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Eight local farms in Cixi rated as first provincial model family farms

In accordance with Zhejiang Department of Agriculture, eight family farms of Cixi(a county-level city of Ningbo) including Yongseng Vegetable Farm were on the list of the first provincial model family farms published several days ago. Among the 210 family farms listed, 23 goes to Ningbo.
Cixi is the cradle of family farms in Zhejiang Province and also one of the five national models, with a number of 1116 family farms covering 140,000 mu (9,338 hectares). For years, Cixi have put lots of efforts into development of family farms by continuously enhancing land transfer, intensifying governmental supportive policy, standardized management and comprehensive service. As a new-type agriculture managing body, family farms have achieved the optimization grouping of capital, technology and labor, and lifted the land-scale operation level. With its strong radiation function, the appraisal of provincial model family farms will lend impetus to family farms of Cixi.

Tech-job market keeps heating up in Cix

"An average mechanic in our company's could earn an annualincome of about 80,000 yuan ($13,028) last year. The figure is expected to increase by 5 to10 percent this year," said a recruitment manager in a manufacturing company at the annual Cixi Tech-job Fair held recently. 

As local businesses accelerate the pace of transformation and upgrading, many companies are competing for technical workers, especially skilled workers. In the 2014 Cixi Tech-job Fair organized by the local personnel sector, most employers offer a monthly salary starting from in 3,000 yuan ($488.55), some offering as high as 5,500 yuan ($895.68). With their bonuses and other benefits, a mechanic can usually make 60,000 ($9,771) to 80,000 yuan ($13,028)a year. Some companies said the salary they advertised is the lowest salary they offer. In fact, for a skilled mechanic with a few years of work experience, the income can be as high as 100,000 yuan ($16,285) per year. According to Chen Xiongxin, vice president of a local mold manufacturer, the average salary of a fitting mechanic ranges from 2500 to 4000 yuan. One of his mechanic made the highest monthly salary of 10,000 yuan last year.

As an annual event, the Cixi Tech-job Fair takes place to bring job seekers and employers together. Being successfully held for seven sessions since 2008, the job fair serves as a major platform for employers and job-seekers. Statistics show the job fair have so far attracted a total 1,785 companies and more than 60,000 job seekers and offered more than 100,000 jobs. Around 33,000 job-seekers secured preliminary job contracts in the job fair.

Largest garbage incineration power project put into use

It is learned from Ningbo Electric Power Bureau and Ningbo Municipal Commission Economy and Information Technology that Beilun Living Garbage Incineration Power Project, the largest living garbage incineration power project, has been put into use recently.

It is said that with an investment of 560 million yuan and a total equipment capacity of 37MW, the project boasts a daily garbage processing capacity of 1500 tons. The project was implemented in two phases, with 25MW of installed capacity and daily processing capacity of 1000 tons for each stage. It is estimated that the annual quantity of electricity generated will reach over 100 million KWH.

According to Chen Jianping, Deputy-director of Ningbo Urban Environmental Hygiene Administration, the daily living garbage generated in the downtown area (the three urban districts) stands at 4000 tons. The project aims to deal with one fourth of the garbage generated in the central town area.

Ningbo developer fails under weight of HK$4.4b debt

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A closely held Chinese real estate developer with 3.5 billion yuan (HK$4.4 billion) of debt has collapsed and its largest shareholder was detained, said government officials familiar with the matter.


Zhejiang Xingrun Real Estate doesn't have enough cash to repay creditors that include more than 15 banks, with China Construction Bank Corp holding more than 1 billion yuan of its debt, according to the officials, who asked not to be named.

The company's majority shareholder and his son, its legal representative, have been detained and face charges of illegal fundraising, the officials said.

The collapse of the company, based in the eastern town of Fenghua, adds to concern of strains in the nation's real estate sector and comes less than two weeks after the first bond default by a Chinese company. Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology's inability to repay its debt may become China's own "Bear Stearns moment", prompting investors to reassess credit risks as they did after the US securities firm was rescued in 2008, analysts said.

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Sanmen Bay Bridge to be open to traffic

On February 28, the Sanmen Bay Bridge and its linking project passed the preliminary design review organized by Transport Department. With an approximate length of 54.5 kilometers, the bridge will start construction this year, and is expected to be completed and open to traffic by the end of 2018.

According to the preliminary design, the Sanmen Bay Bridge starts from Daigang Port of Xiangshan County, linking the Xiangshan Port Bridge (already open), across Maoyang, Yuejingyang, Long Street of Ninghai County and Shepan island, and ends at Liu’ao of Sanmen County. The Sanmen Bay Bridge is about 11.8 kilometers long and the linking lines on the two sides are 42.7 kilometers long. All the roads are built according to the standard of freeway construction, with a designed speed of 100 kilometers per hour and a total estimated investment of 12.916 billion yuan.

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