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Hand in hand with Artists from Central and Eastern European Countries Ningbo’s first international exchange art exhibition in 2020

August 5, the Watercolor Exhibition of Central and Eastern European Countries hosted by Ningbo Museum of Art was launched online on its WeChat public account, exhibiting a series of masterpieces by artists from 15 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This is the first international art exhibition held in Ningbo in 2020.

Since 2014, Ningbo Museum of Art has organized annual art exhibitions of Central and Eastern European Countries concurrently with the annual Central and Eastern Europe Investment and Trade Fair. The first five exhibitions have received extensive attention from domestic and foreign media. After months of hard work in preparation by the organizer, 22 artists from 15 countries in Central and Eastern Europe participate in the event at invitation. These artists are active in Central and Eastern

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Calligraphy Exhibition about Ningbo held in Tianyi Pavilion

People visit the calligraphy exhibition in Yunzailou, Tianyi Pavilion. (Photo by Zhou Jianping)

To commemorate the upcoming 1200 anniversary of the founding of Ningbo, a calligraphy exhibition hosted by Tianyi Pavilion Museum and Ningbo Poetry Society of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened in Tianyi Pavilion on

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Natural Stage Weekend Theater presents excellent performance

The performance scene of the youth version of Yue Opera "Meng Lijun". (Photo by Zhou Jianping)

As the familiar Yue Opera music sounded again, Yue Opera "Meng Lijun" was performed on the Natural Stage the night before. The wonderful singing and performance of the outstanding young actors of Ningbo Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe won the warm applause of the audience and the atmosphere was quite warm.

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Investment in fixed asset expands in Zhenhai

In the past few days, high-temperature weather has  come back. On the supporting wharf site of Zhenhai Power Plant Coal-fired  Unit Relocation and Reconstruction Project of Zhenhai Power Plant, workers  are working intensively in the scorching heat. “The epidemic has affected the  progress of the project. With the help of government departments, we resumed  work in time and grabbed the progress.” The person in charge of the project  said, “On July 25, the first ship berthed smoothly, marking the trial  operation of the supporting terminal. We are currently in the process of  finishing and testing, and the supporting terminal is expected to be  officially put into use before the end of 2020."

"The relocation and transformation project of  coal-fired units in Zhenhai Power Plant, which has received much attention,  presses the construction 'fast forward button' in the second quarter and  completed 30% of the annual investment plan in one month in June." said  the person in charge of Zhenhai District Development and Reform Bureau. Zhenhai  Power Plant's coal-fired unit relocation and transformation project has  overcome difficulties and progressed as scheduled, which is the epitome of  Zhenhai's efforts to stabilize investment in the first half of the year.  Keeping a close eye on the semi-annual goals, Zhenhai will give full play to  the supporting and leading role of major projects, continue to expand  effective investment, promote early

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Ningbo’s foreign trade is resilient amid the epidemic

Overall, Ningbo’s foreign trade in the first half of 2020 was better than expected, and the import and export gradually stabilized. In the first half of the year, the city’s import and export amounted to 430.75 billion yuan, accounting for 3.03% of the country’s import and export, up 0.12 percentage points from the end of 2019. Among them, exports amounted to 278.92 billion yuan, accounting for 3.62 percent of the country’s exports, up 0.16 percentage points from the end of 2019, up 0.3 percent year-on-year, better than the country’s 3.3 percentage points. On a monthly basis, the city’s import and export and exports have seen positive growth for four consecutive months since March.

The exports of high-tech and labor-intensive products both increased, and the proportion of imports of electromechanical and high-tech products increased. In the first half of the year, Ningbo’ exports of high-tech products registered 22.05 billion yuan, up 6.3% year-on-year, an increase of 6 percentage points higher than the city's average, accounting for 7.9% of the city’s exports. The proportion increased by 0.4 percentage points. Exports of garments, textiles, plastic products, furniture, toys, footwear, bags and other seven categories of labor-intensive products increased by 9.0% year-on-year, an increase of 8.7 percentage points higher than the city average.

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