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Category: Tourist Ningbo
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Published: Tuesday, 03 July 2012 10:01
During the Dragon Boat Festival from June 22nd to 24th, tourists from Jiangsu and Shanghai Provinces and Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province flowed to gardens of bayberry in Cixi. The little fruit has become another push in the development of Cixi tourism. The Bayberry Festival has become a new name card for the Cixi city.
Traditionally, tourists mainly toured to scenic spots. Now they prefer to tour around the city. Tourism festivals in Cixi thus came into being. The International Economy & Trade Tourism Festival, Cixi Tourism Festival, Cixi Bayberry Festival and many other festivals have made the city more famous.
Cixi Bayberry Festival has been held for 24 sessions. Festival activities include large performances, selection of Bayberry Fairies, symposiums of China Bayberry industry and a series of other activities. Since 2008, the International Economy & Trade Tourism Festival has been held every year with performances on the theme of “Love for China - Charm of Cixi”. With tourism exchanges among Shanghai, Hangzhou and Cixi and the opening of Hangzhou Bay Bridge Economic Forum, cities at the Yangtze River Delta were also involved in the festivals. In the 6th annual meeting of China Festival Industry, the Cixi Bayberry Festival and the International Economy & Trade Tourism Festival were awarded as the most popular festivals.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 03 July 2012 10:00
Statistics show, Ningbo companies have exported 9,210 batches of Ningbo-made products to Africa over the first five months. The trading volume reaches 430 million USD, a year-on-year increase of 6 percent and 26 percent respectively.
Given the huge African market potential, it is significant for Chinese companies to transform and upgrade themselves and take diversified strategy to seize the opportunity. In the first five months in 2012, 1,778 Ningbo companies sold their products to Africa, including tea, air conditioning, canned foods, wire and cable, textiles, and small home appliances. As the stable African countries usually show higher purchasing power, South Africa becomes the top importer, with a trading volume of 91 million USD. Next to South Africa are Egypt and Algeria, with a trading volume of 59,850,000 USD and 40,910,000 USD respectively.
Ningbo companies are showing increasing confidence in the African market. Currently, Ningbo has established trade relations with 50 countries and regions out of the 54 African countries. In Ningbo, Cixi outnumbers the other districts and counties with a trading volume of 150 million US dollars, an increase of 25 percent year-on-year. Yinzhou District and Yuyao follows Cixi, with a trading volume of 92.7 million USD, 8650 million USD, a year-on-year increase of 90 percent and 85 percent respectively.
The biggest impact on Ningbo's exportation to Africa is war. During the first half of 2012, the civil war broken out in Mali has negative effect on the trade of its neighboring countries. Mauritania, a traditional tea distribution center imported tea worth 3.93 million USD from Ningbo, a decline of 52 percent year-on-year. In contrast, Egypt, in the wake of its civil war, has seen a growing export volume, which stood at $ 59,840,000, an increase of 37 percent year-on-year
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Category: Charity Ningbo
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Published: Tuesday, 03 July 2012 09:59
Ningbo Charity Federation (NBCF) held its annual charity day this Tuesday and raised a total of 1.795 million yuan, which includes 240,000 yuan from 83 organizations and 1.555 million yuan from 7,496 personal donors.
The top company donor is Ningbo branch of Zhejiang Tobacco Company which donated 100,000 yuan. Meanwhile, staffs of Bank of Communications donated a total of 99,635 yuan, making the largest group donation. Next to Bank of Communications are staffs of Ningbo Supply and Marketing Cooperative and Ningbo bank of Construction Bank, each donating 72,655.5 yuan and 70,000 yuan respectively.
The portion of individual donations keeps rising. Twenty-seven donors contributed 70,026 yuan, or an average of 2,594 yuan per capita. The figure includes 20,000 yuan from a resident named Ying Yun, and 10,000 yuan from another resident named Wang Jueqing, 10,000 yuan from an anonymous donor, and 5000 yuan from the 94-year-old Hong Zhuqing.
Meanwhile, the title sponsorship of many small charitable founds has attracted people's attention. Twenty-five individuals (households) became title sponsor of charitable foundations by donating 1.08 million yuan. Up till now, NBCF has received 731,000 yuan. Ms. Li, the largest personal donator, set up a foundation named "Sunny Fund" by donating 500,000 yuan. Setting up small charitable foundation is a new program launched by NBCF. Anybody who donates 10,000 yuan or more can create a charitable fund and choose a name for the fund. These funds are used to help needy students, poverty-stricken people, the disabled, and the elders, and in other social welfare undertakings. A donor can choose one type for his or her fund and NBCF will help to set up the fund according to the donor’s wish