Ningbo News

Ready for Fishing Season

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:18:13 GMT

With the fishing season coming, fishermen are now preparing ice, oil and fishing nets after three month’s break. In the picture, a fisherman with ice on is ready for its voyage to the sea.

14th Auto Ningbo Held

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:16:41 GMT

The 14th session of the Ningbo International Automobile Expo, which is famed as the wine vane of the Zhejiang automobile sector, was opened at the International Conference and Exhibition Center. It gathers 70 brands with over 300 models, providing a good opportunity for people to appreciate and purchase cars.

Posters Helps Promote Energy Saving

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:15:34 GMT

Clerks in Government Office Building of Haishu District are putting up pictures prompting energy saving. For recent days, such pictures have been put up in government institutions, street offices, communities and some great buildings. The activity was conducted by Energy-saving Office of Haishu District and District Community of Haishu for the purpose of energy saving and emission reduction could be promoted in government institutions, great buildings and living quarters. They hoped that the activity could held people realized the significance of energy saving and emission reduction.

Typhoon Kompasu Withered away

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:14:33 GMT

Typhoon Kompasu strengthened into a Category 3 storm capable of “devastating damage” after crossing Okinawa in Japan and heading toward Southeast China. On the night of August 31, fishers were summoned back to a harbor. But now Kompasu has withered away.

East Railway Station Put into Use from September 8

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:13:16 GMT

South Railway Station, which has been in service for 51 years, will be temporarily stopped. With three year’s extension and reform, East Railway Station will replace South Station as a temporary transportation center. Scaffold around waiting room of East Station has been dismantled and glass screen has been installed. Other supporting facilities have almost been completed. All these have prepared East Station for the first train arriving at 7, September 8.

Ningbo Art Performance in Taego

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:12:25 GMT

An art group from Ningbo was invited to take part folk art communication in Taego, Korea. More than one thousand residents in Taego watched Ningbo opera and Shaoxing Opera performed by Ningbo Art Group.

Land of Croquet Prepares for National Match

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:11:00 GMT

Players of croquet in Luotuo, Zhenhai District are training to prepare for a croquet competition for the old in Henan Province.

100 Law Experts, 100 Law Lectures Held in Ningbo

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:06:59 GMT

An activity titled 100 Law Experts, 100 Law Lectures was held in Ningbo from September 3. Xia Li’an, a professor from Judicial Expertise Center of Zhejiang University gave a speech titled Social Management Innovation and Legal Guarantee.
On the level of society, government and public, Xia listed lots of examples to give the definition and standard of social management innovation, legal guarantee and humanism from the perspective of history and reality.
The activity was initiated by Propaganda Department, Politics and Law Committee and Chinese Law Academy. It has lasted for four years. According to the arrangement of the Organizing Committee, the lectures will be held in Zhenhai and Beilun.

50 Movable Libraries to Be Built

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:04:27 GMT

A campaign, Reading in Private Enterprises, was initiated recently by Propaganda Department, Industry and Commerce Bureau and Private Enterprises Association, which said that the association will cooperate with Ningbo Library to set up movable libraries. It is estimated that by November of the year, 50 enterprises will have their own libraries.

With Reading, Wisdom, Development as the theme of the campaign, books entrepreneurs love will be recommended so as to provide motive and support for upgrading of enterprises. The campaign will include Reading Nice Books, Exchange on Reading and Competition on Reading.

As required, to set up a library, an enterprise should have a reading room of 20 square meters, a good shelf, a paper and magazine shelf, reading tales and reading chairs. Besides, there should be a computer which has access to internet, a librarian, corresponding rules and at least more than 300 employees. An enterprise satisfying above-mentioned requisites can apply to Ningbo Library for a library. Private Enterprises Association and Ningbo Library will inspect the enterprise and give their suggestions and then the enterprise can set up Ningbo Movable Library.

Rainstorm Hit, People Rushed to Rescue

eckhard@cnool.net (Eckhard Goessl) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:00:39 GMT

A heavy rainstorm drenched the city all over on the other day. Water flooded streets and even flowed into many households in low-flying areas. The Dahe Community of Jiangdong suffered most. When we come to the Dahe Lane in Jiangdong at 9:30, the rainstorm has subsided. But there is still a lot of flooding water in the low-flying areas. The water in the courtyards is even knee deep. Uncle Ying who is living on the ground floor says the rain is too heavy and the water quickly goes into his home.

Uncle Ying said, “The water comes up at 8:15. It comes so quickly that you find it hard to get out.” Similar to Uncle Ying’s house, many households on the ground floor are flooded. The residents have to move the refrigerators and washing machines onto some stools or move them outdoors in some high-lying places. Seeing the area is flooded, the community workers immediately contact the Chengguan personnel and the firemen. From 8 o’clock on, the firemen start to pump water out.

A community worker said, “The old residential buildings are in a low-lying area. Now it is tide rising and the sewers are saturated with water. So it makes water pumping difficult.” To remove the water as fast as possible, the firemen use pumps to pump the water into the catch basins of the main roads nearby.