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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Thursday, 28 February 2013 07:00
Tips: the latest fashion trends, the vigorous designs of new leading designers, the magnificent fashion shows and busy on-site purchases…
On October 28, the four-day 16th Ningbo International Fashion Festival as well as the International Fashion Expo came to a close in Ningbo International Convention and Exhibition Center. The infinite charm of the fashion and the specialized and internationalized exhibition surely made an enduring impression on the participants as well as the visitors.
According to statistics, this year's festival and expo attracted over 10,000 professional buyers and over 100 leading trade groups from such foreign countries and areas as the US, Italy, the UK, Australia, South Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan area, and over 20 domestic provinces (cities) or autonomous regions. This year’s session features the increase of the number of domestic exhibitors and high-end buyers, and the large number of over 60,000 on-site visitors.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Thursday, 28 February 2013 06:58
The 16th Ningbo International Fashion Fair (hereinafter referred to as the Fashion Fair), the key event of the Ningbo Fashion Festival and one of the important economic and trade events in Ningbo, is held in the Ningbo International Convention and Exhibition Center from October 25th to 28th. The Fashion Fair this year, basing on the industry chain and integrating resources for co-development, will strengthen connection between fashion and industry, brand and marketing so as to overcome the disadvantages in designing and marketing.
The Fashion Fair, on the theme of "Stylish Orient, Creative Ningbo" is hosted by Ningbo Municipal People's Government and China National Garment Association, supported by Zhejiang Economic &Information Technology Commission and undertaken by Ningbo Economic & Information Technology Commission.
More brands and better quality
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Thursday, 28 February 2013 06:57
In four years old towns and villages of 4 million square meters were pulled down, and a new town as large as 70 square kilometers is under construction. Working with creative spirit, Jiangbei District is making drastic changes in urban construction.
In the past 10 years, Jiangbei District has been shifting from an "old industrial district, a district of vegetable production" to a district suitable for business, housing and one powerful in culture. Following the strategic guideline for the development of the "two river banks and three areas and towns", Jiangbei District is now a place undergoing large scale construction and a place perfect for investment.
Tremendous changes are taking place in Jiangbei in the past 10 years.
In the past 10 years, to be specific, in the past 4 or 5 years, the old residents of Jiangbei District would feel these changes, the changes brought about by the large scale land preparation and urban reconstruction and the integration of urban and rural areas.
Taking an aerial view or on the google map, you will see the tremendous changes: the core waterside urban area and the Cicheng satellite town northwest of the district, the district is now expanding.
4 million square meters of old buildings were demolished providing space for the new construction.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Thursday, 28 February 2013 06:55
Since the initiation of the opening up drive of the country, Ningbo has seized the opportunity and set the development strategy of revitalizing the city through opening up, which has resulted in a rapid development of the economy. Especially since the convening of the 16th National Congress of the CPC, Ningbo's open economy has developed by leaps and bounds, in both scale and quality. It has become a strong impetus for the sustained, rapid and healthy development of Ningbo's economy and social undertakings.
During the past decade from 2002 to 2011, Ningbo has undergone tremendous changes, with the foreign trade volume decupled, increasing from a little over 10 billion U.S. dollars to nearly 100 billion U.S. dollars. The way of introducing foreign investment has also turned from wantonly attracting foreign investment to carefully selecting investors. High-tech projects and a number of Fortune 500 enterprises have settled in Ningbo, bringing in more than 22 billion US dollars of foreign investment, equaling 4.4 times to that of the previous 25 years. The annual Chinese investment overseas has also centuplicated, soaring from 120 million US dollars to 1.1 billion US dollars. Ningbo's industry of service outsourcing which started from scratch also leads the country, and it is striving to become a model city in the field. Moreover, Ningbo has strengthened its efforts to build its opening-up zones, and has become one of the few cities equipped with all types of special customs surveillance zones.
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