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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 08 July 2013 10:19
A large sludge disposal center with a daily treatment capacity of 80,000 tons is put into operation in the southern sewage treatment plant of Ningbo on July 4, which solves the current problem of sludge blockage in a stable and recycling way.
The construction of the center is an S&T demonstration project of Ningbo with a total investment of over 20 million Yuan, which adopts the latest sludge drying technology in the world. According to the introduction of the chief of municipal Urban Management Bureau, the treatment is able to reduce the moisture content of the sludge to less than 60% and double the effect of the sludge dewatering treatment than usual.
It is learned that most of the sewage treatment plant in Ningbo used the method of activated sludge with a moisture content of about 80%, resulting in a daily sludge production of nearly 300 tons. The new sludge disposal center of the Southern Sewage Treatment Plant is able to reduce the total amount of the sludge generated by sewage treatment plant by over 50%, said by related officials.
The operation of sludge disposal center can not only achieve the goal of reducing the total amount of the sludge in a stable way but also broaden the channels of the sludge disposal. Today, the processed sludge is sent to be burned up in Mingzhou Thermal Power Plant and Beilun Power Plant to produce high-quality organic fertilizer which can be used directly to plants.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 08 July 2013 10:18
Recently, Miss Lu, a college graduates lived in Jiangdong, received several offers from enterprises including Fiocco Group with the help of the Jiangdong Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security by recommendation and two-way selection.
Jiangdong starts an employment plan named "Dreams Fly" for graduates this year. According to the plan, Jiangdong will set up a real-name file registration system for local college students with different employment intentions to help them find suitable jobs to the end of this year. At the same time, it will also offer nine general services including idea guidance, information transmission, talent identification, employment guidance, career advice, policy support, selection and recommendation, bi-directional selection and win-win strategy for freshmen in colleges.
In recent years, the employment of college graduates has become a hot topic of the society. Jiangdong launches a series of "measure combination", which makes a graduates entrepreneurship and employment of over 20,000 students and an overall employment rate of 98%
According to officials of the Jiangdong Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, the highlights of the employment plan "Dreams Fly" are the real-name file registration system and the employment services for freshmen of college, which will minimize the factors of unemployment including long circle of job as well as lacking of employment guidance, internship and information.
Read more: Jiangdong Offers Employment Platform...
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 08 July 2013 10:18
Statistics from the Ningbo Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau shows that 7075.8tons of fruit, a worth of $17.37 million, have been imported in the first half year of 2013, reaching a record high with an increase of 180.0% and 21.8% respectively and exceeding that of 2012, which witnessed an import of 6131.6 tons.
Among the import, 3345.3 tons, an 35% increase over the same period of last year, are frozen fruits such as blackberries, taking up 47.3% of the total import. 3730.5 tons of fresh fruits, 75.1 times as many as that over the same period, have been imported. 1199.7 tons of longan, 23.5 times as many as that over the same period of last year, have been imported at the price of $1122.8 per ton, down by 6.4% over the same period of last year. And some new import additions include bananas, cherries, grapes and mangosteen.
The frozen fruits mainly come from EU markets and the fresh ones from Asean and American markets. Three reasons account for this. China has signed economic cooperation agreement with Asean countries. With the China-Chile Free Trade Agreement coming into effect, China levies zero tariff on fruits from these countries, lowering the cost of importing fruits. Meanwhile, the tropical fruits from the Asean countries are available on the market earlier than that from China. In addition, for their high quality and good taste as a result of rich sunshine and water, fruits from ASEAN countries are popular among Chinese consumers . An increasing market stimulates the import.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 08 July 2013 10:17
In the first half year, 218 groups of whole vehicle products(including completely knocked-down kit) have been exported, with an increase of 47.3% compared with the same period of 2012. The value of the 27,381 vehicles, increasing by 53.6%, has reached $210 million, an increase of 64.1% over the same period of last year.
Vehicles are mainly exported to markets of Eastern Europe and the relatively developed countries in Middle East. 170,000 vehicles, 65% of the export, have been exported to Russia, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia. More than 75% of the vehicles are the middle-high-end Geely EC7, which brings in 10% more benefit than other vehicle types. Geely vehicles now ranks third in Ukraine auto market, following Hyundai and Kia. In Russian market, sales of Geely vehicles have doubled for two months, with more than 10,000 vehicles sold in the first half of year.
The export success owes much to assistance from Ningbo Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in improving enterprises’ ability to break foreign technological trade barrier. By making foreign policies clear and help enterprises get certifications required for export, the Bureau has succeeded in opening the middle-high-end market.