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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:12
According to Ningbo Housing Construction Committee, in the first quarter of this year, Ningbo has had a good start for the construction industry. the gross output of the constructions reaches 37.67 billion yuan, ranking the 3rd in Zhejiang. The year-on-year growth reaches 35.2%, 20 points higher that the average of Zhejiang, ranking the 1st in Zhejiang.
Statistics show that the contracts signed in the first quarter this year value some 249.09 billion yuan, 55.1 billion yuan more than the previous year, with the year-on-year growth reaching 28.4%. The coverage area totals 13,739 square meters, with the year-on-year growth reaching 30.4%. The construction projects that Ningbo undertakes in other provinces value 11.37 billion yuan, 3.24 billion yuan more than the previous year, increased by 39.9% above the same period of the previous year.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:12
On April 17, Yinzhou District Tourism Administration announced that from the 26th this month on, the Tiantong Scenic Spot and Asoka Temple will open for free. From the same day on, the entrance fee of 20 yuan will be paid for the Forest Park in Tiantong Scenic Spot.
Many citizens well received the announcement.
Reportedly, since 2011 the Tiantong Scenic Spot opened, its entrance fee has been a much concerned issue among the public. From September 29, 2011, the entrance fee is 50 yuan. One should pay 50 yuan as entrance fee for the Scenic Spot and he has to pay another 10 yuan if he wants to enter Tiantong Temple. This has causes many complaints from pilgrims and tourists.
According to the new regulation by Yinzhou District Tourism Administration, there will be no more entrance fee for the Tiantong Scenic Spot, Tiantong Temple and Asoka Temple from April 26 on.
For this free service, Yinzhou District Government will annually pay 8 million yuan. An authority of Yinzhou Tourism Administration said, the free entry to the temples will benefit the people and will help improve the quality of the places of interest of Tiantong Temple and Asoka Temple. In the time to come, Yinzhou will attract more tourists by such measures as free entrance fee or low entrance fee. In the meanwhile, it will improve the conditions of the scenic spots and improve the supporting facilities, so as to have a healthy and sustainable development of the tourism industry.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:11
According to Ningbo Housing Construction Committee, in this year, Ningbo has started the construction of 7,902 low-price houses of 690,000 square meters, including 3,587 public rental houses of 230,000 square meters. Of the target of 15,900 low-price houses (including 10,000 public rental houses) that should be started construction this year as is set by Zhejiang Provincial People's Government for Ningbo, Ningbo has so far fulfilled half.
According to Zhejiang Provincial Government, Ningbo this year should basically complete the construction of 5,800 low-price houses, including 5,000 as-built ones. The city should also have 1,000 households subsidized for renting houses. Statistics of Ningbo Housing Construction Committee show that so far, Ningbo has completed the construction of 1,744 low-price houses of 150,000 square meters, and the on-going projects of low-income houses involve 2.15 million sq meters. In this year, the city has solved the housing problem for 2, 604 low and middle-income families, providing 1,624 families with low-rental houses and 980 low-price houses.
In order to ensure the land for low-price housing for low-income earners, in July last year, Ningbo Housing Construction Committee, Ningbo Municipal Development and Reform Commission and joined in by Ningbo Municipal Development and Reform Commission and Ningbo Municipal Land and Resources Bureau jointly circulated a document, requiring that all the counties and cities of Ningbo should ensure the land for low-pricing houses in 2012. Early in this year, Ningbo Housing Construction Committee and Ningbo Municipal Land and Resources Bureau urged them several times to ensure the land for the low-price houses
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:10
On the morning of April 15, environment investment promotion banquet was held in Cixi. Six industrial platforms, namely, eastern Cixi coastal zone, emerging industries park, commodity market park, logistics park, Heming scenery zone and Hangzhou Bay modern agriculture development zone were introduced to the participants.
Members of Ningbo-Hong Kong Association, Cixi-native entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Macao and overseas, Ningbo-native entrepreneurs from Taiwan and other representatives were present at the promotion. The entrepreneurs were ready to invest in their home place and make their contribution. Plans for many projects have been worked out and will be started soon.
"We miss our hometown very much. We want to make investments here." said Mr Cen Chongping, president of Shenzhen-Cixi Merchants Association and CEO of Surlink Group. He founded the association in 2005.