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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2013 14:40
It is learned from Ningbo Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau that in 2013, the city will continue to accelerate the pace of eco-village or eco-town construction, while in the meanwhile, the "elimination mechanism" will be introduced to break the long-standing life-long honorary system. Those villages or towns that fail to meet the requirements will be eliminated from the list.
Since Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government made the strategic decision to build the national eco-city in 2003, the project has been well received by the related departments of all levels as well as by the local people. Aiming at improving the life quality of citizens, all the governments have invested much in the construction of eco-city and have achieved substantial phasic results at the basic levels. At present, the city has built 4 national ecological demonstration areas, 7 provincial eco-counties (or districts), 25 state-level ecological villages and towns, 2 state-level eco-villages, 118 provincial ecological villages and towns, and 1242 municipal eco-villages.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2013 14:39
Zhenhai Bureau of Industry and Commerce took the lead in piloting the information feedback mechanism for hot industries in the telecommunications industry in March 2013. In April, the number of reported cases involving telecommunications service complaints stood at 5 instead of 19 in April last year, down by 74%. In May, so far, there have been no complaints reported. In the near future, the information feedback mechanism will be implemented in other hot industries with high complaint rates in Zhenhai District, including electricity supply, gas supply, fitness industry and beauty salons.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2013 14:39
The 15th ZJITS, the 12th CICGF and the 6th China Open Forum will be held in ten days in Ningbo. It is learned from the organizing committee that during this year's ZJITS, at least seven key projects will settle down in Ningbo, bringing about agreed foreign investment of US$450 million.
As important occasions for economic development in Zhejiang Province, the ZJITS, CICGF and the Open Forum attracts a number of Fortune 500 enterprises. According to a person in charge of the negotiation department of the organizing committee, this year's fairs and forum also attracts a lot of delegates from the Fortune 500 enterprises, including such tycoons as Director of US Carlyle Group, President of US BorgWarner (China), President of the Germany LANXESS Chemistry (GCG), and CEO of Austrian Porsche Holding Group.
The key projects are the most appealing to those delegates. It is said that a key project signing ceremony will be held for overseas investors in this year's ZJITS. For Ningbo, seven projects have been confirmed, including four in service industry and three in modern manufacturing industry, each with a total investment of over US$100 million. One of the projects is a cooperation project with a Fortune 500 company.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2013 14:38
Hu Hang from Bainian Electric Company has lost count of her tours to the Yuyao exit of Hangzhou-Ningbo Freeway to receive clients from other cities, when she came to the exit again on the morning of May 26. But this time she was happy as it may be the last time. With the building of the first elevated expressway in downtown Cixi County, the freeway and the urban area of Cixi County will be directly connected, and "our clients will have no difficulty find the way to our county."
The expressway is planned from Shengshan Town of Cixi to the Lubu exit of the freeway, and with the total length of 32.8 kilometers and a total investment of 3.45 billion yuan, it is estimated to be completed in two and a half years. When the expressway is completed, it will only take 8 minutes to go from the Citizen Square to Shenyang-Haikou Freeway, and 20 minutes to Hangzhou-Ningbo Freeway.
It has long been a big problem for citizens in Cixi County to have access to the freeway. It can been clearly seen from the comprehensive traffic planning map that the urban area of Cixi County is surrounded by the freeways, but it is inconvenient for citizens to go on any of the freeways.
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