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“RIDE FOR HOPE” CHARITY ACTIVITY OPENS FOR REGISTRATION AT SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, NINGBO

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Category: Ningbo News
Published: Saturday, 23 November 2013 10:33

Ningbo, Zhejiang, 13 November 2013 – With the joint effort of 11 Shangri-La properties in south and east China, the Ride for Hope charity activity has opened for registration and will pedal off on 16 November 2013 at Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen and the “Ride for Hope” activity in Ningbo is scheduled on 4 December which starts the riders’ enrollment now.

Cycling from Shenzhen to Shanghai and passing through four provinces and twenty-two cities, the 2,000-kilometer Ride for Hope was initiated to raise money to fund three selected beneficiaries – a group of villagers living in Guangxi Autonomous Region, Shenzhen Blue Ocean Conservation Association and the Will Foundation.

Riders in Ningbo who wish to join the Ride for Hope event can register at Shangri-La Hotel, Ningbo.  The registration fee is Rmb200 per adult or Rmb100 per child as the donation for charity.  Those who cannot physically visit the hotels may call the hotel on (86 574) 8799 8888 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The riding team of Ningbo will start riding from Shangri-La Hotel, Ningbo, along the Baizhang Road to The Old Bund, then along the North Ring Road to Haishu Park, circling around the downtown and back to the Hotel, covering a total distance of 15 kilometers in approximately 1.5 hours.  Six riders who have committed to completing the whole journey from Shenzhen to Shanghai will say goodbye to Ningbo riders and continue their ride to the next stop, Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou. 

The six riders, include Mr. Nicholas Smith, resident manager of Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen and initiator of this activity; Mr. Thomas Bird, a British freelance writer based in Shenzhen; Mr. Carl Wu, a young cycling aficionado from Shenzhen; Mr. Li Xiao Bao, who once cycled 2,600 kilometres from Yunnan to Lhasa, crossing the west of China; Mr. Lu Yushui, a cycling enthusiast dedicated to helping the children in Guangxi Autonomous Region; and Mr. Lu Bao Kang, who ranked tenth among 500 racers in the most recent tournament in Beihai City.

About Guangxi Autonomous Region

A group of villagers of around 20 families living in Guangxi Autonomous Region have just moved from the mountains to live in a small village along the newly built road in Guangxi Autonomous Region.  The villagers used to obtain precious water from the stone caves during the rainy season.  Having lost their only access to water, the villagers urgently need to build water cellars to store water during the rainy season.  The water will be 

sufficient for a year’s consumption.  Each water cellar costs Rmb6,000 and the Shangri-La hotels are targeting to raise Rmb120,000 to build 20 cellars.

About Shenzhen Blue Ocean Conservation Association

The first non-government organisation in China devoted to ocean conservation, Shenzhen Blue Ocean Conservation Association organizes volunteering activities to clean and preserve the ocean.  It plans to set up fish houses (artificial coral reefs) in the ocean to restore fish species.

About WILL Foundation

Based in Shanghai, the WILL Foundation gives orphans hope and a future.  Its mission is to support children who have been left behind in life and provide them a loving and nurturing environment through a tailored guided programme at an eco-learning center.

The 11 participating Shangri-La hotels are Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen; Shangri-La Hotel, Shenzhen; Shangri-La Hotel, Fuzhou; Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou; Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou; Shangri-La Hotel, Ningbo; Shangri-La Hotel, Wenzhou; Shangri-La Hotel, Suzhou; Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai; Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai and Kerry Hotel Pudong, Shanghai.

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently owns and/or manages more than 80 hotels under the Shangri-La brand with a room inventory of over 34,000.  Shangri‑La hotels are five-star deluxe properties featuring extensive luxury facilities and services.  Shangri-La hotels are located in Australia, Canada, mainland China, Fiji, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.  The group has a substantial development pipeline with upcoming projects in mainland China, India, Mongolia, Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.  For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at www.shangri-la.com.

PRESS CONTACT:Grace Yang

Director of Communications

Shangri-La Hotel, Ningbo

Tel: (86 574) 8799 7351

Fax: (86 574) 8799 8899

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website: www.shangri-la.com

For digitized pictures of the group’s hotels, please go to

http://www.shangri la.com/imagelibrary.

 

Ningbo government listed in top 10 service-oriented governments

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Category: Ningbo News
Published: Monday, 18 November 2013 20:59

Ningbo is nominated as the top 10 Chinese cities in the 2013 Lien Service-Oriented Government Index for the fourth consecutive years, according to a news conference held by the 2013 Lien Chinese Cities Service Government Index Symposium last Friday.

Qingdao, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Beijing, Chengdu, Jinan, Dalian, Nanjing and Ningbo (tied), Shanghai and Urumqi (tied) are listed as the top ten cities of service-oriented government in 2013.

