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Category: Charity Ningbo
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Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 08:53
According to Ningbo Charity Federation, by 16:00 on April 21, Ningbo Charity Federation had got donations of 2,052,410 yuan from all circles of life of Ningbo.
Of the enterprises that had made donations, Fuban Group donated 2 million yuan, the first donor that made the largest donation via Ningbo Charity Federation. Of individual donors, 95-year-old Hong Zhuqing, the oldest donor so far the Federation received, donated 10,000 yuan. The youngest donor is a 5-year-old boy, who donated 10 yuan. Huang Bin, a renowned old man who has helped over 200 students, donated 10,000 yuan. The star-taxi-driver Xia Huixing and his team also made donations.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 08:53
According to Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Trade, in the first quarter of 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 58.49 billion yuan, increased by 11.8% year on year, a slight decline against the same period in 2012 (14.4%).
Owing to the central government's policy in control of the "three public consumptions", in the first quarter of this year, the catering business in Ningbo saw a general recession, with the turnover increased by 9.9% year on year. The retail sales increased by 8.4 % on average and the whole sales increased by 20.5%% year on year.
The quarter of a year is the rush season for the market. The sales of household necessities, jewelry and decorative utensils witnessed a seasonal increase. The sales of clothes and knitwear increased by 23.7% year on year. Thanks to the global downward of gold, the first quarter saw a rise in the purchase of gold bars and jewelry, which resulted in an increase of 29.4% year on year. Before the spring festival, there appeared an increase of the sales of house decorative materials. In the first quarter of this year, the sales of furniture increased by 273.5% year on year, and that of the building materials and house decorative materials up by 54.3% year on year.
The market of automobiles and household appliances is still in the slump. In the first quarter of this year, the sales of household appliance and video products increased by 11.2% year on year. And the year on year increase of automobiles was only 1.7%
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 08:52
On the morning of April 19, Virginia-Ningbo Trade and Tourism Promotion Conference was held in Ningbo. Governor of Virginia State of the USA Robert McDonnell and Vice Mayor of Ningbo Hong Jiaxiang were present at the conference.
In recent years, the trade between Virginia and Ningbo has been increasing by 20% annually.
At the conference, Authorities of related government departments of Virginia State made introductions of Virginia in its investment environment, foreign trade, port industry and agriculture and they expressed their sincere welcome for the investments from Ningbo entrepreneurs.
Attendants to the conference manufacturing included about 100 people from the manufacturing, logistic and tourism industries.
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Category: Charity Ningbo
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Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 08:50
According to Beilun District, Shenzhou Textile Company, a company of Beilun District, decided to donate 350,000 clothes to the earthquake affected areas in Sichuan, a donation that is worth over 30 million yuan. Xu Huiguo, Vice Manager of the company, said that over 10 trucks loaded with the donated clothes left for Sichuan on the morning of 21, so that the donated goods should arrive to the affected areas as soon as possible.
The other day, Ningbo Beifa Co., Ltd., decided to make a first donation of 200,000 yuan to the earthquake stressed area in Ya'an. Qiu Zhiming, Board Chairman of company, donated 10,000 yuan in his own name. In the meanwhile, Ningbo Beifa would call on the workers of the company to make donations. The company has also donated stationary to the earthquake area.