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Spring Festival tourism market picked up

As the fourth day of the Spring Festival holiday, after a snowy day, January 26 saw a fine weahter. Although the temperature was low, the tourists' enthusiasm was high with all those wonderful programs and activities in those major scenic spots in Ningbo.

During the holiday, some major tourist attractions made great endeavor to attract tourists by organizing some colorful activities.

Major scenic spots, such as Xikou Scenic Spot, the World Jade Garden Scenic Zone, Qiantong Ancient Town and Dongqian Lake Tourist Resort, received tourists from Shanghai, Jiangshu Province and other cities in Zhejiang Province, most of them being self-driving tourists.

To experience the rural life is one of the biggest attractions for the tourists. Lots of citizens poured into such places as Tiangong Manor Leisure Resort, Xijiang Ancient Village, Tengtou Eco-tourism Zone, Cixi Bridge Farm and the Urban Agriculture Park in Jiangbei District to experience the "Happy Farm" through such activities as fruit and melon picking and other farm chores.

It is also worth mentioning that Ninghai Hot Spring arranged activities of open-air hot spring bath, fish spa and flower bath for tourists. The skiing project of Shanglianggang Tourist Resort in Fenghua County also attracted a number of sports lovers.

By 4 o'clock yesterday, the number of visitors in Xikou Scenic Spot, Dongqian Lake Tourist Resort, the World Jade Garden and Qiantong Ancient Town reached 32500, 26800, 21000 and 20000 respectively.

By the time of writing this report, the tourism market is in good order and no tourist accident is reported, and the only one complaint received by the municipal Tourism Quality Surveillance Station has been dealt with successfully.

Rural per capita net income reached 16518 yuan in 2011

According to the authoritative data issued by Ningbo Survey Group of the National Statistics Bureau, in 2011, the rural per capita net income stood at 16518 yuan, up by 15.8% over the previous year. While the urban resident per capita income reached 34058 yuan, up by 12.9%. With the rural income achieving double-digit growth for eight consecutive years, the urban-rural income ratio is further reduced to 2.062:1.

Promoting the steady increase of rural income is the starting point and ultimate goal of the new rural construction. Ningbo has made great efforts to construct the long-term system of rural wealth accumulation by implementing the favorable policy to agriculture. On the one hand, industries, populations and producing elements are guided to assemble in towns to promote the famers to transfer to the second industry and third industry. On the other hand, a group of professional farmers with techniques and business skills are cultivated and encouraged to gain more benefits through capital and technology investment. Taking the scarce jobs and high-skill training that are in great demand in markets and industries as a breakthrough, the city focused on the transfer skills training of the farmers. At the same time, the "one training for one industry" approach was adopted to train the subjects of modern agriculture business. In 2011, about 118,700 rural laborers were trained, among which 29,500 were trained in transfer skills and 52,000 were trained in migrant workers' job skills. About 23,000 rural laborers achieved transfer employment after training.

The leading agricultural enterprises, the specialized farmers cooperatives and the agritainments promote the continuous increase of rural income. In 2011, the leading agricultural enterprises in Ningbo took in 150,800 rural employees and about 898,200 rural households were affected. 1700 specialized farmers cooperatives in the city affected 350,000 rural households. While working in enterprises, a large number of rural workers set up some new forms of industries such as intermediary services, chain business, rural community services and agritainments. In 2011, the "agritainments" received 11.918 million tourists and achieved a business income of 1.13 billion yuan, up by 31.6% and 41.1% respectively over the previous year. In terms of the structure of the income, the salary income continued to growth rapidly and reached 9667 yuan per capita, up by 19.0% over the previous year, contributing 68.3% to the increase of the net income.

With the development of the rural housing reform and rural joint-stock reform, more and more famers benefit from the soaring of property income and dividend income. In 2011, a total investment of 12.991 billion yuan was put into the reconstruction of 78,100 rural houses, of which the construction of 48,100 houses with a total area of 6.53 million square meters has been completed. So far, as there have been 548 rural economic cooperatives, the total dividend for farmers reached 1.33 billion yuan or 198.2 yuan per capita. Some farmers even become landlords or share holders by selling or letting their extra houses. All the above elements promoted the increase of the non-business rural net income, which amounted to 2937 yuan, an increase of 46.6% over the previous year, contributing 41.4% to the increase of the net income.

