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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:17
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released on Monday home prices in the 70 monitored Chinese cities in August. The data shows that Ningbo recorded month-on-month declines in both new home (excluding affordable housing) and second-hand home prices in August.
According to the NBS data, Ningbo's new home prices in August fell 0.4 percent month-on-month. The decline rate is 0.2 percentage points lower over the previous month. On a year-on-year basis, the figure recorded an 8.5 percent drop. The decline rate is 0.3 percentage points higher over the previous month. Secondhand house prices fell by 0.2 percent month-on-month, and the decline rate is 0.3 percentage points lower over the previous month. The prices represent a year-on-year decline of 5.1 percent, and the decline rate is 0.1 percentage points lower over the previous month.
New home prices of the 70 monitored cities in August fell on a month-on-month basis in 20 cities, flat in 14 cities, and rose in 36 cities. The decline rate of Ningbo ranks the third. Secondhand home prices of the 70 cities fell on a month-on-month basis in 16 cities, flat in 16 cities, rose in 38 cities. Ningbo ranks sixth in terms of decline rate.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:16
Ningbo athletes won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals in the 9th National University Games (NUG) ended Tuesday in Tianjin Olympic Sports Center.
Zhejiang delegation sent over 250 athletes and coaches, including 26 athletes from Ningbo University, and other athletes from Ningbo colleges and universities. On September 11, the men's table tennis team took a bronze medal by beating Jiangsu team 3-0, winning the first record medal for Zhejiang Province. Both the two players, Kangcheng and Wang Xuesong, are from Ningbo University. On September 13, Qian Jiayan, a sophomore of Ningbo University, won a bronze medal in the Women's Shot Put with a score of 14.58 m, winning the first medal in the track and field for Zhejiang delegation. On the afternoon of 13th, Kangcheng and Wang Xuesong won a silver medal in the table tennis men's doubles final. On the afternoon of the 16th, Ye Jiabei, a Ningbo girl, won the champion in 4 × 100 meter women's relay. On the morning of the 17th, Wang Daquan from Ningbo University won a silver medal with 16.15 meters in the men's Shot Put competition. In addition, Zou Qin, the Ningbo University student and the world champion, ranks fifth in the Women's Aerobics Competition.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:16
Commuters in Ningbo can enjoy a free ride on the bus on Saturday September 22 as part of China's Car Free Day activities, said Ningbo Municipal Government this Tuesday. On September 22, free bus services will be offered in Ningbo. The move is to encourage motorists to give up their cars for a day. Meanwhile, the city plans to open up more bus lanes to improve bus speed and encourage more people to use public transport.
This Saturday marks the annual China's Car Free Day. According to Ningbo's transportation departments, from 0:00 to 24:00 on Saturday, Yinzhou, Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei, Zhenhai, Beilun District will offer free bus rides for passengers to raise public awareness of energy conservation and environmental protection.
This is not the first time Ningbo offers free bus rides for the public. When the typhoon "anemones" made the city a flood of water on August 10 and 11, the municipal government offered free public transport to ease the traffic pressure. The move has been applauded by the general public. On September 22, Ningbo will launch another free bus rides program. "It is meant to encourage people to use public transport and give up their cars for a day," said an official of the Municipal Transportation Bureau. From 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, the rightmost lane on the six major roads will be restricted to buses only to speed up public transport. Drivers are urged to give priority to buses on Car Free day.
In addition, Ningbo will launch special public transport services on Car Free Day. A "mini-bus" line will be opened in Higher Education Park in Yinzhou District. Meanwhile, gas-powered buses and LPG/Gasoline Dual-Fuel taxies will be used to promote the concept of "green" traffic.
On "Car Free Day", publicity programs will be held in Zhongshan Square, major bus stations in downtown, and large residential areas
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Category: On The Campus
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Published: Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:15
As a new semester begins in most Ningbo schools last week, many local universities and colleges saw an increase in female students.
In Ningbo Institute of Education, the students are predominantly female in recent years. In 2012, the number of female students in the school accounts for 88 percent, a record high. The school enrolled 1,015 new students in 2012, including 893 females and only 122 males. They enrolled more than 200 pre-school education majors, but only six are male students.
And it's not just vocational schools that are seeing a rise in female students. The same situation happened in some comprehensive universities in Ningbo. Ningbo University enrolled a total of more than 8,000 freshmen this year, and the gender ratio was 45:55 (male to female). Women students definitely dominate such majors as languages study.
Zhejiang Wanli University enrolled 4,989 freshmen, including 2,256 boys and 2,733girls, or 45.2 percent male students and 54.8 percent female students, remaining a similar gender ratio with Ningbo University.
Even science and engineering-based universities like Ningbo University of Technology tend to see higher female enrollment. The school enrolled a total of 3,353 new students this year, with boys accounting for 58.66 percent and girls 41.34 percent. Girls dominate the liberal arts majors, especially language majors. The Japanese language program recruited 51 girls and only 10 boys. Another example is the Chinese Language program, which attracted 70 girls but only 11 boys.
However, many employers in Ningbo prefer male applicants when hiring employees, which makes female graduates more difficult to find jobs and less opportunities to get promotion than their male counterparts.