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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:38
On December 24, the "Jiangdong Neighborhood Center project" got the finalist prize of "China Social Innovation Award", being the only one project in Zhejiang Province to get the award.
It is said that "China Social Innovation Award" is a specialized academic award founded by Compilation and Translation Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Peking University. This year, 24 of the 249 candidate projects got the award, including 10 projects for winning prizes and 14 projects for finalist prizes.
Since 2008, Jiangdong District has begun to organize the neighborhood center to provide services for other community organizations. With the center, a suitable activity venue is available to the community organizations, which makes it possible to activate some long-neglected social organizations and form some new organizations to meet the needs of residents. In the district, each of the 58 communities is equipped with a neighborhood center.
There is also a neighborhood center at the district level to deal with the affairs of all the community neighborhood centers and provide services for other social organizations.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:38
Recently, Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology held a seminar on the development of the life and health industry in Ningbo. The 3-year (2013-2015) plan for Ningbo life and health industry was then presented to related experts and entrepreneurs for suggestions.
Life and health industry is one of the eight strategic emerging industries in Ningbo, with the characteristics of energy-saving, environmental friendliness, high technology, high output and high added value. After years' development, the industry has formed a solid basis in Ningbo. Currently, there are over 110 scale enterprises in the life and health industry, including such featured fields as bio-medicine, high-end medical instruments, food safety and bio-agriculture. Over 20 of the enterprises are those with an annual output of over 100 million yuan.
To promote the healthy and fast development of the industry, the Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology has organized related experts to carry out theme studies before drafting the 3-year action plan, and has invited some experts and entrepreneurs to discuss about the plan.
According to the plan, in the following period, the life and health industry in Ningbo will focus on the four fields of bio-medicine, medical instruments, food safety and bio-agriculture. By building a range of public service platforms and improving the service system, it is hoped that the industry can make some key breakthroughs in technology and implement a batch of major industrial projects. Through the “3315 plan” and the training project for leading talents, Ningbo is to introduce a range of high-end talents and innovative teams in life and health industry. In addition, by making full play of the "angel investment fund", Ningbo will encourage the civil capitals to establish venture enterprises and support the investment of civil capitals in the life and health industry.
It is estimated that by the end of 2015, the key fields of Ningbo's life and health industry will have gained a fast development, the industrial park will have been formed and R & D ability will have been greatly enhanced, with a total output of 30 million yuan and an annual growth rate of 25%.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:37
Word comes from the Agricultural Affairs Office of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee that the first batch of "top ten farm tourism festivals in Ningbo" has been announced recently, including the bayberry festival of Yuyao County, the persimmon festival of Siming Mountain area and Danshan-Chishui scenic area, the peach blossom festival of Fenghua County, the razor clam festival in the Long Street of Ninghai County, the Lantern Festival parade of Qiantong Ancient Town, the strawberry festival of Shangtian Town, the cherry blossom festival of Zhangxi Village in Siming Mountain area, the mulberry festival of Tiangong Manor, the loquat festival of Xinqiao Town and the bayberry festival of Cixi County.
The farm leisure tourism festivals stem from the traditional farm festivals. Since the beginning of this year, Ningbo has encouraged all the counties and districts to organize various farm leisure tourism festivals. On April 6, the first session of the theme activity of Ningbo farm leisure tourism festival was held during the period of the peach blossom festival in Fenghua County. On November 12, Ningbo Municipal Farm Tourism Office hosted the electing activity of the "top ten farm tourism festivals", under the guidance of the Agricultural Affairs Office of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, and with the assistance of such media as Ningbo Daily, Ningbo Evening, Southeast Business, www.cnnb.com.cn, www.cnluye.com, and www.njlnb.com. The 20 elected festivals from the 61 candidates were then exposed to vote by readers, netizens and experts and online announcement before the final top ten were determined.
The festivals attract tourists and consequently can promote the sales of farm products. According to statistics, the festival activities in Ningbo have attracted over 3.3 million tourists and led to a total sales volume of 300 million yuan. The farmhouse touring in Ningbo have received 16.311 million tourists and realized a revenue of 1.56 billion yuan, up by 36.9% and 38.2% respectively over the same period last year.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Wednesday, 26 December 2012 20:37
As a result of the price plunge of the upstream raw materials, solar cells saw a great decline in the export price. Statistics from Ningbo Customs show that in the firs 11 months this year, the cumulative export of solar cells through Ningbo Port reached 10.69 million, with a total worth of US$1.15 billion and an average export price of US$107.9 each, down by 56.2% over the same period last year.
In terms of target markets, as the biggest market, EU exported 5.881 million solar cells via Ningbo Port, down by 15.9%. As to such emerging markets as Hong Kong and South Korea, the export soared, with export to Hong Kong reaching 1.523 million, up by 34.5 times and that to South Korea reaching 594,000, up by 48.8 times.
To promote the development of photovoltaic industry, the State Council has recently issued five special policies including encouraging the installation of PV electricity-generating system, establishing convenient and efficient incorporation service system, improving the pricing mechanism for electricity and prohibiting the local protectionism. According to some related officials from Ningbo Customs, with the new deal for PV industry, the domestic PV application market is expected to usher in a major turnaround. In the meanwhile of developing their exports, the local solar cell enterprises should prepare themselves for the exploration and expansion of the domestic market.