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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 10:02
According to Ningbo Customs, imports from Taiwan via Ningbo Port in 2011 stood at 8.06 billion US dollars, accounting for more than 10% in the total import volume. Among them, the value of ECFA products reaches 1.264 billion USD, accounting for 40.62% of the national total, ranking the first among all ports.
ECFA (Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement) early harvest lists were formally implemented on January 1st, 2011. The mainland promises tariff preferences on 557 products and tariff will be reduced to zero during 3 phases in 2 years. In the past year, the range of exports from Taiwan has expanded from single chemicals to 136 other commodities such as mountain bikes and auto parts. As an important chemical base, Ningbo has a great demand for chemical raw materials. Last year alone, Ningbo imported 355,000 tons of xylene, worth 580 million USD, up 48.6% and 1.3% respectively.
The ECFA Early Harvest Program starts the second-phase tariff reduction from 2012. Except for the 30 products with a tax rate reduced from 15% to 5%, the rest are no longer taxed. In the first week in January, Ningbo Customs has received 29,000 tons of imported Taiwan products, worth about 40 million USD.
A batch of enterprises in Ningbo have benefited from ECFA Early Harvest Program. Import of Taiwan products via Ningbo Port has enjoyed tariff preferences of 186 million yuan in 2011.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 10:01
III. Multifarious Policies Made to Assist the transition and upgrading of enterprises
According to news from the working conference of Ningbo's industrial and commercial administration held a couple of days ago, the authority for the administration of industry and commerce was determined to continuously carry out preferential policies to promote regional economic development.
In the previous year, Ningbo authority of industry and commerce drafted a series of policies and regulations to support the reform of new industry and culture industry, the listing, restructuring and merging of enterprises after in-depth investigation, which has correspondingly attained its goals to some extent. Market entities in 2011 increased by 94, 668, amounting to 498,805 in total which were all of higher qualities.
The authority has also made great efforts to build and maintain brands and trademarks. The registered trademarks of 2011 increased by 19,426, and 10 were verified as reputed trademarks by the administration and 45 verified as renowned ones of Zhejiang Province. In addition, the authority successfully cracked down counterfeit products of Deli Stationary and Youngor nationwide for the first time, winning itself the Gold Medal for Protecting Trademarks awarded by the World Intellectual Property Organization and SAIC jointly.
In the construction of the network for safeguarding consumers' rights, the government has built 3,034 offices of "one association and two sites" which means the branch of Consumers Association and the site for complaining and the 12315 contact center. It has also set up 782 contact centers for rights protection, saving 25.34 mln yuan for consumers.
It is learned that in the coming year, Ningbo’s industrial and commercial administration would work harder to facilitate and ensure the rapid while steady economic and social development of Ningbo.
III. To promote marine development through science and technology and develop the new marine industry
The extent to which the new marine industry develops decides on the competitiveness of the marine economy. Ningbo has enrolled the development of marine high technology as a key strategic new industry. It is expected that in five years the added value of the new marine industry accounts for 30% of the marine gross product and the contribution rate of technology in the marine economy takes up above 70%.
First, to improve the research and development system of technology. An open and mark vet-oriented marine technology innovation system that combines learning with research and production and takes enterprises as its mainstay is to be set up to increase the capacity for independent innovation. Special attention will be paid to key fields such as equipment manufacturing, biomedicine and seawater comprehensive utilization to acquire key technology of independent intellectual property. Support will be given to the establishment of marine comprehensive research institute with Ningbo University as the base. Enterprises, social organizations and individuals are encouraged to establish marine technology and research innovation center and to build marine basic research platform, hi-tech R&D platform and technology application platform. Second, to speed up transformation of hi-tech achievements. Support policies for the industrialization of hi-tech achievements and the function of regional technology trading center are to be improved. Pilot enterprises are to be established to promote the new marine industry cluster.
