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Trade volume of Ningbo air import and export over$2.1 billion

Ningbo airport economy develops fast. The trade volume of Ningbo air import and export in the first half of year, according to Ningbo Customs, has exceeded $2.1 billion, up by 5.5% over the same period of 2012. 
    The trade volume with the European Union and the United States, the two major trade partners, has reached $620 million and $290 million respectively. The trade volume of the foreign capital enterprises, the main importer and exporter, has achieved $1.29 billion, up by 8% over the same period.  
    Compared with the traditional sea transport, air transport is faster and more convenient. 
With the establishment of Ningbo Lishe Bonded Logistics Area and the Airport Logistics Area(phase I) , Ningbo is becoming an airport freight distribution center at the south part of the Yangtze River Delta. The airport transport network will continue to expand Ningbo’s foreign trade scale and push the development of Ningbo export-oriented economy. 

Ningbo to enforce strictest management system of water resources

The other day, Ningbo Municipal Government released a document in which it is stipulated that Ningbo shall enforce the strictest management system of water resources and accelerate the ecological construction. From 2013 to 2020, by the enforcement of the strictest management system of water resources and the ecological construction, Ningbo should put have total water utilization into effective control, that the efficiency of water utilization should be notably raised and that the quality of the functional water zones should be notably improved. 
By 2016, the annual total water utilization should be within 2.44 billion cubic meters, the per 10,000-yuan-GDP water utilization should be bellow 30 cubic meters, the per-10,000-yuan-industrial-added-value water utilization should be bellow 14.5 cubic meters, and the available factor of agricultural irrigation water should be increased to 0.58. 71% of the key water functional zones should have the water quality reach the standard and 100% of the drinking water sources for the county-level places should be up to the standard. 
In the enforcement of the strictest system on water resources, Ningbo will enforce the control line of total water utilization, enforce Comprehensive Plan of Ningbo Water Resources, specify the control line of total water utilization, and governments of all levels should announce the list of key water resources. 

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Happy summer holiday on Songlanshan Mountain Beach

The Songlanshan Mountain Beach greeted 35,000 tourists, the peak number since the beginning of the summer, on last weekend. Visitors from Ningbo, Hangzou, Shanghai and Jiangsu Province enjoyed a happy summer holiday on the beach.

More visitors attracted to Fengmenkou area

With its wonderful beaches and beautiful scenery, Fengmenkou Scenic Spot (located in Hepu Town), the only one provincial-level forest park located on an island, attracts an increasing number of visitors.

Xiangshan’s investment in the fixed assets reaches 5.903 billion yuan this year

According to Xiangshan County Development and Reform Bureau, from January to June this year, the county completed the investment 5.903 billion yuan in the fixed assets reaches, increased by 18.9% year on year, 4.9 points above the growth rate in the same period of previous year. In terms of growth rate, it ranks No.8, in front of Jiangbei, Beilun and Fenghua City. 
In this year, following the general investment promotion plan of Ningbo, Xiangshan Party Committee and Xiangshan Government took various measures to promote investment and this resulted in the fast growth of the investment in fixed assets. 
 “In the first half of this year, there is a notable increase in the investment in the second and third industries and this has laid down a good foundation for the development in the coming years,” said a related person of Xiangshan Development and Reform Bureau. Statistics show that in the first half of this year, the investment in the first industry added up to 195 million yuan, dropping by 3.87 year on year; the investment in the second industry reached 1.418 billion yuan, increased by 36.7%; the investment in the third industry reached 4.29 billion yuan, increased by 15.2%. The private investment amounted to 3.241 billion yuan, increased by 11.1% year on year, and covering 54.9% of the total. 

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