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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 03 December 2012 09:11
Xu Changcheng, Director of Ningbo Environmental Protection Bureau, said at a media briefing on November 28 that in terms of air quality this year was the best of the past ten years.
Statistics show that by November 25, the excellent rate of air quality in the urban area reached 94.8%, with 103 days of level-one, 210 days of level-two and 17 days of level-three. In 2011, the excellent rate was 88.5%, with 76 days of level-one, 247 days of level-two, 41 days of level-three and one day of level-four. Also according to the statistics, from 2003 to 2011, the average excellent rate remained at 90%, with the record high of 92.1% in 2003 and record low of 86.6% in 2010.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 03 December 2012 09:10
On November 26, at the 3rd Bamboo Township Leisure Festival held in Shaoxing, Ninghai County and Fenghua County signed a tourist cooperation agreement with the tourism bureau of Xinchang County of Shaoxing, symbolizing the beginning of the practice of the joint "package countryside leisure tour" to promote the regional tourism development.
At the launching ceremony that day, three towns and four scenic areas from the three counties reached agreements. Specifically speaking, the three towns are Shenzhen Town of Ninghai County with its forest spring attractions, Happy Valley Skiing Resort and ancient streets, Dayan Town of Fenghua County with the health care center, the flower-watching and photographing base and the mountaineering and camping base, and Qiaoying Town of Xinchang County with its famous "ten scenic spots".
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 03 December 2012 09:10
It is learned from Ningbo Trade Bureau on November 27 that in the first ten months this year, the accumulated volume of retail sales of social consumer goods in Ningbo reached 98.46 billion yuan, up by 11.6% over the same period last year, and the volume of October reached 10.22 billion yuan, up by 7.9%. Under the influence of the gloomy macro-economic environment, the growth of retail sales of social consumer goods has slowed down. However, after about one year's structural adjustment, the consumption structure has improved significantly and the sales have shown a trend of stable rising.
In October, after nearly one year's adjustment, as well as the flourishing of housing and wedding market in the second half of the year, the sales of furniture and construction & decoration materials increased by 223.1% and 109.9% respectively. In October, the sales of daily necessities increased by 19.7%, with sales of food, beverage, tobacco and liquor increasing by 12.4% and sales of garment, shoes and hats, and textiles increasing by 30.6%. Inflation factor considered, the growth is similar to that of 2011. In addition, in the first ten months, the retail sales of cars increased by 3.3%, and those of the petroleum and related products increased by 19.1%, showing a bouncing-back trend of consumption of automobiles and related products.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Monday, 03 December 2012 09:09
On November 27, the signing ceremony for major investment projects in Yinzhou District was held, and six entity economic projects with a total investment of 15 billion yuan were signed to settle down in the district, covering such fields as rail transportation, equipment manufacturing, intelligent development and research platforms.
At the ceremony, Yinzhou District Government signed an agreement with CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd. to build the new-type tramcar operating line in downtown Yinzhou District. According to the plan, the two sides will set up a project construction platform to deal with the design, construction and trial of the line.
Read more: Tramcar line to be built in Yinzhou