade in Jiangbei District grew rapidly. The import and export volume increased by 5.3%, 11.8 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of the whole city, while the export volume increased by 3.5%, 10.5 percentage points higher than the average, and the approved outbound investment volume increased by 150.1%. The district ranks No.1 in Ningbo in terms of the above three aspects.
Trade and investment attraction is the focus of the rapid development of the foreign trade in Jiangbei District. In the first three quarters, the district attracted the settlement of 164 foreign trade enterprises, with a total import and export volume of US$197 million thanks to its No.1 project of business and investment introduction. In addition to the expansion of business scale, the district has improved the export commodity structure, with the high-tech products accounting for 13.2% of the total export.
In the domain of outbound investment, the district promoted the merger project of the Oriental Shenghao Investment Co. Ltd. with an approved outbound investment of US$250 million. Statistics show that the district has so far expanded its outbound investment to 65 foreign countries or regions.
The rapid growth of the import and export volume is also attributed to innovation. In 2016, the foreign trade platform established by the Home-dollar Import and Export Co. Ltd. becomes the incubator for distinguished entrepreneurial teams and innovative projects with its high-quality products, reasonable price, rich channels and individualized practical guidance to help the college graduates to start their own businesses. So far, the platform has attracted the settlement of over 400 college graduates. With their innovative power, the enterprises concerned are expecting better performance. In the first three quarters, the company achieved an export volume of US$147 million, up by 32.2% over the same period of last year
