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Ningbo hosted a celebration of Women's Day

The other day, Ningbo Office of Foreign Affairs, Ningbo Foreign Economic Cooperation Bureau and Ningbo Women's Federation jointly hosted a party of women from foreign countries to celebrate the International Women's Day.

About 150 representatives of foreign women were invited to the party, who are from USA, UK, France, Australia, Italy, Spain, Japan, South Korea, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Ethiopia and Ghana. On the festival, they visited Xiangshan Port Bridge, the Old Street of Shipu Town and Xiangshan Movie Studio.

China Travel on the Sea Year opened in Xiangshan

In the coming years, Ningbo is to turn itself into an important destination in the Changjiang River Delta for travel on the sea. On the morning of March 9, the program China Travel on the Sea Year 2013 opened in Shipu Town, Xiangshan, and thus started the tourism program of the year.

This year, National Tourism Administration has set the theme of the tourism for the year as "Year of Travel on the Sea". In Ningbo, this theme is modified to be "Beautiful Ningbo and Beautiful Seas", and with this theme, Ningbo aims to promote new tourist and recreational programs of travels on the seas: fishing on the sea, travel by cruisers, fishery for recreation, water sports, and sea food services. The city will further integrate sea traveling resources, strengthening promoting tourist products and programs with distinctive features and Ningbo more famous in the Changjiang River Delta as a destination of travel on the sea.

Based on public opinions, Ningbo will announce a number of recommended tourist products with distinctive features, including Ningbo Top Ten Travel-on-the-Sea Spots for 2013, Ningbo Top 10 Featured Seafood Stalls for 2013 and Ningbo Top 10 Seafood Banquets. Together with these programs, Ningbo will organize 100 photographers to visit the coastal areas of Xiangshan County so that they can use their cameras to display the charm of the seas of Xiangshan and Ningbo.

Jiangdong government and enterprises making joint efforts to promote catering industrial transformation

Since the end of 2012, the restaurants and hotels in Jiangdong District have witnessed a significant drop in performance. To address the problem, the related departments in the district have introduced a number of measures to guide the concept transformation and development of the enterprises in the catering industry.

In recent years, the Sunward Fishery Restaurant has launched a variety of commercial subordinates including Wending No.1, Hantang Restaurant and Hottaste, which makes it possible to effectively share the market risk. This kind of practice will be promoted in the district. Some star hotels and large-scale catering enterprises have entered the “white-collar lunch packages” market and the community nutritious breakfast market. Some enterprises have expanded their market through such activities as group buying, microblog discount and prizes for introducing new customers.

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Ningbo-style garden to be presented in World Horticultural Expo

It is learned from the promotion conference of the Suncheon World Horticultural Expo that as a representative city from China, Ningbo will participate in this year's expo to be held in Suncheon, South Korea.

The World Horticultural Expo, approved by the Association of International Horticulture Producers (AIPH), is the largest A1-level international horticultural exposition in the world. The expo integrates cultural achievements and technological achievements and aims to enhance the exchange and communication between different countries. The 2013 World Horticultural Expo will be held in Suncheon of South Korea from April 20 to October 20.

Ningbo pavilion to be set up in Suncheon Garden Expo

On March 5, a delegation from Suncheon, led by Mayor Cho Chunghun, arrived in Ningbo for the promotion of the 2013 Suncheon Garden Expo.
In the expo, to be held between April 20 and October 20, 2013 in Suncheon, there will be ten national pavilions. As the international friend city of Suncheon, Ningbo will participate in the expo as a representative from China together with Xi'an. The Ningbo garden project, with a total area of 2200 square meters, will demonstrate to the world the landscape architectures with distinct regional characteristics.

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