Opera performance at Tianyi Pavilion
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- Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:58
Opera performance at Tianyi Pavilion
Opera performance at Tianyi Pavilion
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November 29, 2012 marked the third anniversary of the operation of the Bonded Logistic Center of Ningbo Lishe Airport. Statistics from Ningbo Customs show that over the past three years, with the total volume of products via the center reaching US$1.006 billion, 11523 declarations accepted and the total tax (including the customs tax, the consumption tax and the value added tax) reaching 347 million yuan, the center has ranked high among all the bonded logistic centers that were put into operation in the same period. So far, the Lishe Bonded Logistic Center has formed its main body of business with such pillar industries as international freight forwarding, exports and distribution projects and international trade.
Back to the early days of the opening of the center, its major business focused on "imports after exports". "In the past, this kind of business had to be transit via Hong Kong. Now, we can do it here and it saves us a lot of cost on logistics." said Fang Yaqin, Assistant to the General Manager of Ningbo QCD International Logistics Co. Ltd.
Read more: The Bonded Logistic Center of Lishe...In September 2012, after a long talk with Yao Lijun, President and General Manager of Ningbo Jiangfeng Electronic Materials Co. Ltd., who went to the US to recruit overseas talents for the company, Dr. Zhou Hua, the then General Manager of a semi-conductor company, made the decision to return China with his project. Now, he is President of Jiangfeng Precision (Ningbo) Science & Technology Co. Ltd. The company is now investing 200 million yuan in a project on the ultra large-scale integrated circuit, which is expected to be put into full production in June 2013.
Zhou Hua is just one of the many high-end overseas talents introduced to Ningbo. Statistics show that in 2012, Ningbo introduced 947 overseas talents, an increase of 445 persons over 2011 or up by 88.7%, making it the year with the biggest number of talent introduction. By the end of 2012, there had been 3499 introduced overseas talents who started business or brought innovations. "The increase in talent introduction demonstrates the great impact of our '3315 talent introduction plan'." said Zhang Liangcai, Vice-director of the Organization Department of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Dean of the Office for Talent Work of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee. The "3315 Plan" was formally launched in May 2011: a one-time grant of one million yuan will be given to each introduced talent as innovation and entrepreneurship support, a grant between 5 million yuan and 20 million yuan will be given to each introduced team as talent and research support. While as to the world-class innovation team, the grant may even exceed 20 million yuan.
Read more: Introduction of overseas talents grows