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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 12:24
According to the latest statistics, export of Zhenhai district reached 3.1 billion US dollars, up by 8.02% over the year before. The increase rate ranked No.1 among eleven districts (cities) and three development zones, which surpassed the municipal and provincial increase rate by 7 percentage points and 4 percentage points respectively.
Technological innovation and brand construction are the shining points for Zhenhai to further improve its market competitiveness of export products. In 2012, some key enterprises such as Ningbo ALPS Electric Co.Ltd., depend on technology innovation and high-tech technology force, realized huge increase on export. It is estimated that in 2012, export of high-tech products in Zhenhai reached 210 million US dollars, which increased by 59.93% compared with last year and occupied 6.8% of total export of this district.
Faced with unfavorable situations for export, Zhenhai district optimized its working mechanism, strengthened the policy guidance, accelerated project construction of the service sector, advanced comprehensive experiment units’ reform on tertiary industry, expanded business and capital introduction and service-oriented enterprises cultivation, which boosted service-oriented economy. According to the statistics, the added value of the service industry in Zhenhai reached 13.3 billon yuan, up by 13.7% over last year. The increase rate ranked No.1 in Ningbo, higher than the municipal average by 2.8 percentage points.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 12:24
According to Ningbo Environmental Protection Bureau, the air quality in Ningbo during the coming Spring Festival will be fine on the whole. But due to fireworks, there will be air pollution during a certain period of time in certain places.
Environment Monitoring Center of Ningbo and the meteorological station predict that there will be rain and snow from February 8th to 11th due to the cold air and the air quality will be fine. On February 12th, the weather will be sunny. But because of the rain in the previous days, relative humidity of air will be high and pollutants may accumulate and thus polluting the air. Therefore, from February 12th to 14th, the air quality will be bad. On February 15th, the diffusion capacity of air will be improved and the air quality will be fine.
The Environment Monitoring Center of Ningbo says that there will be air pollution during a certain period of time in certain places during the 2013 Spring Festival. According to the previous monitoring results, from 20:00 to 24:00 on the New Year’s Eve, a large number of fireworks are set off, which leads to the deterioration of air quality. From 5 a.m. to10 a.m. on the fifth day of the lunar year, people set off fireworks hoping to get luck and wealth, so air will be polluted, too. Experts say fireworks bring about much smoke and sulfur dioxide which lead to serious air pollution.
On February 5th, Environmental Protection Bureau announced Proposal on Having a Low-carbon New Year. It suggests that people spend a green and low-carbon New Year by setting off fewer or no fireworks. Large fireworks that are harmful are not advocated and they should be replaced by electronic fireworks, instead. Meanwhile, the Bureau also encourages people to have green transportation, such as walking, bicycling and taking a bus.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 12:23
Lanxess, one of the Top 500, has announced that it will build a high-tech iron oxide red pigment factory which is environmentally sound so as to expand its production network of inorganic pigments worldwide. The construction of the factory will be started in the second quarter this year with a total investment of 5.5 million euros. The factory is expected to be put into use in the first half of 2015 and turn out 25,000 tons of products in the first year.
It is learned that this is the second modern iron oxide red pigment factory invested by Lanxess, with the first located in Jinshan, Shanghai. With the development of urbanization in China, Lanxess has increased its investment in the Chinese market. Currently, Lanxess has 10 branch companies in mainland China, accounting for 10% of its total sales revenue.
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Published: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 12:22
February 4th is World Cancer Day. In recent years, lung cancer, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, esophagus cancer, breast cancer and nose cancer have become the main diseases that harm people’s health. The incidence of cancer is rising and people affected are getting younger.
According to a report on the cause of death from Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, cancer has become the second leading cause of death in Ningbo, only next to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. But experts say that the latest medical research has shown that cancer may not be a death sentence, instead, it can be a controllable chronic disease. The key is prevention and early treatment.
Lung cancer, a malignant tumor, is the No.1 and No.2 killer in men and women respectively. It accounts for 1/6 of all tumors. Unfortunately, 80% of this cancer is diagnosed in the middle or late stage.
The treatments of cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation treatment and biological treatment. It is very important to choose proper treatment for different stages.
The probability of lung cancer is higher in smokers than in non-smokers. The earlier and the longer one smokes, the more likely he is to get lung cancer.
Experts say people had better not smoke. People over 40 should have a CT test every year so that the disease can be found and treated earlier.
Read more: Cancer, second leading cause of death