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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 16 July 2013 16:26
Statistics from Yuyao Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau on July 5 show that in the first half of 2013, 4,706 tons of tea were exported from Yuyao County, with an export volume of US$ 20.63 million, up by 81% and 100% year on year, respectively.
It is understood that tea production is one of the characteristic industries in Ningbo, with its scale of export ranking No.2 in China, and Yuyao County is the major area in Ningbo for tea export, with its export value accounting for 34% of the total tea exports in Ningbo in the first half of this year. Among the main varieties of exports are green tea, jasmine tea and instant tea, with the export volume of green tea amounting to US$ 17.31 million, an increase of 100%. In terms of export markets, Africa serves as a major market for Yuyao’s tea exports. Thanks to the stabilization of the African political situation and great demand due to economic recovery, the tea export of Yuyao County to Africa in the first half amounts to US$ 17.31 million, accounting for 84% of the total export volume.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 16 July 2013 16:25
Since the beginning of 2013, orders for Ningbo Fangzheng Tool Co. Ltd. have maintained a growth of 10% against the gloomy situation in the industry in China, with the help of an “online team of overseas engineers”. The team, composed of five overseas experts from Europe and the US, can provide services for the company by way of video conference or by coming to the company in person to solve problems when necessary.
The online overseas engineer team helps the company to obtain overseas intelligence support as much as possible. It is not only a kind of innovation for enterprises to seek for high-tech talents but also an achievement of the “overseas intelligence introduction” project carried out by Ninghai County. The county has launched a series of initiatives in recent years to develop “overseas think tanks”, aiming at promoting the circulation of talents in the county and related industries, enhancing the radiation power of the talents and accelerating the industrial transformation and upgrading.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Friday, 12 July 2013 14:29
July 2012
INTRODUCTION
Following a report from the Deputy Minister of Public Security, Yang Huanning to the National People’s Congress
Standing Committee on April 25 ("Report to Congress"), China’s top legislature, the Standing Committee of the
National People’s Congress passed a new Exit-Entry Administration Law on 30 June, 2012, representing the first
overhaul of China's immigration law since 1986.
Xinhua News Agency reports that the overriding policy behind the law is to impose harsher punishments on
foreigners who illegally enter, live, or work in China. However the new law goes further and enacts wide-ranging
changes to the two already existing laws governing foreigners' visa, residence and rights in China (the PRC Law on
the Control of the Exit and Entry of PRC Nationals and the PRC Law on the Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens),
and introduces several new features.
The new Exit-Entry Administration Law will take effect on 1 July 2013, and the two previous laws will be abolished
concurrently.
Some of the highlights include:
Harsher punishments including the introduction of sanctions on employers who employ foreigners illegally and
a deportation and ban from re-entry system.
Prohibition on foreigners to exit the country for being delinquent in paying labour remuneration .
Halving of the prior minimum validity period for foreigners’ work-based residence permits from 180 days to 90
days, an effort to more closely monitor foreign workers.
Introduction of the collection of fingerprints and “other biometric data" for foreigners applying for residence
certificates.
Read more: China's New Exit-Entry Law Targets...