Ecological construction in Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Monday, 10 December 2012 10:20
The other day, a consultative team of a Spanish company paid a visit to Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area for an inspection of the site for its project. The view of the crowds of egrets and wild ducks gave the team members a pleasant surprise, "If our decision is made quickly enough, we can have these elves as our neighbors."
The ecological environment has been an important part of competitiveness of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area for investment invitation. In the past two years after the establishment of the area, itt has introduced over 170 quality projects of various kinds, including over 60 projects, whose investment each exceeding 100 million yuan. The total investment amounts to about 50 billion yuan. "A number of large project like Century Golden Resources Group and Shanghai Volkswagen settled in the area and this is inseparable with the advantageous conditions of location and the ecological conditions," said Cai Shijie, Director of Investment and Cooperation Bureau of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area.
"The orientation for Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area is ‘ecology, production, life, fit for living, production and tourism'. The priority of ecological environment is the distinct feature of the area. This is a reflection of the great foresight of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Ningbo Municipal Party Committee," said Zhou Jiangyong, Member of the Standing Committee of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Work Committee of the Party Committee of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area. "As an action to carry out the sprit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area is planning a three-year program, a program of ecological construction so as to turn the area into a window of beautiful Ningbo." "
As one of the largest wetland and habitat for migrant birds in the coastal area of China, the Hangzhou Bay wetland has become a name card of the area. In the last year, the wetland was updated to the national level. The number of bird species has risen from 50 to 220. At present, Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area has set the 43.5-square-kilometer wetland as a reserve, for ecological construction and tourism industry.
In the meanwhile, the area has constantly been constantly increasing the investment for the construction of landscape. In recent years, it has put 1.06 billion yuan as special funds and has afforested about 3.8 million square meters of land. In addition, the area has also started to upgrade the traditional industries. In the last year, the area took the lead of Ningbo to complete the task of the rectification of the two highly polluting industries of dyeing and electroplating.
At present, the Special Plan for the Ecological Protection of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area is being making. In the future, the area for reserves will reach 58.7% of the total area, and water area for reserves will reach 17.8% of the total area. Ecological environment should be taken into consideration for all the functional areas. "Let birds and human beings feel home here," this is a target of the area.
