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Category: On The Campus
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Published: Monday, 26 September 2011 11:12
The five-day Week of Talent, Science and Technology drew to a successful close on September 20. With its theme of "Talents guarantee the six-quickening strategy and guide the scientific development", the Week conducted 9 programs including the high-level talents fair, overseas talents business trip, high-level sci-tech fair, educational summit, design exhibition, sci-tech entrepreneurship contest, high-level talent forum and week of talent sci-tech promotion. Over 4000 enterprises and institutions attended the event with more than 40000 people present.
According to the preliminary statistics, this year's Week of Talent, Science and Technology is quite fruitful. Over 13000 talents reach the intention for introduction, and the cooperative intention for 83 sci-tech projects (at an investment of ¥137.3 million) are reached, with 23 projects actually signed (at an investment of ¥50.2 million). Four high-end innovation and entrepreneurship teams intend to settle down in Ningbo. Ningbo Haibang Talent Fund is established. The University of Nottingham UK, signs the four-party contract with the University of Nottingham Ningbo, Ningbo Education Bureau and Ningbo Bureau of Science and Technology, for establishing International Doctoral Innovation Centre. A contract is also signed with Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University Zhejiang, Federation of Chinese Professional Associations in Europe and Chinese Professionals Association of Canada, for setting up Overseas Centre for Ningbo Talent Work. 6 directors (of Ningbo origin) of overseas Chinese organizations are invited to serve as "Talent Ambassadors" for Ningbo. 16 workstations for academicians will be set up. 10 distinctive overseas studying talents and 10 distinctive overseas engineers receive awards for their good job.
There are altogether 17 academicians who attended the Week, among them is Professor Alvin Nienow, dean of the Department of Chemical Engineering of University of Birmingham and academician of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
The figures above not only manifest the ever-increasing attraction of Ningbo to talents, but also demonstrate the improvement in Ningbo's strength of science and technology.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 26 September 2011 11:09
When conducting field inspection in Yinzhou District, Liu Qi, vice Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Ningbo emphasized the importance of quickening the development of modern service industry in the overall implementation of "six-quickening" strategy and in accelerating transformation of economic development mode. By laying bigger stress on some major fields, optimizing the environment for development and strengthening the support from talents, the industry is to develop by leaps and bounds and make contribution to the scientific and technological development and transformational development.
On the afternoon of September 19, accompanied by Shou Yongnian, Member of the Standing Committee of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of Yinzhou District Party Committee, vice Mayor Wang Renzhou, and vice Mayor Chen Yijun, Mayor Liu Qi first inspected China-Base Ningbo Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. Upon hearing the introduction of the business performance of the corporation, Mayor Liu Qi suggested that as the leading enterprise in import and export trade, while expanding the scale of business, the corporation may learn from the experience and practice of counterparts in other advanced cities and play a leading role in carrying out new port service industries such as ship leasing, shipping finance and shipping insurance. The Mayor,along with his delegation, then inspected Ningbo Hot taste and Olymtech Ningbo. After having a detailed understanding of their business philosophy, business model and scale of development, Mayor Liu Qi encouraged the enterprises to take root in Ningbo and seize every opportunity to develop themselves proactively and grow into model enterprises for Ningbo's service industry.
Mayor Liu Qi pointed out that making great efforts to develop modern service industry is not only an important task for Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Ningbo Municipal Government in accelerating the economic transformation and upgrading, but also the inevitable requirements for promoting the city's good image and improving people's living standard. He expressed his hopes and good wishes for the enterprises. Firstly, it is necessary to balance the relationship between modern service industry and secondary industry. Secondly, it is necessary to enlarge the scale of the service industry and optimize its structure. Thirdly, emphasis should be put on some major productive fields, such as modern logistics and modern trade, to enhance service efficiency and improve capacity. Fourthly, it is important to further optimize the environment and implement supporting policies in order to attract talents to settle down in Ningbo and guarantee the development of modern service industry
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 26 September 2011 11:08
As one of the major events of Zhejiang Ningbo Week of Talent, Science and Technology, the activity of "academicians visiting enterprises 2011", organized by Ningbo Association of Science and Technology, drew to a successful close on September 19. During the three days of visiting, 12 academicians and 5 experts shared practical experience with and made valuable suggestions to 21 enterprises and research institutes.
As is known, "academicians visiting enterprises" activity is an important carrier for high-end talents exploration project. To meet the enterprises’ need to solve the practical technological difficulties for new technology and new products, Ningbo Association of Science and Technology made great efforts to organize academicians, experts and innovative teams to enter into the related enterprises in groups of different majors and different subjects. The major activities include making technological breakthrough, doing technological diagnosis, providing technological consulting and technological services, carrying out major projects evaluation and conducting academic exchange on certain topics.
Statistics show that since the first "academicians visiting enterprises" activity was organized by Ningbo Association of Science and Technology in July 2007, 20 such activities have been managed and more than 140 academicians and over 200 experts have engaged in more than 100 cooperative projects.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 26 September 2011 11:07
On the night of September 17, the World Leisure Expo 2011 Hangzhou opened. The newly decorated Ningbo Pavilion was put into operation and added a sight to the Expo.
This year's World Leisure Expo is co-sponsored by the World Leisure Organization and Hangzhou Municipal Government, and it will last for two months. Through the demonstration of four sections including exhibition, forums, festivals and events, and leisure experience, the Expo is to popularize advanced leisure concepts, to exhibit various leisure cultures and to provide participants with colorful leisure experience. It aims to develop modern leisure industries in a positive way and to improve the people's living standard.
Ningbo Pavilion, themed as "A city of culture and a gateway to the world", is composed of four sections, namely, coastal leisure, mountain leisure, lake leisure and urban leisure. And there are four functional areas such as area of performance and exhibition, area of leisure information exchange, area of product exhibition and area of public interaction. The "Special day" activities for about 12 counties and districts of Ningbo, including Yuyao, Cixi, Xiangshan, Fenghua, Ninghai and Dongqian Lake, will focus on promoting the rich leisure resources and leisure products in Ningbo.