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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 10:10
On July 13, a regular meeting of Zhejiang on the work of intellectual rights was held in Ningbo. Related authorities of intellectual rights departments of Zhejiang attended the meeting.
At the meeting, Yinzhou District Government made a speech. Attendants from Huangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Taizhou , Quzhou , Zhoushan, Lishui, and Yiwu participated in a discussion. The attendants also paid a visit to Ningbo Intellectual Property Rights Service Platform and Ningbo Intellectual Property Rights Display Center.
This year, the applications to patent rights and the patents obtained kept growing. From January to June, the applications for patents amounted to 41,242, 69.3% more than the same period in the previous year. From January to June, the licensed patents in Ningbo amounted to 16,063, increased by 16.9% over the precious year. Of the total are 958 patents for invention, increased by 22.8% above the same period of the previous year.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 10:08
According to Ningbo General Water Supply Company, the water supply some days ago amounted to 128,000 tons a day, making a historical new high. It is estimated that in this summer, the peak daily water supply might amount to 135,000 tons.
The peak of water supply this year is almost one month earlier than the last year. Related statistics show that the capacity of water supply of the five water plants totals 185,000 tons a day. They are: Dongqian Lake Water Plant (500,000 tons), Maojiaping Water Plant (500,000 tons), Beilun Water Plant (300,000 tons), Jiangdong Water Plant (350,000 tons), Nanjiao Water Plant (200,000 tons).
According to Ningbo Power Bureau, On July 12, the power supply reached 167.1 million kwh, surpassing the record of 166.7 million kwh.
On July 12, the power load reached 8.751 kw, a new high this summer. From July 2 to July 13, the power load of Ningbo Power Grid maintained above 8 million kw for successively 13 work days.
Ningbo Power Bureau will strengthen the operational management of the power grid to ensure the power supply
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 10:08
The 2012 China Economic Forum will be held this Saturday in Ningbo's Nanyuan Hotel under the theme of "Export•Breakthrough•Globalization". The forum will focus on how to expand market and seek opportunities when facing severe challenges of shrinking external demand.
The forum is jointly organized by the Southern Weekend, a weekly newspaper based in Guangzhou, and Shanghai GM Buick. Many leading experts and scholars attended the forum. Among the expected keynote speakers are Ye Tan, Commentator of CCTV Financial Channel, Zhang Jun, director of Chinese Economic Studies Center of Fudan University, Zhou Xiaoguang, president of Neoglory Group, and Xu Jianfeng, vice president of made-in-china.com.
Hurt by the weak EU, U.S., and Japanese market, China's export and import growth witnessed a slowdown in the first half of 2012. Characterized by an export-oriented economy, Ningbo saw an import and export growth lower than the national and provincial average in the first half of this year. Ningbo's international trade, know as a barometer of China's foreign trade, has caught wide attention in the forum.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 10:06
EU has published its anti-dumping measures against Chinese fasteners, lowering its anti-dumping duties imposed on certain Chinese companies with an average reduction of 7.1 percent, sources said on Wednesday. The move means EU began to ease its anti-dumping sanctions on Chinese fasteners as some Ningbo manufactures launched a formal complaint about EU’S unfair treatment.
Ningbo, the largest fastener supplier in China, produces more than a quarter of fasteners of the country. In January 2009, the EU decided to impose anti-dumping duties of 26.5 to 85 percent on the carbon steel fasteners products imported from China. The ruling caused a 54.8 percent export drop or a loss of $ 400 million to Ningbo. Many local companies even reported zero exports to the EU.
In the third hearing held on July 3, Chinese lawyers from Allbright Law Offices, together with Mr. Antonini, an EU attorney
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