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Plan for water supply and drainage made

By 2020, Ningbo will have a daily water supply capacity of two million tons, the daily replacement of tap water by the industrial water will reach 350,000 tons, and the daily sewage treatment capacity will reach 930,000 tons. This is the official plan for Ningbo Water Supply and Drainage Group during the 13th Five-year Plan period, issued on March 22, the 24th World Water Day. 
During the 13th Five-year Plan period, the Tap Water Company attached to the Water Supply and Drainage Group will build a new water plant with a daily production capacity of 500,000 tons, and as a result, the total supply capacity of the whole city will reach two million tons per day. The water source quality will be upgraded to Class one and Class two, and the water supply quality will meet the provincial standard for modern urban water supply, approaching the international standard. 
In terms of industrial water supply, besides building a new industrial water plant in east Yinzhou District, the Yaojiang River Water Plant will cover a larger area, so that by 2020, the daily production of tap water from the industrial water supply will reach 350,000 tons, thus realizing the proper use of the water resources. In addition, during the 13th Five-year Plan period, Ningbo Water Drainage Company will improve the smart drainage system, strengthen the infrastructure construction, expand the waste water treatment plant, and increase the daily sewage treatment capacity by 230,000 tons per day, so that by 2020, the daily sewage treatment capacity will reach 930,000 tons, with the capacity meeting the national Class A standard, and both the passing rate of the outlet water quality and the harmless rate of sludge disposal reaching 100%. Meanwhile, the production capacity of the reclaimed water will reach 224,000 tons per day, and the recycling rate of the reclaimed water will exceed 20%

Line 1 extension to Beilun opened

Finally the extension of Line 1 NRT to Beilun was put into operation. For 2 days commuters had a chance to test it free of charge creating a rush on the lines, not much different from Shanghai rush hour. 

Ningbo Second-hand Housing Market Remain Generally Stable

Recently, with the double cut in deed tax and business tax, Ningbo second-hand housing market was invigorated. As sources from real-estate agencies suggested, many of them were expediting their business expansion. Around a certain residential area there were even 7 real-estate agencies.

A boom in the housing market attracted people to take up the profession of housing agency.

Mrs. Zhong rented a small room of about 10 square meters in Fuming Street where she had been selling chickens for over 20 years. Due to good quality and moderate prices, her store attracted many customers in the vicinity who then made her acquaintance and brought her a considerable income.

However, after the Spring Festival in 2016, customers were told that the store had changed its business. In the following days, Mrs. Zhong started to refurbish her store and finished just two days ago with a brand new appearance. A conspicuous sign hung above demonstrating its new business: real-estate agency.

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Haishu District Initiates First Online Volunteer Office for Protecting Consumers’ Rights

“Haishu District Volunteers for Protecting Consumers’ Rights” forum launched officially in Dongfang bbs“community column”on 14th , March. By posting requests or photos, consumers are able to get help from professionals. This is the first online volunteer office to protect consumers’ rights which adds an extra convenient and open channel for consumers in Haishu district.
    “The office is backed up by online senior lawyers with offline support from Haishu district Consumer Protection Commission and Haishu district People’s Court. It consists of groups such as post-sale liaisons from famous enterprises, folk volunteers and so on.”, introduced Di Shubo, Director of Haishu district Consumer Protection Commission. The office will conduct online mediation, to promote knowledge of protecting consumers’ rights once it gets online. What’s more, for cases that happen in Haishu district, the office would help to build a bridge for communications between consumers and sellers which will realize online and offline protection for consumers.

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Spring tea to be picked

With the warm weather and rising temperature, the local spring tea is now ready for picking. 
On the tea mountain of Hushan Village of Mushan Town of Yuyao County, some tea-picking workers were busy picking the Wuniuzao Tea. With an area of over 1000 mu, the tea farm mainly produces such varieties as Wuniuzao Tea, the White Tea of Anji and the Golden Buds. The Wuniuzao Tea is the first variety to be picked, and due to the warm weather, the picking period this year is about one week earlier than the usual. The price of the first batch of the spring tea will remain almost the same as in last year. 
If the temperature continues to rise, the spring tea varieties will all greet the picking period, according the technicians from the municipal Forestry Specialty Technology Center

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