Urban per capita disposable income reached 34,058 yuan in 2011

News came from Ningbo Survey Group of the National Statistics Bureau on January 21 that according to a sample survey of 600 households, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in 2011 reached 34,058 yuan, up by 12.9% over the previous year.

In terms of the income composition, all incomes but property income increased. Specifically speaking, the per capita salary income amounted to 24280 yuan, an increase by 11.5% over the previous year. It is still the decisive factor of the income increase by accounting for 57.1% of the increase in disposable income and contributing 62.7% to the family total income. The per capita business income reached 3997 yuan, an increase of 21.0% over the previous year, contributing 10.3% to the family total income and accounting for 15.8% of the increase in disposable income. The per capita property income reduced to 1439 yuan, down by 31.3% over the previous year, accounting for 3.7% of the family total income and accounting for negative 14.9% of the increase in disposable income. The per capita transfer income amounted to 9003 yuan, up by 25.8% over the previous year, accounting for 23.3% of the family total income and contributing 42.0% to the increase in disposable income, which enabled it to stand in the second place among all the composing elements of the total income.

Another sample survey of 1000 rural households made by the group showed that in 2011 the rural per capita net income in Ningbo reached 16,518 yuan, an increase of 15.8% over the previous year.

In terms of income sources, the major characteristics of the change are as follows. Firstly, the salary income experienced a sustained and rapid growth, with the per capital salary income reaching 9667 yuan, up by 19.0% over the previous year. Secondly, the per capital business income reduced to 3914 yuan, down by 5.3% over the previous year. Thirdly, the non-business net income increased significantly to 2937 yuan, an increase of 46.6% over the previous year

Prosperous market with stable prices during the Festival

The light snow of the Chinese New Year's Eve made little impact on the vegetable supply during the Festival. On January 23, with the weather turning clear, wholesalers from all over the country poured in Ningbo Vegetable Wholesale Market, and the total transaction of vegetables reached over 1380 tons, an increase of 7.3% over the same period last year. Of over one hundred varieties of vegetables, only three to four kinds rose in price while others all maintained the same price level as before the Festival.  

Although it is the Spring Festival, there are still lots of citizens purchasing vegetables in supermarkets. In the Jiangdong shop of CRV supermarket, the prices of such vegetables as broccoli, celery, cabbage and radish remain the same as days before, and some vegetables are even on membership sale. According to a person in charge of the supermarket, they have reserved about ten kinds of vegetables, including 15 tons of broccoli, 15 tons of bamboo shoots and 10 tons of celery, which not only ensures the adequate supply of vegetables during the Spring Festival period but also guarantees the same price level as that before the festival.  

On the noon of January 23, in Ningbo Vegetable Wholesale Market, large trucks loaded with vegetables and purchasing tricycles and pickups can be seen now and then. A person in charge of the purchasing department of Sanjiang Supermarket said that their purchase had completed two days before. But considering the citizens' need for fresh vegetables would surely increase after January 25, they were making further reservations these two days as the weather was fine. It is learned that on January 23, the total transaction of vegetables of the wholesale market reached over 1380 tons and there were about 100 kinds of vegetables involved, both increased slightly compared with the same period last year.

"Since one week ago before the festival, we have completed the 5000 tons of dynamic reserve of vegetables, which can guarantee one week's need of the public." said a person in charge of the transaction sector of the wholesale market.

Apart from the vegetables, the wholesale for the meat and poultry and the aquatic products decreased by about 15%. According to a related person, that is because the demand for these two kinds of products is small as the consumers have made adequate purchase before the festival, and it is estimated that the demand will return to the normal after the Lantern Festival

Ningbo's GDP exceeded 600 billion yuan in 2011

Statistics from Zhejiang Provincial Statistics Bureau on January 20 shows that in 2011, Ningbo's GDP exceeds 600 billion yuan, standing at 601.048 billion yuan, up by 10.0% over the previous year in terms of the comparable prices.

According to the statistics, the ratio of the three industries in last year's GDP was 4.2:55.5:40.3, and their respective rate of contribution to GDP stood at 1.7%, 55.6% and 42.7%, and respective rate of stimulation to the municipal economic growth at 0.1%, 5.6% and 4.3%. To be specific, the added value achieved by the first industry reached 25.576 billion yuan, an increase of 4.0% over the previous year. The added value of the second industry reached 333.537 billion yuan, up by 10.0% over the previous year. And the added value of the third industry reached 241.935 billion yuan, up by 10.7% over the previous year

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