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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 09:24
Delivery firms in Ningbo have been handling record levels of business after the Singles' Day promotion. Many delivery companies are busy hiring temporary couriers to meet the projected soaring demand. Some of them even hire residential working staff or security guards as their part-time couriers.
Several chains courier company in Haishu, Jiangdong district reported soaring in deliveries after November 11. In one delivery branch, packages were piled into a 2-meter-high hill, and some packages were scattered two or three meters away at the door.
A courier surnamed Li said while loading packages on his motorbike, "this is our busiest time of a year. We have been unloading packages early in the morning, and started to deliver packages at 8:00. We have to work without rest until next week."
To cope with the soaring business, many companies began to hire temporary couriers. According to statistics released by 58-Job.com, many job applicants in their website enter list of potential employees for many delivery firms as early as September this year. The demand of couriers rose nearly 30 to 40 percent compared with two months ago, and the salary offered by delivery companies rose about 12 percent. In order to improve their efficiency, Ningbo Branch of Yto Express even hired working staff and security guards in some residential quarters, who will help to deliver the packages to the buyers as soon as they arrive at the quarter.
A number of local courier companies reported a 50 percent increase of daily handling from usual. Ningbo's express delivery sector is expected to see a peak on November15 and 16 as packages keep pouring in. Fortunately, it is still within the daily handling limit of local courier companies.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 09:23
Simon Van Booy, a well-received British writer visited Ningbo and talked with his Chinese readers face-to-face on Tuesday.
Simon Van Booy is a British author who lives in the United States. Born in Great Britain, he grew up in rural Wales, and has lived in Kentucky, Paris, Athens, New York, New Hampton. His short story collection Love Begins in Winter won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the world's richest short story prize.
Simon Van Booy is best known among Chinese readers for his two collections of short stories, The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter. Simon is especially good at describing love stories set in cities. His first full-length novel is due to be published in China imminently. Invited by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate General in Shanghai, the 99 Reading Club, and Ningbo Fenglinwan Bookstore, Simon Van Booy came to Ningbo to meet with his Chinese readers face to face, sharing the living stories in his writing career.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 09:23
Customs statistics show that the total import of wine, olive oil, beer, and natural honey from January to October in Ningbo Port amounted to US$ 52,912,000, an increase of 19 percent over the same period last year. The food imports in October alone hit US$ 4,234,000, an increase of 29.6 percent year-on-year.
According to statistics released by Ningbo Customs, the city has imported 9.636 million liters of wine, worth US$ 47,598,000, a year-on-year increase of 6.8 percent and 13.9 percent, respectively. The average import price of wine stood at US$ 4.9 / L, up 6.6 percent over the same period last year. It imported 1086.3 tons of olive oil, worth US$ 4,546,000, a year-on-year increase of 86.9 percent and 95.1 percent, respectively. The average import price stood at US$ 4,185 / ton, up 4.4 percent year-on-year. The city imported 564,000 liters of beer, worth US$ 768,000, a year-on-year increase of 36.7 percent and 1.4 times. The average import price stood at US$ 13.6 / liter, up 79 percent year-on-year. The city imported 16.1 tonnes of natural honey, valued at US$ 150,000, a year-on-year increase of 7.4 times and 2.6 times, respectively, and the average import price stood at 9.3 USD / kg, up 56.4 percent year-on-year.
Currently, the food importation in Ningbo Port is dominated by wine, in addition to olive oil, natural honey, and beer. Moreover, the ongoing 2012 China Food Expo in Ningbo will further lead to the rapid growth of food imports in Ningbo.
