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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:08
Ningbo group in the 22nd East China Fair got orders of $456 Million, up 8.1% over the previous fair, with clothing, textiles and household goods being the first three, according to Ningbo Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau on March, 9th.
21,100 foreign businessmen attended the fair, 5.07% up than last year with a decrease in the number of European and American businessmen. More orders are of small quantity and short terms.
Asian businessmen were active in ordering. Of the orders Ningbo group has received, Japan ranked first, followed by Korea
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:08
Recently, the Cixi Hang-Lung Business and Rural Cooperative Bank Building,which was constructed by Zhejiang Donghang Construction Group Co.,LTD (Eastern Construction for short) won the Luban Award—the highest award of construction industry in China.
Ji Zhongda, chairman of the Eastern Construction, comes from Kandun, Cixi. Starting his career as a mason, Ji set up his own construction team later. In 1993, Ji Zhongda won the bid for the Cixi International Trade Building and the successful construction of the building granted him a good reputation in the construction industry then.
For the past few years, the Eastern Construction has won a series of prizes for superior projects through many constructions such as “Qianjiang Cup”, “West Lake Cup”, “Yongjiang Cup” and “Haishan Cup” as well. It has also been named as the Zhejiang Outstanding Construction Enterprise and Zhejiang High-Integrity Construction Enterprise. At the end of last year, the company spurted for the Luban Award and finally won the big prize through its construction of the Cixi Hang-Lung Business and Rural Cooperative Bank Building project.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:07
The 10th Job Fair of Ningbo Free Trade Zone (Export Processing Zone), initiated by foreign-funded and foreign trade companies, was held in Ningbo Conference & Exhibition Center on March 10th. With the recovery of foreign trade and economic restructuring and upgrading, companies have a growing demand for talents, especially those who can not only do foreign trade and but also possess expertise.
About 160 companies in Ningbo Free Trade Zone (Export Processing Zone) participated in the fair, including Chimei Innolux Corporation and other companies facing labor shortage. Talents in over 30 majors including international trade, marketing, foreign languages, chemical engineering, mechanical design and manufacturing, electrical engineering, mechatronics, computer, quality control, management, accounting, human resources, secretary are welcomed.
"We've expanded our importation of high-end consumer goods. Therefore, we need multifaceted talent who can do foreign trade and possess professional expertise as well. But we still lack such talent", said a recruiter with Sellers Union Co., Ltd.
The fair yesterday attracted about 6500 people from different places.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:07
"Thanks to China-Peru certificates of origin, we enjoyed a tariff preference of 11% this year when we export carpets to Peru. We feel much less burdened ", said an executive with a knitwear company after he got the certificate of origin from Ningbo Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.
As the first packet of free trade agreement between China and Latin American countries, China-Peru Free Trade Agreement was signed on April 28th, 2009 and took effect on March 1st, 2010. According to the agreement, the tariff of over 90% of the products will be reduced to zero during several phases between the two countries. Products that were not taxed in 2010 accounted for 61.19% and 62.71% on Chinese and Peruvian sides respectively.
So far, Ningbo Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has issued 3001 China-Peru free trade preferential certificates of origin, involving a total volume of 93.1 million USD, which help reduce the tariff for Ningbo companies by 18 million yuan.