Online High Level Talents Conference Launched

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Published: Tuesday, 26 March 2013 16:55

According to Ningbo Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau on Mar. 19th, registration application for the 15th High Level Talents Conference is lunched in Ningbo, so is its online version.
While Ningbo has held High Level Talents Conference for fourteen years, this time witnesses the debut of its online version. According to incomplete statistics, about half of newly graduated talents with master's degree and doctor's degree are introduced through High Level Talents Conference. However, because there is only one chance available for application in the previous conferences, many talents who want to work in Ningbo miss their opportunity due to time and space.
“The launch of online version will maximize the function of High Level Talents Conference, a platform to attract talents, because it can be accessed to with no space limit, allowing repeated application”, said an authority from Ningbo Municipal Talent Service Center.

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ASEAN has become the 3rd biggest trading partner

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Published: Wednesday, 20 March 2013 09:53

Ningbo Customs has made a good start in foreign trade in 2013. The import and export kept rising in January and February. ASEAN has become the 3rd biggest trading partner for Ningbo Customs.

According to Ningbo Customs, From January to February this year, the import and export via Ningbo Customs to ASEAN totals 2.05 billion, increased by 31.3% year on year. In 2012, ASEAN ranked the 4th place among the trade partners of Ningbo Customs. In February alone, the import and export trade to ASEAN totals 800 million US dollars, increased by 28.1%.

In the trade via Ningbo Customs to the ASEAN countries, the top three are Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. With Indonesia, the import and export reaches 590 million, increased by 58.2%. The import and export to Thailand amounts to 470 million, increased by 10.3%. The import and export to Malaysia amounts to 350 million, increased by 41.9%. The sum of imports and exports to the three accounts for 68.8% of the total. In the two months, the import and export to Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma and Laos amounts to 220 million US dollars, increased by 31.8%.

Statistics of Ningbo Customs show that The imports from ASEAN are mostly plastic materials, crude oil, coal and brown coal. The exports are mainly electromechanical products, textile products and processed oil.

Individual Travels from Ningbo to Taiwan to Come True Soon

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Published: Tuesday, 26 March 2013 16:53

Individual Travels to Taiwan had become the key words on the local micro-blog on March 18. Many netizens forwarded related topics.

At about 8 o'clock that day, Ke Muzhou, who had been authenticated as the general director of Taiwan Travel Association and the convener of Tourism Reception Committee, posted a micro-blog, which said, “Through the consultation of the relevant departments from two sides of the Straits, the number of pilot cities for Individual Travel Program will be increased from 13 to 23.” Ningbo, Wuhan, Zhengzhou and Dalian will be among those cities.

We contacted the city’s tourism department and relevant enterprises for the authenticity of the information spread on the micro-blog. The official in charge from Travel Department said, as for the specific time for the start of Individual Travel Program, “We have not yet received formal notifications from higher authorities, so it is impossible to offer a clear response. However it is very likely that the Individual Travel Program start in the first half of this year.”

Microsoft helping Ningbo in construction of a smart city

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Published: Wednesday, 20 March 2013 09:52

On March 14, Sandy Gupta, Chief Technical Officer of Greater China Group of Microsoft, and his attendants paid a visit to Ningbo, for a talk about the cooperation in the construction of smart city.

At the meeting, Microsoft agreed that it will support Ningbo in the informationization construction in capital, technology and human talent, so as to promote the local software development environment and information industry. To be specific, Microsoft will support Ningbo in the construction of public service platforms of education, smart community and SMEs. It will cooperate with Ningbo in the planning, construction and popularization of projects of cloud technology applications so as to promote the sustainable development of the smart city program and cloud computation industry.

Ningbo and Microsoft have had good cooperation. As early as in 2007, Ningbo Municipal Government and Microsoft (China) started their strategic cooperation and in the year Microsoft Technical Center was founded in Ningbo. Before the meeting, Chen Zhongchao, Vice Mayor of Ningbo Municipality, met with Sandy Gupta and his attendants.