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Bamboo shoots processed

In the past few days, most residents in Yantou Village of Fenghua County were busy roasting the bamboo shoots, which has become a special scene of the tour to this village.

Urban management volunteers beautifying the city

On the afternoon of April 8, over 10,000 urban management volunteers carried out the beautifying activities of tidying the fences and cleaning up the green belt garbage in cross-river bridges, green fields in riverside parks and major streets and parks in all the towns and districts. It is learned from Ningbo Urban Management Bureau that in the near future the related departments will launch the urban streets cleaning campaign to make a cleaner Ningbo.

"There are over 6,800 sanitation workers doing cleaning jobs every day in the city. Anyway, it is far from enough to keep the whole city in constant tidiness. Joint efforts made by the public is indispensible in the city-beautifying campaign." said Luo Wei, Director of Ningbo Urban Management Volunteers Association. He hope that the action of the volunteers can have a subtle influence on more citizens.

According to the urban management departments, besides the above-mentioned beautifying activity, a special fund of 70 million yuan will be set up to be used in the year-long street-cleaning campaign. It is hope that through this campaign, the sweeping rate by machine will increase from 45% to 75%, thus reducing greatly the labor intensity of the sanitation workers. The garbage on road will be cleaned up within 15 minutes. The property management departments, sanitation workers and residents will work together to take responsibility for the cleaning job of all the areas.

PM2.5 in Ningbo meets national standard

The daily average of PM2.5 concentration in Ningbo was 56 micrograms per cubic meter, a slight increase over 48 micrograms per cubic meter on the previous day, according to data posted on the official website of the Ningbo Environmental Protection Bureau(NEPB) on Sunday.

PM2.5 refers to particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in size or about 1/30th the average width of a human hair. An expert from environmental monitoring station predicts that PM2.5 concentration may continue to rise in the coming days due to the fine weather during the Qingming festival.

According to a graph posted on the NEPB website, the daily average PM2.5 concentration remains changeable over the past week. The figure reached 72 micrograms per cubic meter last Monday, close to the upper limit of grade II air quality (75 micrograms / cubic meter). Later on, it reached another "small peak" to 61 micrograms per cubic meter, and fell to 36 micrograms / cubic meter, the lowest record during the past week. The data shows that PM2.5 in Ningbo didn't exceed the upper limit of 70 micrograms per cubic meter as regulated by the newly-enforced national air quality standard.

An expert from environmental monitoring station said: "In addition to the coal-burning, dust and vehicle exhaust emissions, weather condition can also influence PM2.5 concentration as well." The sunny and windy weather last week carried dust, resulting high PM 2.5 record on March 26.

Legal personnel training program kicks off

On Monday, Li Shouwei, Deputy Director of Criminal Law branch of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress, gave a lecture on the interpretation of the newly amended Criminal Procedure Law. More than 420 listeners, including lawyers, judges, and university professors were present.

To start his lecture, Li explained the meaning of the word "lawyer", suggesting it does not limited to the profession of attorney. It actually refers to any legal workers, including the prosecutors, lawyers, university professors, scholars and experts. He went on to explain the background and necessity to modify the Criminal Procedure law. He also analyzed the new rules in the revised law and issues worth noticing in the enforcement effort.

Irish Artist Rory Perrott Exhibition Title 'On the Surface'

Irish Artist Rory Perrott 
Exhibition Title 'On the Surface'

Yinzhou University District Library from the 2nd of
April 2012 until the 12th of April 2012
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Library address: No.928 South Qianhu Road, Ningbo    钱湖南路928号
Library Telephone: 0574-88126500 
The title of the exhibition is 'On the Surface'
The exhibition runs from the 2nd to 12th of April and is open from 8.30am to 8.30pm daily.
Admission is free.
 
Introduction to Artist.
 
Rory Perrott is a graduate of Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland and of Crawford College of Art, Cork, Ireland.
Since graduating from university in 2001 Rory has been exhibiting his work in group and solo exhibitions in Ireland, the U.S.A and very recently China. As well as working as an artist over the last decade Rory has also worked in furniture design, graphic and media design and also as an artist in the Irish film industry.
This exhibition is Rory's second China exhibition having recently exhibited in Shanghai as part of Ireland Week. Ireland Week is a festival of Irish cultural events which finishes on St.Patrick's Day, Ireland's national day of celebration which is known all over the world.
 
Rory has been working in his home studio on Yinzhou, Ningbo since March of 2011 and the paintings here represent the many interests that
have inspired the artist over the course of the year. This exhibition comprises of a selection of oil paintings and mixed media works. Some of the chosen subjects are based on scenes here in Ningbo and some are are scenes from the artist's home country. The choice of title for this exhibition describes not only the subject matter but also a much broader theme, that being the physical nature of the paint, painting materials and the painting process. All these elements are deliberately visible to different extents in a process which is designed to engage the viewer in a visual and conscious
 
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