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Category: On The Campus
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Published: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 11:17
It is learned from Ningbo College Work Conference held on February 21 that by the end of 2011, there had been 145,000 present college students in Ningbo, up by one third compared with that of 2005.
Since 2006, an annual special fund of 50 million yuan has been invested in building the service-oriented education system in Ningbo. By 2011, the per capital funding for students of higher vocational colleges had reached about 90% of that for undergraduates with the same major, and it will reach the same level within two year. The ratio between undergraduates and junior college students has become 60:40 in 2011 instead of 44:56 in 2005. The present graduate students in Ningbo reached 6282 people. In last year, in the ranking of comprehensive scientific research strength for universities in China issued by 2011 Chinese university appraisal group, Ningbo University ranked No. 99, marking a great breakthrough in the higher education history in Ningbo. Besides, the State Oceanic Administration of China and Ningbo People's Government have signed an agreement to co-build Ningbo University. Ningbo Polytechnic ranks among the first batch of state demonstration vocational colleges. Ningbo University of Technology is listed among the pilot universities for the "excellent engineers plan" by the Ministry of Education. Zhejiang Wanli University is defined as a pilot college for Master's degree graduates by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council. Ningbo Nottingham University signed a four-part agreement with University of Nottingham, Ningbo Education Bureau and Ningbo Science & Technology Bureau to co-build the "International Doctoral Innovative Research Center".
By the end of 2011, there had been 11 state-level characteristic majors and three state demonstration majors for high vocational education. In terms of discipline construction, Ningbo University and Ningbo Nottingham University made the breakthrough of PhD granting.
It is proposed in the College Work Conference that the focus of the higher education development should be put on optimizing the talent cultivating patterns and improving the cultivating quality. Universities and colleges should adjust to the demand of economic and social development, as well as providing service for the transformation of economic development mode and industrial transformation and upgrading. In 2012, the committee of experts on science & technology work for universities and colleges in Ningbo will be set up, the university scientific and technological achievements transformation market and transformation center will be established, and Ningbo Institute of Higher Technology will be founded
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 11:13
In the breakthrough year of the major "six-quickening" projects, Ningbo will optimize the investment structure of its state-owned assets and increase investment efforts. News comes from the Working Conference for State-owned Assets and Enterprises held recently, this year, the investment by state-owned enterprises in major "six-quickening" projects will surpass 18 billion yuan.
The conference makes it the aim to display fully the leading and supporting role of the municipal state-owned enterprises in strategic, fundamental and livelihood areas and to make great efforts to promote the stable and rapid economic and social development.
Last year, the state-owned enterprises in Ningbo played a leading role in the development and construction of the strong international port, major infrastructure projects, major urban blocks and major livelihood projects, besides preserving and increasing the value of state-owned assets. By the end of last year, the ten specially inspected major government projects undertaken by state-owned enterprises in Ningbo had completed an investment of 8.965 billion yuan, 110% of the yearly plan.
This year, the state-owned enterprises will continue to enlarge the effective investment demands, and accelerate the construction of a batch of major infrastructure projects, major urban block projects and major livelihood projects, such as the rail traffic, the south and north outer-ring expressways, Chuanshan Port Highway, Xiangshan Port Bridge, Sanmen Bay Bridge, "the north banks of the two rivers", Qincun Reservoir and cultural squares. And the intended annual investment will surpass 18 billion yuan.
In accordance with the requirements of building the core area of Zhejiang Marine Economic Demonstration Zone, the municipal state-owned enterprises will also make great efforts in investing in marine economy in order to promote the strategic transformation of Ningbo port from "goods transport port" to "trade logistics port". Ningbo Municipal SASAC encourages the combination of industry and finance, endeavors to promote the state-owned enterprises to invest in marine industry, and supports the development of marine finance industry with marine industry fund and East Sea Bank, etc. as the main body. It will also strengthen its financial security for marine economy development by realizing an investment of over three billion yuan.
In terms of the development of large port industries, the state-owned enterprises will also display their leading role, further optimize the structure and put in more investments. The investment in such major projects as Zhenhai Power Center, LNG cold energy utilization, big ethylene project of Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co. and the second phase of big ethylene project of Formosa Plastics Group will surpass one billion yuan this year.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:22
It is learned from the traffic and railroad conference held in February 20, in 2012, the investment in traffic infrastructure will reach 16.1 billion yuan, among which 8.6 billion yuan will be invested in highway building, 2.5 billion yuan in railroad building, 5 billion yuan in port and inland rivers construction and another 35 million yuan in city bus stations. The building of the "international strong port" will be further accelerated by completing a cargo throughput of 440 million tons and a container throughput of 15.3 million TEUs. Liu Qi, Vice Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Ningbo, called for all related sections and departments to make joint efforts to overcome difficulties in work and endeavor to accomplish the objectives of this year's tasks. Vice-mayor Su Limian presided over the conference.
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