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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 02 April 2012 13:03
According to Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Environment Protection, in the examination by Zhejiang Provincial Office of Pollutants Discharge Reduction, Ningbo is among the best of Zhejiang in the discharge reduction of major pollutants.
The examination shows, in 2011 Ningbo reduced discharge of COD by 3.52%, ammonia nitrogen by 3.12%, sulfur dioxide by 3.83%, and nitrogen oxides by 1.56%. Ningbo has fulfilled all the requirements for the discharge reduction of the three major pollutants as is required by Zhejiang Provincial Government for the annual examination for 2011. With respect to the control of pollutants of COD, ammonia nitrogen and nitrogen oxides, Ningbo is the best in Zhejiang. And it is No.2 in the control of sulfur dioxide.
Reportedly, in the past year, all the cities, counties, districts and related departments made vigorous efforts to advance pollution reduction programs. In the rectification of the key areas and key industries,Ningbo constantly strengthens the law enforcement, and the environment supersion, resulting in notable progress in this respect.
In the control of water pollution, the city renovated and built sewage treatment facilities, improved the sewage collection network, raised the capacity of sewage treatment works and raised the used of recycled water.
In the last year, the city started the program of "No Highly Polluting Fuel Areas". With the program, the city eliminated 154 coal-fueled boilers in the first phase of the program and eliminated 36 coal-fueled boilers planned for the first phase of the program
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 02 April 2012 13:03
Zhenhai Power Plant recently started the denitrating program, Zhenhai Petrol Refining and Chemical Company started the No.1 desulfurization and denitration program, and Zhejiang Zhenhai United Power Plant started the oil-to-gas innovating program. With these programs, Zhenhai is working to reduce the emission of sulfur dioside and nitrogen dioxide to respectively 5.5% and 3% this year.
"Because of the special industrial structure, Zhenhai District is confronted with a great pressures of environment pollution and the people are much concerned with the environment improvement," said Xue Weihai, Secretary of Zhenhai District Party Committee. Following the principles set by the Ningbo Congress of Party Representatives that attach great importance to the ecological environment, Zhenhai District gives priority to ecological improvement. It has scheduled 37 key projects of 7 categories, into which the district this year will put over 3 billion yuan.
The air quality is the biggest issue for the people in Zhenhai. This year, the district will continue the implement of the "clean air action". With such measures as relocating the coal wharfs, and improving the spray equipment, the district is working vigorously to control coal dust pollution to the goal that in two years the coal dust pollution will drop by 90%. In the meanwhile, the district is taking measures to control organic waste gases to reduce the pollutants emission. This year, the district will eliminate 88 coal-fueled boilers in the No Highly Polluting Fuel Areas.
Since the pollution control in the key industries is an important part of environment improvement, the district this year will rectify 31 fine chemical enterprises. By such measures as eliminating, renovating, relocating and closing down backward technologies and facilities, the district expects to promote the transformation and upgrading of fine chemical enterprises. Renovation will be made in the acid cleaning technology of the 44 enterprises of fastening products. It will set up a special acid cleaning center. The district will complete the renovation of the 11 electroplating enterprises and transform and upgrade the industry.
Since the infrastructural facilities are the foundation for ecological improvement, the district this year will re-organize the resources of Zhenhai Power Plant of Zheneng Company and Zhenhai Petrol Refining and Chemical Company, making a unified plan for a new energy center, raising the efficiency of energy use and promoting energy saving and discharge reduction. The waste water treatment programs of North Ningbo Sewage Treatment Plant are going on in an accelerated way.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 02 April 2012 13:03
In the last year, Cixi City made a historical new high for the number patent applications and the number of patent rights granted. In the year, the city obtained 238 patents for invention. It indicates the constantly increasing creative capacity of the enterprises. It also indicates that the city is accelerating to adjust the modes of economic growth, shifting from the manufacturing orientation to the creating orientation.
The city is also working to build a human friendly environment of respecting creativity, knowledge and creditability and to raise the awareness of patents rights and capacity. In recent years, Cixi Science and Technology Bureau has organized training classes of patents rights for related enterprises leaders. About 2,000 people have got trained. In the meanwhile, relying on such platforms as Cixi Household Appliance Expo, the city hosted China Cixi Forum of Intellectual Property and launched programs including the cooperative program of intellectual properties of the Changjiang River Delta, and the contests of industrial designing, inventions and patents election and so on, to create the atmosphere of creativity.
These policies and incentive measures have roused the enthusiasm of enterprises to apply for patent rights and promoted the development of enterprises.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Monday, 02 April 2012 13:02
To nurture 100 business-establishment talents, to introduce 100 intelligent projects, to form 100 teams of technology innovation, to establish 100 technological service platforms for enterprises, and to have 100 enterprises with sufficient talents, these are the targets set in the five programs that Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area has carried out to attract more talents. For these programs, the New Area has set up a special fund of at least 300 million yuan to turn the Area into a "special zone of talents".
In view of the five programs, The New Area will give greater support to the talented people who work in the area. A person who establishes his business in the area and turns over 100 million yuan in the sales value in three years is likely to get an award of 2 million yuan maximally.
Apart from the five programs, the New Area is also implementing other programs like the "assuring program", the "housing program" and the "encouraging program". It has opened the "green channel" for returned scholars to establish their businesses and provide them overall services. It has established a fund for talented people, and improved a system to reward the talented people.