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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 02 April 2013 10:10
A special campaign of eliminating backward production capacity has been officially launched in Ningbo since March 26. The campaign will focus on the treatment and improvement of 14 heavily-polluting and high energy-consuming sectors, to free a space of 300,000 tons of standard coal and revitalize 4,000 acres of the stock lands. From next month on, the municipal economy and informatization departments, environmental protection departments and housing and construction departments will be working together to carry out the large-scale improvement campaign on 14 key industries and 14 key enterprises with backward or illegal production capacity in some major industries.
It is the essence of this campaign to phase out backward production capacity. Through this special campaign, Ningbo will phase out a batch of enterprises with backward production capacity, complete the elimination of S7 transformers in industrial enterprises and complete half of the elimination task of S7 transformers in non-industrial enterprises, in 14 high energy-consuming and highly-polluting industries, including steel and iron, nonferrous metals, chemicals, paper-making, cement, textiles, printing and dyeing, chemical fibers, electroplating, smelting of recycled metals, molding, surface pickling of metals, processing of used plastics and bricks and tiles.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 02 April 2013 10:09
Meishan Industrial Cluster Zone will make breakthroughs in its 87 key projects in 2013, with a planned investment of 12 billion yuan in the form of fixed assets. Among them, there are 21 key preliminary projects and 66 key construction projects. The zone will make efforts to improve comprehensively the infrastructure and public facilities construction, and strengthen the industrial support.
These days, on the construction site of the international trade building project located in Meishan Bonded Harbor area, workers are busy carrying out the exterior glass curtain wall installation and renovation work. The building is expected to be put into use in September this year, mainly for the import c
ommodity exhibition, offices and so on. Likewise, the Meishan Hotel project is about to be completed. After completion, it will bring greater economic benefits to the local area.
It is reported that among the 87 key projects, the projects of such sectors as the wharfs, roads and public facilities are hotspots for investment.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 02 April 2013 10:09
Statistics from Yinzhou District Bureau of Commerce show that in the first two months of 2013, the total volume of import and export in the district reaches US$2.31 billion, an increase of 24.3% over the same period last year. The foreign trade shows a clear sign of bottoming out and starting to rise, with the export growing substantially and the main export markets developing well.
In the first two months, the total exports stood at US$1.68 billion, an increase of 26.4%, ranking No.1 in the whole city. The exports of mechanical and electrical products, textiles and garments and metal tools rank among the top three sectors with the volumes of US$820 million, US$460 million and US$140 million respectively, up by 27%, 28.4% and 27.3% respectively, forming a strong contrast with the low or even negative growth rate in 2012.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 02 April 2013 10:08
As an "year of enhancing effective investments", the year of 2013 will witness the total investment of more than 100 billion yuan in key projects, a growth rate of over 10% over the previous year. "To ensure the effective investments in the industry, in 2013 the city will combine the investment in technical reform with the development of enterprise echelon closely." According to an official from Ningbo Commission of Economy and Informatization, the municipal government will allocate 130 million yuan as a special fund for industrial investment in technical reform, mainly for technical upgrading projects in high-growth enterprises and such key special projects as "industrial chain technological transformation". It is expected that the city's industrial investment and technical innovation will grow by 25%.
Specifically speaking, for those included in the city's technical reform projects in high-growth enterprises, the government subsidies will amount to 12% of their actual total investment in equipment and technology, and the maximum grant amount is 10 million yuan. For those included in the city's "industrial chain technical innovation" projects, the subsidies will amount to 10% of their actual total investment in equipment and technology, and the maximum grant amount is eight million yuan. For those included in the special projects for industrial design industrialization, traditional industries and technical reforms in emerging industries, the subsidies will amount to 8% of the actual total investment, and the maximum grant amount will be improved from three million yuan to five million yuan. Currently, 125 enterprises in Ningbo have been included in the first batch of "high-growth incubator program".
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