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Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:19
Ningbo pledges to build 120 rural public service centers in the next three years, according to a recent statement issued by the Municipal Government Office. With fixed official space, advanced facilities, and well-qualified staffs, these public service centers serve to offer first-class public services. According to the plan, 40 of them will be built to meet the standards of a demonstration public center.
According to the statement, the public service center of every general township is required to employ an agricultural technologist majoring in concerning fields including agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, agricultural machinery, agricultural products quality and safety, and animal epidemic prevention. Both the municipal and local governments are encouraging college graduates to work in rural public service centers by giving subsides. Those qualified college graduates who have worked in rural public service centers for 3 years or more in the recruitment may be employed by larger agricultural public institutions with priority. Local government shall pay for the construction of public service center, but the municipal government will grant rewards up to 200,000 yuan to demonstration centers and 50,000 yuan to general centers.
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Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:18
Ningbo Survey Team of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Tuesday that Ningbo's consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.4 percent in September over the same period last year, flat the provincial average, and 0.5 percentage points lower than the national average. The price of consumer goods went up by 1.2 percent and the price of services grew by 2.0 percent.
The NBS data indicates that carryover effect brought by the policy of free tuition for secondary vocational education disappeared. Among the eight categories of commodities which are used to weigh CPI, prices for entertainment, educational products and services start to rise after kept falling in the previous months. Food prices picked up 2.2 percent. The prices of tobacco and liquor rose 2.4 percent. The price of clothing rose 1.4 percent. The household equipment and maintenance services prices rose 2.3 percent. The prices of health care and personal products increased 0 .5 percent. The prices of entertainment and educational products and services rose 0.5 percent, and the housing prices rose 1.9 percent. The price of transport and communication remain the downtrend by declining 0.1 percent.
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Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:18
A delegation from Canada's British Columbia, a westernmost province of Canada, visited Ningbo this Tuesday. In an investment seminar with local authorities, they expressed their welcome to nearly a hundred local entrepreneurs. "We welcome Ningbo entrepreneurs to run factories, open restaurants, or buy local hotels or wineries in British Columbia," said the leader of the Canadian Delegation.
During a meeting with local entrepreneurs, representatives from the British Columbia introduced their investment environment and quality projects. In addition to mining, forestry, wineries and other key industries, they also provide services concerning the immigration plan, real estate development, investment policies and regulations, and supporting financial services.
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces, and the nearest province to China. Statistics from the Municipal Foreign Trade Bureau show that Ningbo companies have been expanding their overseas investment from traditional trade and logistics to emerging fields including resources development, new energy, eco-development, R & D and manufacturing.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:17
Ningbo Port is maintaining a steady growth despite the economic slowdown, data issued by the port's operator showed. Ningbo Port saw a cargo throughput of 39.5 million tons in September, a year-on-year growth of 8.5 percent, and a container throughput of 1.47 million TEUs, an increase of 16.5 percent year-on-year. The total container throughput in 2012 hit 11.97 million TEUs, an increase of 8 percent over the previous year, leading China's other ports in terms of growth rate.
Facing the complicated economic situation at home and abroad, Ningbo Port accelerated the pace of transformation and upgrading, and enlarged cargo canvassing network. All of the four major types cargo it handles (coal, crude oil, ores, liquid chemicals) registered growth on a yearly basis. Meanwhile, Ningbo Port makes effort to boost the development of the port container transportation by seeking cooperation with large shipping companies and big customers. The port also promotes their service by opening new routes and adding more flights. Ningbo Port has currently a total of 235 container routes, with 1,600 container flights per month. Data shows, 70 percent of the total container throughput was contributed by ocean routes, which marks Ningbo Port is turning to be a top port on ocean routes.
Plus, Ningbo Port is improving the service efficiency of container operations. On September 4, Beilun Terminal once again refreshed the world record maintained by the Ningbo Port by loading/unloading 235 containers per hour, or three containers per minute. Ningbo Port has been maintaining its first place in the efficiency rankings released by the world largest shipping company Maersk since last October.