The Lien Service-Oriented Government Index system was officially established in 2010. The Index refined the inaugural index, evaluating the major Chinese cities in their efforts to develop a service-oriented government in three major dimensions, namely, "public perspective", "local companies' perspective" and "basic public services". It examines cities with indicators including public and businesses satisfaction to public service, the business environment, basic public services, government efficiency, public participation, companies’ participation, government transparency and information services, and trust in government.

Ningbo life-long learning public service platform opens

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Category: Ningbo News
Published: Monday, 18 November 2013 20:48

The Ningbo life-long learning public service platform was open on November 8 in Ningbo Broadcasting and TV University, along with the online launching of its core part, "Ningbo life-long learning web". It is said that the web site presents 18,000 periods of courses, covering such ten categories as science and technology, and vocational skills, and are available to citizens for free.

The life-long learning public service platform is an information platform providing supporting services for the citizens' life-long learning, as well as one of the three learning platforms of Ningbo smart education project. Based on the various demands for life-long learning and the current facilities, the platform integrates all the further education and training resources and supporting functions, and supplies the citizens with opportunities for free and convenient life-long learning.

As the core of the platform, the Ningbo life-long learning web (www.nblll.cn) was launched formally online on November 8. So far, there are over 18,000 periods of courses in such fields as science & technology, and vocational skills. Among them, there are video resources and adult high school courses with Ningbo characteristics provided by the Municipal and county-level Education Bureaus, and the communication area for works has been opened up for citizens to post their learning results in various forms. Just log in the web with real-name registration, every citizen can have his own learning space.

It is reported that the online platform for life-long learning has also integrated various kinds of training webs for further education and a range of life-long learning resources. By providing such functions as video watching, discussion areas and online testing, the platform supplies the learners with such autonomous learning services as recourse searching and learning behavior recording, and such personalized learning services as learning guidance and problem solving, which can meet the citizens' various life-long learning demands for further education, non-certificate training and personalized autonomous learning.

The life-long learning platform mainly aims at vocational education, citizen education and senior people education. It is scheduled to share 6000 periods of quality educational resources in 2013 and 12,000 periods by 2015. In the meanwhile, the life-long learning file and credit bank will be established, as well as the system of learning accumulation, learning achievement application and management for various categories of learning.

Ningbo to implement integrated reform of public hospitals

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Published: Monday, 18 November 2013 20:51

The 23rd session of the director meeting of the 14th Standing Committee of the People's Congress was held on November 11 to discuss about the report of the public hospital reform in Ningbo. Leaders attending the meeting include Song Wei, Party Secretary and Director of the Standing Committee of the municipal People's Congress, Deputy Directors Wu hemin, Cheng Yuechong, Su Limian, Shi Xiaoguo and Hu Modun.

According to a person in charge from the Municipal Health Department, in 2012, comprehensive reform for public hospitals has been implemented in 51 counties in two batches, by reducing the medicine costs, adjusting price standards for some medical services, and improving the government investment in public hospitals. The quality of medical services and the operating efficiency have been improved, and the business income structure for hospitals has become more reasonable. For the first half of this year, the total medical business income of 49 county-level public hospitals (not including Qianhu Hospital and Daxie Development Zone Hospital) in 2013 increases by 388 million yuan compared with the same period of 2012, an increase of 10.16%. The average length of hospital stay is 10.27 days, down by 16.14% over the last year. In the meanwhile, the proportion of medicine income against business income is 43.63%, down by 8.89% over 2012. The average outpatient medicine cost drops by 6.1 yuan, a decrease of 5.99%, and the average discharge medicine cost drops by 649.77 yuan, a decrease of 17.81%.

According to the meeting, the reform of public hospitals is a major social issue as well as a major issue connected with the people’s well-being. Over the past few years, the medical sector has completed the five major reform tasks within three years and smoothly launched the reform planning for the 12th Five-year Plan period, which has to a degree relieved the difficulty of seeing a doctor. However, there are still a lot of problems in terms of financial subsidies and distribution system. The comprehensive reform for municipal public hospitals will start up on December 28.

nternational summit symposium of future traffic opened in Ningbo

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Published: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 10:25

On November 1, an international summit symposium on the subject of "green cities and future traffic" opened in Ningbo. This is a meeting of experts of famous domestic and international science institutions and universities including the Royal Society of UK, Cambridge University, MIT, Tsinghua University, and China Academy of Engineering. Wang Renzhou, Vice Mayor of Ningbo, attended the meeting.

This symposium is organized by the Office of Returned Scholars of China Association of Science and Technology, the Office of Talents of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and the Low Carbon Energy University Alliance (LCEUA) of Tsinghua University, Cambridge University and MIT, and co-organized by the research center of future traffic of the LCEUA and Ningbo Association of Science and Technology.

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