Jiangbei District taking measures to promote agricultural innovation

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Monday, 02 April 2012 12:58

In recent years, Jiangbei District has made great efforts to promote agricultural sciences and technologies so as to promote the development of modern agriculture.

Improving the agricultural environment. In line with the decision of the central government, the district formulated and implemented special policies to improve the agricultural innovative capacity, to marketize agricultural technologies and to increase the income of farmers. In the meanwhile, the district has formed a multi-channel investment mechanism, to ensure related programs to be fully funded, to enlarge investment in agricultural sciences and technologies, and to improve the agricultural environment.

In order to foster core competitive power in agriculture, the district has established an agricultural technological popularity system that consists of six government departments of the general agricultural technology popularity station, the general station of agricultural machinery, forestry and special agricultural products station, water conservancy service station, husbandry and veterinary service station, and sea food service station. It has made vigorous efforts to popularize agricultural technologies like water-saving irrigation, formulated fertilization and ecological breeding and so on. It has built 3 national-level standardized demonstrative areas, 3 provincial-level demonstrative areas and 11 municipal-level demonstrative agricultural areas.

Cooperating with higher educational institutions.  The district has established a cooperative relation with Zhejiang University. On result of the cooperation is the Hangtang Fruit Production Base. This base has introduced 32 new technologies, popularized 26 varieties and technologies, and reached the target of standardized production in all the stages of seed breeding and production. In 2011, the production base got upgraded, increasing the per mu output to 20,000 yuan, increased by at least 50%

Dongqian Lake to build a lake recreational complex

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:28

In Dongqian Lake Holiday Resort, the Tulip Festival will open from March 28; Xianping Kindergarten will start its construction; a fast road that connects Dongqian Lake and downtown Ningbo will start construction; the Eastern Lakeside Cycleway, a project with its investment totaling 60 million yuan, will start its construction in June; the "Water World", the largest water recreational park in east China, will open this summer. These are some of the new programs that are expected to promote Dongqian Lake Resort to a national-level holiday resort.

The other day, out of hundreds of tourist resorts in the country, the National Tourism Administration picks Dongqian Lake of Ningbo, Haiquan Bay in Zhuhan, Tianmu Lake of Jiangsu, and Haiyang of Shandong Province to be candidates of national-level holiday resorts. According to Shi Jiquan, Director of the Administrative Committee of Dongqianhu Lake Holiday Resort, this year, the city will make great efforts to turn Dongqian Lake Holiday Resort into a first class national holiday resort.

50,000-ton cargo ship harboring in Zhenhai Port

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:32

On March 16, "Tiansheng No. 18", a cargo ship with a DWT of 51,000 tons, pulled in the No. 23 Terminal of Zhenhai Port. Being the largest ship in terms of DWT received by the bulk terminal, it symbolizes the transformation of Zhenhai Port from an estuary port to sea port after the trial operation of its terminal for 50,000-ton cargo ships since December 28 last year

Innovative mentor group for returned talents

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:24

The forming meeting of the innovative mentor group for returned personnel in Ningbo was held on the afternoon of March 20. Zhang Yan，President of Ningbo EXCITON New Material Technology Co. Ltd., was invited as one of the first 14 mentors. Wang Yong, Vice-Secretary of Ningbo Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of Ningbo attended the meeting and made an important speech.

In the last few years, as the municipal government and party committee has make it the city's most important strategic task to accelerate introducing high-end overseas talents to start business in Ningbo, the group of the high-end overseas talents has been expanding steadily. So far, 17 talents and 51 talents have been respectively included in the national and provincial "1000 talents project", and a number of returned talents have been quite successful in innovation and entrepreneurship. However, most of the returned personnel may meet such difficulties as unfamiliar environment, fierce competition, transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and lack of capital, which makes it necessary to learn from experienced innovative mentors. That's the main reason why Ningbo Municipal Federation of Returned Overseas decided to set up the mentor group.

Wang Yong extended congratulations on the foundation of the mentor group on behalf of the municipal party committee and municipal government. He said, the foundation of the innovative mentor is another big event for returned talents after the establishment of "Ningbo Haibang Talent Fund" in 2011, as well as an important action by Ningbo Municipal Federation of Returned Overseas of implementing the spirit of the 12th Municipal Party Congress. It is of great significance to giving full play of the advantages of the returned talents, implementing the strategy of "talents strengthening the city power", promoting the "six-quickening" strategy, providing services for enterprises and promoting the construction of innovative city.