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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 19 December 2011 09:23
It is estimated that by eliminating the backward production capacity, Ningbo will reduce the yearly consumption of electricity by one billion KWH. Thanks to the policy of cultivating strategic emerging industries, the proportion of the eight strategic emerging industries occupied one-fifth of the total industrial output in the first three quarters of this year. All such achievements, mentioned by Zhang Shifang, Deputy Director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission and Director of the Municipal Industrial Upgrading Office, in his speech delivered in the press conference on December 14, demonstrated that at the first year of the 12th Five-year Plan Ningbo accelerated its industrial upgrading and its comprehensive competitiveness of industries enhanced continually.
The port industry stepped onto a new stage by sticking to the revolving-oriented development. With the promotion of the extension project of Geely Automobile in Chunxiao Town of Beilun District and the 10 billion-yuan project in Wanhua Industrial Park of Daxie Development Zone, the port industry in Ningbo has further increased in aggregation and improved in comprehensive competitiveness. In the first ten months of this year, the developing rate of port industry took the lead among all the industries in Ningbo, with an increase of 34.4% in petroleum processing industry, 45.8% in chemical raw materials and products, and 40.2% in chemical fiber industry, much higher than the average growth rate.
The transformation of the traditional industries accelerated significantly by sticking to transforming and upgrading. In the past year, Ningbo has increased its efforts in technological reform and elimination of backward production capacity, strengthened the innovation of core technology and techniques and attached great importance to improving industrial competitiveness. It is estimated that the elimination of the 376 enterprises in 17 industries may save one billion KWH of electricity and 530,000 ton of standard coal. 13 enterprises in Ningbo rank among the 2011 top 500 manufacturers in China, taking up one-fifth of those selected in the whole province.
Cultivation of the emerging industries began to achieve initial success by sticking to planning ahead. In the first three quarters, the eight strategic emerging industries (such as new energy industry) realized an output value of 166.38 billion yuan, increasing its proportion in the total industry output value by 19.1%. A batch of demonstration projects have been moving forward in order, and a case in point is the construction of the Ningbo base project of China South Locomotive with an investment of 3 billion yuan, which will boast of an output of 150 rail transit vehicles.
The development energy of modern services industry was improved by sticking to the high-end orientation. In the last year, Ningbo has quickened its construction of a batch of major projects in services industry. The development energy of modern services industry has greatly been improved with the added value for the first three quarters reaching 172.67 billion yuan, up by 9.3% over the same period last year. So far, there have been 315 technology service institutes included in the statistics in Ningbo. It is estimated that the turnover of bulk commodity may reach over 200 billion yuan as commodity trading and headquarter economy are still on the rise.
Strengthening the technological innovation is the key to industrial transformation and upgrading. This year, the budget for technological expense stands at 2.502 billion yuan, up by 13%. In the first ten months, the technological activity expenses of the above-scale industries reached 9.7 billion yuan, up by about 30%. In the first three quarters, the cumulative volume of invention patents in Ningbo reached 1218, up by 40% over the same period last year.
The essential factor support and mechanism innovation guaranteed the progress of industrial transformation and upgrading. This year, the municipal financial budget for accelerating industrial transformation and upgrading reached 2.23 billion yuan, taking up 14% of the available municipal financial resources. In the meanwhile, by actively reforming the means of financial support, the city has seen a better play of the financial lever effect and leading role
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Category: Tourist Ningbo
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Published: Monday, 19 December 2011 09:22
Recently, in the awarding ceremony of 2011 China leisure innovation awards as well as the 5th session of best China tourism suppliers selection was held in Beijing, and the 3rd China lake Leisure Festival project, submitted by Dongqian Lake tourist resort, finally got the leisure festival innovation award when competing with over 160 projects submitted by all levels of tourism bureau and leisure tourist businesses. It is known that 2011 China leisure innovation awarding activity is approved by the National Tourism Administration, specially sponsored by China Tourism Association and National Leisure Standardizing Technology Committee, and jointly hosted by the Leisure Holiday Division of China Tourism Association, Qunar.com and China Tourism and Leisure Web. The award is to be given to those institutes, individuals and products that have made outstanding innovative contributions to the development of leisure industry, and is decided by online public election and expert committee evaluation. In the past few years, thanks to its natural and cultural advantages, the Dongqian Lake tourist resort has innovatively held three sessions of China Lake Leisure Festival, which has given birth to the new leisure domains, industries and products. It has definitely become a leading force of the development of lake leisure industry home and abroad.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 19 December 2011 09:22
In Dubai, the "capital of trade" in The United Arab Emirates, a China shopping mall invested by Ningbo business will be set up. Recently, Zhejiang Longmen Steel Structure Co. Ltd, located in Yuyao County, signed an agreement with Milas Holding Group in Dubai to build the China Phoenix Century Plaza with an investment of $400 million.
According to the statistics from Ningbo Municipal Foreign Economy and Trade Bureau, by September this year, the total number of the officially approved overseas trade businesses and economy and trade agencies had for the first time exceeded 1000, 1019, to be exact, with a total investment of $630 million. Within this year, the number of the newly approved overseas marketing institutes stands at 87, and the investment has increased by 1.8 times compared with the same period last year.
Based on the good reputation of "made in China" and "made in Ningbo" in the global market, some Ningbo enterprises with strength began to set up on a large scale overseas markets for Chinese goods. At the end of 2008, the Beining Center of China Economic and Trade Development, built and managed by the private enterprises of Ningbo, started business. And it has by far promoted the exports of Ningbo-made goods with a total value of $30 million to West Africa.
To make good us of the overseas marketing channels by purchasing department stores and shopping malls is a shortcut for Ningbo enterprises to get access to the global channel. At the beginning of this year, Ningbo Kaiyue International Trade Company purchased the First Department Store in Cape Town, the biggest shopping mall there. So far, over 100 foreign trade enterprises have established overseas marketing networks in 95 countries and regions. All those networks come together to create a worldwide network of marketing channels, which enable the Ningbo-made goods to enter and have more say in the international market