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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:54
In September 2012, after a long talk with Yao Lijun, President and General Manager of Ningbo Jiangfeng Electronic Materials Co. Ltd., who went to the US to recruit overseas talents for the company, Dr. Zhou Hua, the then General Manager of a semi-conductor company, made the decision to return China with his project. Now, he is President of Jiangfeng Precision (Ningbo) Science & Technology Co. Ltd. The company is now investing 200 million yuan in a project on the ultra large-scale integrated circuit, which is expected to be put into full production in June 2013.
Zhou Hua is just one of the many high-end overseas talents introduced to Ningbo. Statistics show that in 2012, Ningbo introduced 947 overseas talents, an increase of 445 persons over 2011 or up by 88.7%, making it the year with the biggest number of talent introduction. By the end of 2012, there had been 3499 introduced overseas talents who started business or brought innovations. "The increase in talent introduction demonstrates the great impact of our '3315 talent introduction plan'." said Zhang Liangcai, Vice-director of the Organization Department of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Dean of the Office for Talent Work of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee. The "3315 Plan" was formally launched in May 2011: a one-time grant of one million yuan will be given to each introduced talent as innovation and entrepreneurship support, a grant between 5 million yuan and 20 million yuan will be given to each introduced team as talent and research support. While as to the world-class innovation team, the grant may even exceed 20 million yuan.
Read more: Introduction of overseas talents grows
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:53
Recently, Ningbo Municipal Land and Resources Bureau has installed the wireless monitoring devices for monitoring geological disasters in Zhumin Village of Hengjie Town, the biggest landslide hazard spot in Yinzhou District. The device is mainly used for early warning of the displacement caused by landslide and can greatly strengthen the monitoring of geological environment.
The warning devices are installed on the both sides of the hillside cracks. According to an expert form the Land and Resources Bureau, once the displacement of the crack exceeds 2cm, the wireless receiver will send out the warning. So far, ten geological landslide hazard spots in Ningbo have been equipped with the wireless monitoring devices.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:53
Since the beginning of 2013, the Zhejiang (Ningbo) Production Base of Shanghai Volkswagen has witnessed race of the final stage for the trial production in February. It has only been one year and a month since the establishment of the base at the beginning of 2012. It is this incredible speed of development that has attracted the attention and praise from the Volkswagen headquarters in Germany.
This is only one of the many stories that happened in Ningbo in 2012. In spite of the complicated and serious economic situation, Ningbo has gone through a fruitful year with many great projects.
Statistics show that in 2012, there were 255 major construction projects in Ningbo, with a total investment of 591.4 billion yuan, and an intentional yearly investment of 90 billion yuan and an actual yearly investment of 92.87 billion yuan. A batch of major projects in such fields as high-end industries, infrastructure construction and people's livelihood got approved by the nation or Zhejiang Province. The construction of a batch of major industrial projects including the Ningbo Base of CSR was started. A large number of infrastructure and livelihood projects such as Xiangshan Port Bridge were put into operation or sped up.
The introduction and operation of such good and big projects are a kind of important means of transforming the developing pattern and adjusting economic structure. Confronted with the decline of the economic growth rate, Ningbo adhered to the orientation of developing in accordance with the planning of the strategic emerging industries. By seizing the opportunity of the marine economic development and giving priority to the improvement of people’s livelihood, Ningbo has made great efforts to select suitable good and big projects.
Read more: "New engine"” driving economic...
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:52
It is learned from Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Bureau that in 2012 the high-tech industry in Ningbo maintained a steady development. The overall volume of the high-tech industry reached 342.9 billion yuan, up by 11.4% over the previous year. There are altogether 930 high-tech enterprises with the amount of those in Yinzhou District, Cixi County and Yuyao County ranking among the top three of all the districts and counties in Ningbo.
The distribution of the high-tech enterprises presents a feature of regional concentration and focus. The industries mainly focus on such fields as new materials, new energy, bio-medicine, electronic information and modern transportation. The industrial concentration is most obvious in Yinzhou District, Cixi County, Yuyao County and the Bonded Zone, where the total high-tech product volume accounts for three fourths of that of the whole city.
Read more: Nearly 1000 high-tech enterprises...