Green transport advocated

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 08:56

Some 30 cyclists from the Samsung Heavy Industries (Ningbo) went to the streets to advocate green transport on August 16. They gave out EP bags and fans to the passers-by.

Ningbo devoting major efforts to constructing public cultural service systems

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 08:52

This year is the first year of the 12th-Five-year Plan Period. Ningbo is now making great efforts to improve its public culture service systems, making them "comprehensive, high grade and sustainable." The per capita expenditure on the public culture services will reach 189 yuan.

During the 12th Five-year-plan Period, Ningbo will fundamentally form a public cultural service system in both the urban and rural areas, and it will go on invest many funds to upgrade the existing cultural infrastructural facilities. The key renovating projects of the city include Ningbo Art Theatre, Tianyi Pavilion Museum and Baoguo Temple Museum. As new projects, it will build Ningbo China Museum of the Silk Road on the Sea, Ningbo China Port Museum, a protection base for national underwater cultural heritages, and rebuild Ningbo Municipal Library, and Ningbo Broadcasting and TV Monitoring Center. There are about 40 such projects of key cultural facilities. At present, such projects have been initiated as Ningbo Art Theatre, Baoguo Temple Museum, Haishu District Cultural Center and Haishu District Library, Jiangbei District Cultural Center and Jiangbei District Library, Zhenhai District Cultural Center and Zhenhai District Library, Beilun District Library, Cixi Municipal Cultural Center, Yuyao Municipal Library and Ninghai County Cultural Center.

In the meanwhile, the city will future enhance the "15-minute cultural circles", building a well structured public cultural network that covers the cities, counties (districts), towns and villages.

Since 2011, the city has further promoted the supply of the public cultural services, offering charge free access to art galleries, libraries, cultural centers, museums and patriotism education bases.

2011 Ningbo Solon of Bloggers held

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 08:53

On August 19, 2011 Ningbo Solon of Bloggers, jointly organized by Ningbo Internet Publicity Office and cnnb.com.cn, was held. The blog hosts invited to the solon put forward their suggestions on such subjects as "the 6 accelerates" and "3 thinks and three pursues". It is learned that 2011 Ningbo Solon of Bloggers is a part of the 4th Ningbo Internet Culture Festival.

Recently, over 40 government departments displayed on the press some 200 problems that the citizens are much concerned. The invited blog hosts made much discussion on such problems.

Reportedly, the 4th Ningbo Internet Culture Festival opened on June 16, and it attracted over 2.6 million netizens. With the close of 2011 Ningbo Solon of Bloggers, the 4th Ningbo Internet Culture Festival closed successfully.

Entrepreneur Association Mansion Laid Foundation

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Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 08:51

The city entrepreneur association mansion had its foundation laid at the northern gateway to the city on August 17. Zhang Minghua attended the ceremony.

The mansion consists of two towers, each with 26 floors, 99.9 m in height, with the total floor space of 38,460 square meters. The two towers will form the shape of Ren (people in Chinese character), a token highlighting the people-centered tenet of the Association, symbolizing the enterprising spirit of Ningbo companies.

The investment for the two showers will be 680 million yuan, which will be jointly funded by the entrepreneur association, the Wanqi Group, and Jiangbei Startup Development Co., Ltd. The first tower is to be completed by the end of 2013, which will be a landmark building of the northern gateway.