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Bilingual public signs will cover the whole city in 2020

Ningbo Bilingual Public Sign System Implementation Plan will be put into effect since July. The system include 5 categories: road sign, bus stop sign, map, location sign and traffic sign. The plan also decides five areas for the bilingual public signs: public transportation equipment, urban road, streets and districts, tourism and service places, and parks.
According to the plan, Tianyi business circle, Ningbo Railway Station and the South and North Square will complete the updating of the public sign system. The new system is expected to cover the whole city by 2020.
In addition, departments like Ningbo Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will issue A Guide to Ningbo Bilingual Public Sign and Ningbo Public Sign Translation Standard.

Both deposits and loans exceeding 1.5 trillion yuan

According to Ningbo Central Branch of People's Bank, by the end of June, the total loans (including all currencies) of the city reached 1.538108 trillion yuan, up by 8.72% over the same period of last year; while the deposits stood at 1.506847 trillion yuan, an increase of 73.915 billion yuan over the beginning of this year. In the first half of the year, there is an increase of 80-.3 billion yuan in loans, with a clear growth of personal consumption loans.

With the steady growth of loans, the balance of RMB loans grew by 10.0%, the first time for the growth rate to return to over 10% over the past 14 months. The loans are mainly given to such fields as personal consumption, major projects construction, small and micro enterprises and agriculture. The balance of the personal consumption loans for the city reached 243.794 billion yuan at the end of June, up by 17.6% over the same period of last year, a new high since April of 2011. The rapid growth of personal consumption loans can be attributed to two factors, on the one hand, with the beneficial policies for the housing market, including the reduction of interest rates and adjustment of housing loan policies, the personal housing loans picked up. The loans in the first half of the year gained an increase of 10.023 billion yuan, which is 8.442 billion yuan higher than the growth of the same period of last year. On the other hand, with the rise of the credit card consumption and the banks' instalment policy for large cash, the personal credit card overdraft volume has soared. In the first half of the year, it increased by 10.216 billion yuan, 8.45 billion yuan higher than the growth of the same period of last year.

The balance and growth of loans for micro and small enterprises are both on a rise. By the end of June, the balance of the loans by micro and small enterprises stood at 436.911 billion yuan, an increase of 13.341 billion yuan over the beginning of the year, accounting for 25.41% of the total growth of loans for all enterprises. The loans involving agricultural elements have also increased, and the growth of urban loans for agriculture exceeded 50%.

Ningbo Intelligent Park awarded Internet+

On June 27, the 2nd China (Hangzhou) Mobile Internet Conference was held in Hangzhou. Ningbo Intelligent Park, as the model base of Ningbo intelligent city construction and the first intelligent park invited, was awarded “Internet+ 2015 Zhejiang Action Model Intelligent Park”. 
Ningbo Intelligent Park combines the unique advantages of Internet+ like information data, high-end talent and rich scientific resources and the environmental advantages of High-tech Park like policy environment, innovation environment, industrial environment and business environment. The park uses the mode of internet+ +intelligent park, builds the platform for the application of intelligent technology, and initiates the new mode of free movement and intelligent office work of Internet+ times. 
It is learned that Ningbo Intelligent Park is another incubator for intelligent city built by the Administration committee of High-tech Zone and Blue & Green City after Ningbo R&D Park. The park occupies an area of 380 thousand square meters, with the integrated functions of office building, intelligent offices, international apartments, waterside stores, cultural center and intelligent management center. It will offer 24 hours’ dynamic offices, mobile offices, intelligent offices, leading the new orientation of Chinese business.

CPC Members from Ximen Street Make Community Life Easier

“Everyone can speak of his ideas about livelihood. That’s what Party’s work is all about as CPC can pool wisdom from all parts of the community”, Zhou Aiyu, a Party member commented. Recently, Ximen Street of Haishu District has launched a management project in a way of how we do with menus, where we can select something that we like. Party members can play their roles by regulating growing practices in private land. This is what people want to improve from the “menu”.

According to Cai Huiqun, vice secretary of Street Party Committee, they have rolled out menu-like management project in an attempt to give full play to the role of grass-root party members and community in making people’s life easier. At the moment, the “menu” has been distributed to 114 Party Secretaries, who will ask 2,089 members to choose from the menu the work they try to improve, from 12 Party Committees and 2 General Party Branches.

In this "three meetings and one lecture" (regular general meetings, regular branch meetings, Party group meetings and lectures about Party), the menu management project is divided into "Party education", "menu-like issues" and " the exchange". The "Party education" lists 15 topics, will be lectured by professors from Municipal Senior Professors Association. Contents will include red history and the era of the anti-Japanese bases in East Zhejiang, how to have better Party members and other familiar topics. They will also talk about promoting the rule of law, One Belt One Road and other topics linked to the development of Ningbo. In terms of menu-like issues, they will talk about 15 items involving residential parking, safety hazards of the old district public carport, how to normalize activities of party volunteers and other livelihood projects, community center and people concerned about the topic. The last part lists the time and place for observing 13 projects with party building characteristics.

25 Party members from Yongfeng community have recently discussed such topic as why public green land is used for private planting. Not only do they analyze the causes, but also how to play the role of party members and regulate the practice. Old Party member Zhou Aiyu advises:" Many issues involve the interest of the people so that people can be the backbone of our community. In this way, problem that some party members do not see can be well resolved."

Dai Liming, secretary of the Northern Community Party Branch, said: "In the past, the Party branch secretary bears most of the responsibility to do a lot of preparatory work, but in a relatively simple way. I've often wondered how Party organizations have a good life under the new normal? 'menu style' party building management project is the source of inspiration to me. It is relevant to issues of everyday life and the people. In this way, party members actively participate in lively activities with other community members. This is a rewarding move for push the Party forward as it promotes mutual learning."

It takes only 4 hours from Ningbo to Wuyishan Moutain by the most beautiful high-speed train in China

On the morning of June 28, as the high-speed train G5602 from Fuzhou to North Wuyishan left Fuzhou Railway Station, Hefu High-speed railway, an important part of Jingfu (from Beijing to Fuzhou) high-speed railway, officially go into operation. 
Hefu high-speed railway shorten the distance between the cities. The travel time from Fuzhou and Nanchang to Hefei has been condensed from 8.5h and 7h to about 4h; the travel time from Nanchang to Guiyang drops from 18.5h to 5h. The capital cities of Nanchang, Fuzhou, Hefei and Guiyang form a 5-hour transport circle. People are closer to the inter-provincial one city life. 
The designed speed of Hefu High-speed is 350km/h. With rich tourism resources along the railway, it is also labeled as the most beautiful high-speed railway in China. The railway goes through Tongling, Jixi, Xuancheng, Shexian, Wuyuan, Shangrao and Ningde. These cities have a long history, with many famous historic figures and relics. It also travels past the picturesque Chaohu, Yellow Mountain, Wuyishan Moutain and Sanqingshan Mountain with clean waters and green mountains. The railway connects all the famous scenic spots in Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian. 
Then, what changes will the new railway bring to People in Ningbo. According to the well-informed person, there is no direct high-speed train from Ningbo to these places. But even if we transit via Hangzhou Dong or Shangrao, it will still be more convenient. For example, if you want to travel to Wuyishan Mountain, you can set off in the morning from Ningbo, and you will arrive there at noon.

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