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Category: On The Campus
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Published: Wednesday, 17 April 2013 09:27
Mentor Graphics has opened a new Mentor-sponsored electronics design laboratory at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), Zhejiang province. As part of a mutual agreement, Mentor has donated more than $10 million in EDA software and support to enable UNNC students to graduate with in-depth knowledge of leading-edge design methodologies.
The first Sino-foreign university in China, UNNC’s student population has grown from over 250 to more than 5,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students since 2004. With internationalization at the heart of its development, UNNC is effective in bringing industry-leading technology to the Chinese market.
“UNNC is enthusiastic about the new electronics design laboratory sponsored by Mentor Graphics,” said Professor Gethin Roberts, dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, UNNC. “As China’s IC industry continues to develop rapidly, engineering students can feel confident in addressing the expanding need for designers knowledgeable in the most current design tools and methodologies.”
Under the auspices of the Mentor Higher Education Program (HEP), the lab at UNNC is poised to become a center of excellence for future engineers in the region. In addition to donated software, Mentor is opening on-line support and providing material to quickly enable UNNC to develop a leading-edge teaching and research program for designing very large-scale ICs.
“Highly talented electronics engineers are in great demand worldwide, particularly in fast-growing China,” said Danny Perng, vice president, PacRim, Mentor Graphics. “Our collaboration with Nottingham will help ensure that engineering students at the university are well-prepared for their careers in IC design.”
About Mentor’s Higher Education Program
“Educate Tomorrow's Engineers and Technology Leaders”
The Mentor Graphics® Higher Education Program provides leading-edge design tools and support to universities and colleges for classroom instruction and academic research. The program helps ensure that engineering graduates entering into the electronics industry are proficient in state-of-the-art tools and methodologies. Established in 1985, the Higher Education Program develops long-term relationships with engineering colleges and universities around the world, and currently has more than 1,400 member colleges in 65 countries.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Wednesday, 17 April 2013 09:26
JOHANNESBURG, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Eastern Cape Development Corporation(ECDC) on Monday pledged to support seven South Africa companies to showcase their agro products at the 30-month permanent international Ningbo Trade Fair in China.
The development funder said in a statement on its website that the move is set to promote South Africa-China business relations and to market South Africa products in China.
It said the project would generate opportunities for South African companies to access the large Chinese consumer market.
The companies will exhibit their products in the city of Ningbo in China's Zhejiang province.
ECDC Export Promotion Unit Coordinator Zodwa Kepeyi said between January and July 2012, 500 million U. S. dollars worth of imported agro processed products, including wine, milk, fruits and seafood, were transported through the Ningbo harbor.
Kepeyi said the United States Food Industry Association forecast Chinese imported and exported food sales to grow by 15 percent year-on-year and that, by 2018, China would become the world's largest consumer of imported and exported food, with the Chinese domestic market for imported food expected to reach up to 480 billion dollars.
"Ningbo, therefore, presents immense opportunities as it could serve as a channel for products to larger markets in China and the rest of the world," Kepeyi said. "Our long-term view is to attract investment from China and boost employment creation in the province by acquiring long-term contracts and new investment," she added.
The companies expected to participate in the exhibition are Oceanwise, Gaehler corr Industries and Superfecta Berries, Momentos of Africa and Mendabat, Carara and Makana Meadery.
Both South Africa and China are members of BRICS which also include Brazil, Russia and India.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 16 April 2013 10:37
According to the recently issued "Implementation Plan for Ningpo Low-carbon Pilot City Construction" by Ningbo Municipal Government, the city will explore the new pattern for low –carbon development, give full play to its new developing advantages and promote the sustainable economic and social development, with the focus on such major fields as low-carbon industries, low-carbon energy, energy efficiency promotion, carbon sinking capacity and supporting capacity construction.
By 2015, the amount of carbon emission will have reached the gently-rising period and the intensity of carbon emission will be well under control, with the carbon emission for per 10,000 GDP decreasing by over 20% over 2010 and the energy consumption for per 10,000 GDP decreasing by 18.5% than in 2010. By 2020, the total amount of carbon emission will be at the same level as in 2015, while the intensity will be on the decline, with the carbon emission for per 10,000 GDP decreasing by over 50% over 2005.
Great emphasis will be placed on the industrial low-carbon development. Ningbo will further optimize the development of port industries and control the carbon emission of such major industries as power industry, petrochemical industry and iron and steel industry. Meanwhile, it will speed up the development of modern service industry and achieve structured carbon reduction. Beside, it will actively promote the efficient and ecological development of low-carbon agriculture.
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