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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:23
News from Beijing on 20th says that retired senior cadre Zheng Hui has been awarded as national Model Collector of Stamps by the All-China Philatelic Federation. This is the second time that he gets this honor, the first being in 2002. And in the Selection of Good Essays hosted by Zhejiang Stamps Collection, his essay Letters and the Great Revolution of 1911 has been awarded as the Top Ten Essay of 2011.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:23
Maxwin, a fast-fashion garment brand, relocated its design and research headquarters in Ningbo Hefeng Creative Plaza on October 18. A 1000-square-meter exclusive shop of Maxwin was opened in the Plaza on the same day.
Maxwin was founded by Shenzhou International Group Holdings Limited with a registered fund of 62 million US Dollars. Shenzhou International Group, as the largest longitudinal integrated knitted manufacturers in China, planned to build Maxwin into a brand making cost-effective clothes for all family members from 0-50 years old. By relying on its leadership position in domestic knitting manufacturing industry and giving full play to the advantage of its rapid reaction of the supply chain, it would focus Maxwin’s development on clothing design, research and development, retail expansion and marketing.
Hefeng Creative Square was planned by the municipal government to be built as Ningbo’s cluster of design and creative industries. And it was also a city card transforming Ningbo from a manufacturing city to a design city. After one year of its operation, the Plaza has absorbed a group of industrial design and creative enterprises including IAT Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. (Ningbo), Ningbo ARTOP Design Inc.. The signing and occupancy rate of the plaza exceeded over 70%, showing an increasing agglomeration effect.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:21
The first phase of the 112th Session of the Canton Fair was closed on October 19. News came from the municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation that Ningbo trading group won a total of 900 million US dollars’ orders, ranking the forefront of the achievement list.
It was learned that products exhibited in the fair ranges from electronics, household appliances, lightings, vehicles and accessories to hardware and tools. Among them, Ningbo enterprises were famous for its export of household appliances and electronics.
In recent years, Ningbo enterprises faced a severe situation of sluggish oversea demand, appreciation of the RMB and protectionism. However, some Ningbo enterprises still made outstanding performances by accurately seizing purchaser’s demand, especially for some high-tech and energy-saving products. Special promotion and introduction shows given by some Ningbo enterprises have attracted the purchasers’ strong interest.
According to statistics, even with a smaller share than before, traditional markets including the EU and US were still the largest purchasers. However, the emerging markets including Russia, Brazil, India, Ukraine and South Africa offered a larger demand and orders from these areas increased significantly.