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Poultry markets shut down amid H7N9 bird flu fears

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Category: Ningbo News
Published: Monday, 27 January 2014 20:32

All live markets in Ningbo's urban districts will be shut down by January 26 for cleaning and disinfection, according to a notice issued by the Municipal Government on January 24. Meanwhile, local heath authority has banned all live-poultry imports and the flying of pigeons in urban districts.

According to the notice, Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei and Yinzhou districts will suspend the sales of live poultry and birds in all agricultural products markets, flower markets, and poultry wholesale markets by 0:00 on January 26. Markets managements are required to conduct overall cleaning and disinfection and collect remaining poultry for treatment to stop the virus from spreading. Ningbo will ban live poultry imports and suspend reporting and inspection of live poultry imports in its urban districts. Sales of live poultry in any street market are strictly banned. In the mean time, a close monitoring of H7N9 virus will be carried on in all farms, habitat for migratory birds, wild birds training places, zoos, and parks. Pigeon flying and performances in zoos and local scenic resorts are also suspended.

Meanwhile, trade authorities are required to take steps to guarantee food supply during the upcoming Spring Festival. Other counties and districts shall decide whether to suspend or close their live poultry markets in accordance with changes in the epidemic and take actions according to the notification the provincial health authority.

Ningbo to make action plan for prevention and control of atmospheric pollution

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Category: Ningbo News
Published: Monday, 27 January 2014 20:31

According to a meeting on the work of environment protection held on April 21, in 2014 Ningbo is going to make a new plan for ecological construction and ecological functional zone, aiming to form an environment friendly situation for the regional sustainable development.

In 2014, following the principles of "forbidden development, restricted development, optimized development and favored development", Ningbo environment department will draw a line for the ecological protection, specifying the bottom line for the ecological function zones and environment bearing capacity. With the plan, the city shall strictly implement the system of total control of pollutants.

The air and water environment protection is an important part of the work of environment protection. In 2014, Ningbo is to make and plan of action for prevention and control of atmospheric pollution, to make detailed requirements and measures for the pollution control for the port areas and urban functional zones, concentrating on the "gas for coal" program, the elimination of small boilers and the control of dust in coal yards. Ningbo will go on the environment improvement programs for the coal yards, ore yards and cargo yards at the port area of Ningbo, speed up the treatment of solid particles of the steel enterprises and the organic pollutants of large chemical enterprises, and promote the improvement of the heavily polluting industries of casting and secondary metal smelting.

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Ningbo increased new domestic enterprises by 39.1%

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Category: Ningbo News
Published: Monday, 27 January 2014 20:27

The other day, Ningbo Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce released a report of the statistics of the registered enterprises in 2013. The statistics show that there is a rapid year-on-year increase in both the number of registered enterprises and the registered capital indicating the rapid economic recovery of Ningbo. By the end of last year, the city's domestic enterprises amount to 191087, and the registered capital 854.083 billion yuan, increased by 11.4% and 24.5% respectively. Of these enterprises, there are 173,875 private enterprises, with the registered capital totaling 535.397 billion yuan, increased by 12.7% and 32.5% respectively against the same period of the previous year. The city has 369798 private businesses, whose capital amounting to 22.034 billion yuan, increased by 2.7% and 10.2% respectively against the same period of the previous year. The actual specialized farmer cooperatives amount to 4405 and the investment totals 4.929 billion US dollars, increased by 15.6% and 25.6% year on year respectively. The actual foreign-funded enterprises amounts to 8553, with the investment totaling 66.141 billion US dollars, and the registered capital 36.826 billion US dollars including the foreign subscribed capital of 27.654 US dollars, increased by 2%, 12. 8%, 13.5% and 16.5% respectively on the yearly base.

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Exhibition of antique lamps opens in Ningbo Fashion Museum

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Category: Ningbo News
Published: Monday, 27 January 2014 20:28

The exhibition of antique lamps opens in Ningbo Fashion Museum and it will last for three months.

The exhibits are all provided by Guang Mingtang, a Ningbo collector who is devoted to the collection of antique lamps for over 20 years. So far he has collected over 1,000 lamps from which 118 are selected whose time span is about 2,000 years.

Ningbo seeking to increase success rate of city's radio taxi services

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Category: Ningbo News
Published: Thursday, 23 January 2014 15:50

Ningbo launched radio taxi services in its urban areas on 20th December, 2013.
 
Ningbo launched a radio taxi service in its urban areas on 20th December, 2013. As of now, a total of 4,427 taxies in the city offer radio booking services. 

From December 20th to January 20th, Ningbo’s radio taxi service center received 30,267 calls for taxi booking. 

The center tried to arrange 19,778 taxies for passengers in total, but only 10,007 orders were operated successfully, with a success rate of only 50%. 

The success rate of the instant taxi-hailing services and taxi-booking services were 49.67% and 55.7%, respectively. 

There are three ways to reserve a taxi in Ningbo: by telephone, QQ or the Ningbo Tong smartphone application. Statistics showed that most of the passengers made telephone calls to book taxies. 

Ningbo will offer more options for radio taxi services this year, and an easy-to-remember taxi-booking phone number, a special iso application and fixed places for taxi reservations will all be available next month.
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