- Details
-
Category: Governmental News
-
Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:17
Ningbo has enacted a ban on illegal installation of outdoor advertising billboards, according to an agreement signed on Monday between the municipal government and its six districts and the national high-tech zones.
Statistics released by the Urban Management Department show that there are 16,015 outdoor advertising billboards in the six districts and high-tech zone, and 93 percent of them were installed without any approval from the city planning department. Meanwhile, some billboards are lack of management, and even made from materials of poor quality. These billboards not only damage the city landscape but also pose potential threat to public safety. The municipal government vows to tighten control over these outdoor advertising billboards. According to the agreement, the urban management department will eliminate illegal outdoor advertising billboards, and regulate or integrate the advertising billboards in the urban downtown, major roads, major entrances and exits, airports, railway stations, bus stations, plazas, and stadiums. Ningbo will adopt a responsible management approach to outdoor advertising and ensure the urban scene.
- Details
-
Category: Ningbo Business
-
Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:16
Ningbo has exported its first batch of frozen grilled eel to Australia recently. The products were inspected by Cixi Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. To date, Australia has become another emerging market for Ningbo-made grilled eel, next to Japan, the European Union, the United States, Canada, and Russia. The move indicates Ningbo is seeing promising export market of grilled eel, and will go further in international market.
- Details
-
Category: Ningbo Business
-
Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:15
The added value from Ningbo's cultural industry rose from 7.385 billion yuan in 2004 to 295 .44 billion yuan in 2011, making up 3.5 percent share of GDP, up 4.88 percent over last year, according to data released by Municipal Publicity Department in a press conference on Monday.
In the past decade, Ningbo has taken steps to boost its cultural industry, making it a "pillar" of its national economy. The government is seeking to promote development of the sector by strengthening the organization and leadership, increasing funding, and issuing favorable policies. Currently, Ningbo is striving to promote the "1235" project, and stepping up the construction of 10 cultural gathering areas, 20 key cultural brands, 30 key cultural projects, and 50 key cultural enterprises. Ningbo's cultural industry is developing with strong momentum toward a diversified and clustered operation pattern.
To support the development of state-owned cultural industries, Ningbo Municipal government promoted the reform and development of Ningbo Daily Newspaper Group, and Ningbo Radio and Television Group in an effort to strengthen the competitiveness of the state-owned cultural groups. By the end of last year, the total assets of Ningbo Daily Newspaper Group had reached 2.108 billion yuan, an increase of 279.7 percent compared to 2003. The total assets of Ningbo Radio & Television Group hit 1.864 billion yuan, an increase of 213.6 percent from 2003.
Meanwhile, Ningbo stepped up its support for private cultural enterprises by supporting the development of a number of companies in sports goods, old furniture, packaging, and root carving. The total sales of stationery last year exceeded 45 billion yuan, making up one-fifth of China's total output and one-third of total exports.
- Details
-
Category: Ningbo Business
-
Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:15
Brazil plans to impose stricter quality control on imported domestic retail goods from China and other Asian nations, according to a recent statement released by Brazil's National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO). In the second quarter of this year, INMETRO has issued a series of instructions to impose strict quality control on imports from China and other Asian nations to prevent the influx of cheap goods. The measures applied to 240,000 models of goods in textiles, steel products, car parts and children's items, particularly toys.
Brazil has issued a series of amendments since this January in regards to mandatory certification, which applies to most electrical household appliances including the microwave, toaster, water heater, kitchen utensils, baby stroller, automotive components, and information technology products. The measures raised higher standards on the function, energy efficiency, safety norm, and labeling of imported products.
The move discouraged many exporters in Ningbo, who has seen growing trade volume to Brazil in recent years. From January to August this year, Ningbo imported 7,068 batches of products to Brazil, worth $ 278 million, a year-on-year growth of 18.75 percent and 11.06 percent respectively.
Ningbo's exporters to the Brazil increased from 957 in 2011 to 1,038 in 2012, up 8.5 percent. However, Ningbo has to face rising trade restrictions from Brazil in recent years. A survey by Ningbo Inspection and Quarantine Bureau shows that Ningbo’s exports to Brazil in 2011 accounted for only 2.5 percent of the total exports, while 7.75 percent of economic loss was resulted from Brazil's trade measures.