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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 03 December 2012 09:08
The 7th International Symposium of China Urban Water Development and New Technological Equipments Expo will be held from November 29 to December 1 in Ningbo. On November 26, Ningbo Urban Management Bureau held a news briefing to release the related plans of the conference.
It is reported that this year's session is jointly hosted by China Urban Studies Society, China Urban Water Association, Zhejiang Provincial Housing and Urban-rural Construction Department and Ningbo Municipal Government. With the theme of "to curb water pollution and to safeguard water safety", the conference attracted over 1500 related experts and scholars from home and abroad.
There will be a comprehensive forum and 17 sub-forums, focusing on the development and surveillance of urban water affairs, urban waters planning and landscape designing, water quality monitoring warnings and emergency technology, new technologies and applications of sewage treatment and water-supply piping network transformation and operation. Experts from home and abroad will also visit the achievements of Ningbo in water supplies, water eco-systems and water-saving and environmental protection.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 03 December 2012 09:06
According to the latest list of the winners of the 14th China Patent Award, assessed by China Patent Award Evaluation Committee and approved by the State Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization, three invention patents in Ningbo were awarded the excellence prize of China Patent Award, and four design patents were awarded the excellence prize of China Design Award.
China Patent Award is the only specialized government award for inventions with patents.
The three invention patents are as follows: "lead-free cutting technique for brass alloy of low antimony and bismuth and its manufacturing method" by Ningbo Powerway Alloy Material Co., Ltd., "LPG sweetening lye oxidizing and regenerating method and devices" by Ningbo Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd., and "an optical diffusion film and the LCD devices using it" by Ningbo Exciton New Material Technology Co., Ltd..
It is learned from Ningbo Municipal Intellectual Property Bureau that since 2009, there have been 16 patents that are awarded the China Patent Award, including one for the gold medal of the award.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Monday, 03 December 2012 09:06
After two years' improvement and transformation, the first phase of the Liang-Zhu Cultural Park, with a total investment of 230 million yuan, has been completed, adding to the scenic areas such spots as Liang-Zhu Academy, the Zhus' House, Temple of the God who unites persons in marriage and the ancient villages. The park is just one of the five "billion-yuan" level projects in Yinzhou District. In the first ten months this year, with the building and completion of such projects, the district greeted 12.0257 million visitors and achieved a tourism revenue of 12.184 billion yuan, up by 10.6% over the same period last year.
Read more: Yinzhou to be built as a "back garden"...
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 03 December 2012 09:05
In the first ten months this year, the air-conditioners exported from Ningbo Port reached 2.045 million sets, up by 37.4% over the same period last year, with a total value of US$410 million, up by 29.3%. The export of electrical blankets reached 5.483 million pieces, up by 40.9%, with a total value of US$71.863 million, up by 73.3%. The export of water boilers for central heating reached 6,365 sets, up by 1.9 times, with a total value of US$1.915 million, three times that of last year. The export of overcoats and winter clothes stood at 47.356 million pieces, down by 26.5% over the same period last year, with a total value of US$510 million, down by 6.3%.
The exports are mainly oriented to the EU, the US and Chile, with US$ 350 million to the EU, down by 23%, US$110 million to the US, up by 36.4% and US$33.089 to Chile, up by 6.3%, respectively.