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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:41
The consumer market turns better with brisk sales of hot products and the transformation of the catering industry. Statistics from Bureau of Trade, Ningbo shows that in April the retail amount of consumption goods reached 10.2 billion Yuan with a rise of 13.6% compared with the same period and an increase of 2.2% compared with that of March.
In April, the prices of gold went down, leading to a good selling. The three kinds of traditional goods--cars, housing decoration goods and daily necessities--also sold well. The retail amount of cars and housing decoration goods increased by 12% and 13% respectively.
April witnessed a great improvement in retails. The retail amount of 18 key departments reached 640 million Yuan, with an increase of 30.8% over the same period of last year and an increase of 15% from that of last month. The retail amount of 12 supermarkets (convenience stores) achieved 700 million Yuan, with an increase of 12.6% over the same period of last year and 24.2% higher than last month. The retail amount of 8 malls achieved 285 million Yuan, with an increase of 10.3% over the same period of last year and 4.9% higher than last month.
The turnover of April increased by 4.9% over the same period of last year, with an increase of 3.8% in meals charge. This has been achieved through the adjustment in catering industries and consumption promotions.
The daily necessities market remained stable with the retail amount of grain and oil, food, drinks, cigarettes and wines reaching 1.01 billion Yuan, an increase of 9.3% than that of last year.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:41
The great opportunities are a great attraction to the World Top 500 companies. According to the news conference held on May 17 on Zhejiang Investment and Trade Symposium and China International Consumer Goods Fair, senior managers of some of the World Top 500 companies including the Carlyle Group and Porsche Automotive Investment Gmbh will come to Ningbo to attend the 15th Zhejiang Investment and Trade Symposium, the 12th China International Consumer Goods Fair and the 6th China Opening Forum to be open in June.
Then will open 6 meetings in industrial cooperation, including the meeting of international companies on investment in the marine economy of Zhejiang and the tourism promotion meeting of Zhejiang. At the tourism promotion meeting, about 208 projects will be offered to investors, involving investment of 267.3 billion yuan. So far, 51 projects to be signed have been reported to the organization committee, involving investment of 112.5 billion yuan. To the events will come the Carlyle Group, Borgwarner, LANXESS, Porsche Automotive Investment Gmbh, Bnp Paribas, and Maersk, for investment in Zhejiang.
Read more: Ningbo attracts World Top 500...
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:40
Ningbo started the 3rd economic census with the notice of Ningbo Municipal Government about the 3rd economic census of the city.
The economic census is a thorough survey of the economic situations. It is a complete investigation of the scale and layout of the secondary industry and the third industry and the situation of the industrial composition, the industrial structure and the industrial technologies. The census aims to find out the real situations of the service industries, the emerging industries, the small and micro enterprises and the private individual businesses. With the investigation of the units of all kinds, the census takes as its aims to update the data of all the industries and the basic information data bank and electronic geographic information system.
The investigation will cover all the legal persons in the 2nd and 3rd industries, companies and individual businesses. The information to be collected will include the general properties of the units, the information of the personnel, financial situation, production capacity, the consumption of raw materials and energies and the science activities. The census should be made of the data in 2013.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:40
Recently, the implement plan of Xiangshan for the protection and development of important islands of Zhejiang was officially released. The plan specifies the ecological protection and industrial development of the 10 provincial-level islands in Xiangshan County: Nantian, Taotang, Hua'ao, Tantou, Dongmen, Duimianshan, Beiyushan, Pingfengshan and Haishan Island.
Read more: Xiangshan released plan for island...