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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 24 June 2013 10:26
Led by Guo Konghui, academician from Chinese Academy of Engineering, a delegation recently came to Ningbo and conducted a research on the automobile industry in the city.
As one of the sub-projects of the project of “transformation from big manufacturing country to powerful manufacturing country”, the research will be made on such issues as the development status, existing problems and developing direction of the automobile industry.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 24 June 2013 10:26
Imagine that it takes less than one minute to finish the process of declaration and release of the exports. This seemingly unimaginable speed of customs clearance has become a reality at Ningbo Port. By the pilot “paperless” clearance pattern, since 2013, the average speed for customs clearance at Ningbo Port has increased by nearly 60%, greatly improving the efficiency of government services for economic development.
As an export-oriented economic city, Ningbo possesses one of the largest import and export ports in east China. However, with the exponential growth of trade volume in recent years, great challenges have been posed for the traditional pattern of customs clearance and supervision. Late last year, Ningbo became one of the first 12 pilot cities for the “paperless” clearance, starting its process of customs clearance reform.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 24 June 2013 10:25
Known as the “new engine” of the green economy, service outsourcing industry is becoming a strong driving force of innovation and development in Ningbo. The latest statistics from Ningbo Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau show that in the first five months of 2013, the executive turnover of the city’s service outsourcing exceeded 4 billion yuan, an increase of over 30%. In the recently held 6th Global Outsourcing Conference, Ningbo and Qingdao were selected as “Chinese service outsourcing cities with the greatest potential”.
Service outsourcing features low resource consumption, less environmental pollution and high-tech content. In recent years, with the opportunity of building a national innovation-oriented city, Ningbo has vigorously developed its service outsourcing industry, by introducing such leading international or domestic enterprises as the Microsoft, Disney animation, Tata (India), Rococo (Japan), Shenzhen Huawei, Chinasoft International, and Shenzhou Digital. Last year, there were 32 service outsourcing enterprises with the registered capital of more than ten million yuan, and a batch of strong outsourcing enterprises built their headquarters in Ningbo.
With its advantages in port logistics and smart city construction, Ningbo service has caught up and begun to take the lead in terms of service outsourcing industry. Statistics show that in the last five years, the city’s service outsourcing business volume has achieved an average annual increase of 38.4%. Last year, the contract volume of outsourcing and the contract volume of offshore outsourcing for the first time exceeded 10 billion yuan and $500 million respectively, making Ningbo one of the most potential cities for development of service
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