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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:53
Recently, Ningbo Municipal Land and Resources Bureau has installed the wireless monitoring devices for monitoring geological disasters in Zhumin Village of Hengjie Town, the biggest landslide hazard spot in Yinzhou District. The device is mainly used for early warning of the displacement caused by landslide and can greatly strengthen the monitoring of geological environment.
The warning devices are installed on the both sides of the hillside cracks. According to an expert form the Land and Resources Bureau, once the displacement of the crack exceeds 2cm, the wireless receiver will send out the warning. So far, ten geological landslide hazard spots in Ningbo have been equipped with the wireless monitoring devices.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:53
Since the beginning of 2013, the Zhejiang (Ningbo) Production Base of Shanghai Volkswagen has witnessed race of the final stage for the trial production in February. It has only been one year and a month since the establishment of the base at the beginning of 2012. It is this incredible speed of development that has attracted the attention and praise from the Volkswagen headquarters in Germany.
This is only one of the many stories that happened in Ningbo in 2012. In spite of the complicated and serious economic situation, Ningbo has gone through a fruitful year with many great projects.
Statistics show that in 2012, there were 255 major construction projects in Ningbo, with a total investment of 591.4 billion yuan, and an intentional yearly investment of 90 billion yuan and an actual yearly investment of 92.87 billion yuan. A batch of major projects in such fields as high-end industries, infrastructure construction and people's livelihood got approved by the nation or Zhejiang Province. The construction of a batch of major industrial projects including the Ningbo Base of CSR was started. A large number of infrastructure and livelihood projects such as Xiangshan Port Bridge were put into operation or sped up.
The introduction and operation of such good and big projects are a kind of important means of transforming the developing pattern and adjusting economic structure. Confronted with the decline of the economic growth rate, Ningbo adhered to the orientation of developing in accordance with the planning of the strategic emerging industries. By seizing the opportunity of the marine economic development and giving priority to the improvement of people’s livelihood, Ningbo has made great efforts to select suitable good and big projects.
Read more: "New engine"” driving economic...
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:52
It is learned from Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Bureau that in 2012 the high-tech industry in Ningbo maintained a steady development. The overall volume of the high-tech industry reached 342.9 billion yuan, up by 11.4% over the previous year. There are altogether 930 high-tech enterprises with the amount of those in Yinzhou District, Cixi County and Yuyao County ranking among the top three of all the districts and counties in Ningbo.
The distribution of the high-tech enterprises presents a feature of regional concentration and focus. The industries mainly focus on such fields as new materials, new energy, bio-medicine, electronic information and modern transportation. The industrial concentration is most obvious in Yinzhou District, Cixi County, Yuyao County and the Bonded Zone, where the total high-tech product volume accounts for three fourths of that of the whole city.
Read more: Nearly 1000 high-tech enterprises...
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:51
Since being approved as the special port for yew podocarpus importation, Meishan Port in Ningbo has been quite busy. According to the latest statistics from Ningbo Customs, in 2012, the total number of imported yew podocarpus via Meishan Port reaches 1472, with a total worth of US$5.878 million and an average of US$3993 per plant.
At the beginning of 2012, Meishan Port was authorized as the special port for yew podocarpus importation by the State Administration of Quality and Technical Supervision, being the first such port in East China and the second in China. In April, the first batch of 50 yew podocarpus was imported via Meishan Port, with a total volume of US$142,000. At the end of 2012, the imports came to a peak, with 493 plants in November and 522 plants in December, accounting for about 70% of all the imports.
Being a kind of pine, yew podocarpus is a kind of valuable ornamental plant, which is usually planted around the roads, in scenic areas and around hotels. There is a great demand for the plant in domestic market. It is estimated that only in Zhejiang Province, the annual demand for imports will exceed 5000. So far, a 1000-acre modern agricultural park in the northeast corner has been established as the large-scale plant isolation area for newly imported plants. In the future, Meishan Bonded Port Zone will be established as the biggest imported living plants trading platform in East China.