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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:46
Ningbo Port has quickened its transformation and upgrading, bringing a steady growing throughout. With an increasing rate of 4.5% in 2012, Ningbo Port handles over 453 million tons of cargoes, third in China Mainland and among the first five in the world. With an increasing rate of 8%, the TEU throughout is 15.67 million, third in China Mainland and among the first six in the world.
Despite the steady growth, the growing rate is slower, with that of cargo throughout and TEU throughout over the same period decreasing by 0.62% and 3.61% respectively. This can be attributed to the economic slowdown in 2012 China.
To further promote the container business, Ningbo Port has enlarged its navigation routes and sailings. With greater cooperation with ship companies, Ningbo Port now has 235 navigation routes and 1,400 sailings every month.
Read more: Cargo throughout at Ningbo Port...
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:43
A project under the China Merchants Logistics Group was recently introduced into Ningbo Bonded Area.
The project, with a registered capital of 100 million Yuan and a total investment of 720 million Yuan, covers an area of 166,667 square meters, where a steel warehouse of 45,000 square meters and a cold storehouse of 45,000 square meters for the World Top 500 will be built. The project aims to build a green and low-carbon logistics center in Eastern China offering modern logistics service by the way of Internet of Things and information technology. Upon completion, the yearly operation income is expected to be above 740 million Yuan. The project will enhance the overall quality of the logistics industry in the Bonded Area and promote logistics industry in and around Ningbo to develop. Suppliers and service providers from the World Top 500 will be attracted to the Bonded Area.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:43
Two supermarkets, which feature ecological village tourism products and Cixi specialties, have been ranked as Five-star shopping centers after checks of their scales, products, facilities and services. A shopping center in the Dapeng Mountain Tourist Resort has been ranked as Four-star.
Cixi tourist departments come up with the ranking system in 2012 to develop the tourist shopping market. Now the service at shopping centers has been improved and become more ordered.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:42
A survey released on 11th by the Survey Office of the National Bureau of Statistics in Ningbo shows that CPI in December increases by 1.7% over the same period of last year, 0.2% more than that of November and the largest one since last June. In aggregate, CPI of Ningbo grows at 1.7%, lower than the national level of 2.6%.
The CPI increase of 0.5% in December is due to the seasonal increase of food prices.
Food price increases by 2.0% on a monthly basis. Because of the cold weather, prices of marine and aquatic products, vegetables and fruits rise obviously in December, bringing food prices higher. Prices of vegetables grow by 6.9% despite continuous decrease in the previous three months. Prices of fish grow by 5.1% and that of shrimps and crabs by 14.5%. Prices of fruits increase at 1.7%. Prices of pork, eggs, milk and dairy products increase by 3.3%, 2.3% and 1.7% respectively.
Read more: CPI up by 1.7% in 2012