Third, to enlarge the scale of emerging industries. Emerging industries including equipment manufacturing, clean energy, biological engineering, biomedicine, seawater comprehensive utilization and new marine materials are to be promoted to improve the industrialization level and competitive edge. Extension projects (Phase II and phase III) of Zhejiang Shipyard, extension projects of Samsung Heavy Industries and marine diesel engines of Ningbo CSI Power & Machinery Group Co., Ltd. are to be promoted. The establishment of Ningbo LNG terminal and reserve bases are to be sped up. Wind power plants including southeast coastal area of Xiangshan, Hangzhou bay new zone and Beilun Chuanshan Island will be established. Meanwhile, modern marine fishery is to be further developed and aquatic product processing zones are to be set up. Forward contract trading of main fishery products and oil tanker industry are to be developed to promote the coastal tourism.
The establishment of the key demonstration area of marine economy is an important strategy that concerns the future. We should set up an secure system of policies, talents, basic infrastructures and marine comprehensive management according to the 3-Thinks and 3 Pursues Campaign to transform the growth pattern of the marie economy and build Ningbo into a municipality of strong marine economy
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 10:01
Due to the severe cold spell in the northern hemisphere, Europe and US were terribly battered by the heavy snow recently. However, foreign trade enterprises in Ningbo find enormous business opportunities. According to Ningbo Customs, containers with down jackets, heating equipment and other commodities are being exported to Europe and North America.
Despite the instability and uncertainty of world economy, foreign trade enterprises in Ningbo are seeking new opportunities. According to the statistics from Ningbo Customs, the foreign trade via Ningbo Port reached 17.86 billion USD in January, 2001, up 4.2% over the previous year. EU continues to be the largest export market of Ningbo Port. The trade volume between EU and Ningbo was 3.63 billion USD, up by 4.4%, with 3.32 billion USD of export output increased by 5.3%. The export output to US market reached 1.95 billion USD, up by 4.8%.
Those responsive private enterprises took the lead to embark new market in Europe and US. Several days ago, Ningbo New Ziyuntang Aquatic Products Co. Ltd and American North Food Co. Ltd reached an agreement that traditional Chinese food like dried purple seaweeds and potherb mustard will be put into US market no later than March, 2012. Apart from the existing product lines, Ningbo South Pacific Hotel Device Co. Ltd has started to produce table furnishing articles and has seen orders filing in from EU market after Spring Festival. It is estimated that import and export output of Ningbo private enterprises has hit 8.45 billion USD in January, up 9.4% and accounting for 47.3% in the total volume that time.
Due to seasonal factors like the Spring Festival holiday, importations of plastics in primary forms, metal scraps, coal, grain and other resource commodities have decreased
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 10:00
Firstly, vigorously developing collection and distribution network which gives priority to sea and railway through transport. In accordance with the national integrated transport hub, we should focus on developing sea and railway through transport to realize multi-modal transportation while advancing the contruction of the Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou expressway, integrated road network in urban areas (One ring road and five radial roads in specific) and the phase-3 project of the airport. We should also speed up the construction of container terminals and port extensions, and strengthen Zhenhai's role as a logistics hub in sea and railway through transport of bulk commodities. Meanwhile, we should promote cooperation between Ningbo and cities along the Yangtze River and main railways by opening container lines to Jiangxi Province, Anhui Province, Sichuan Province, etc, effectively enhancing its radiation capacity to the Yangtze River delta and the midwest areas.
Secondly, proactively developing Zhejiang trading center of bulk commodities. Relying on the existent market and sea and railway through transport, we will improve the trading platform of liquid chemicals, plastics, steel, nickel, ships, especially iron ore and imported coal. We will build a batch of new delivery warehouses and storage bases of coal, steel and iron ore. We will introduce international operators, traders and futures brokers to promote services like spot transaction and forward contract dealing and others.
Thirdly, lengthening the industry chain of port logistics. We will venture into import business and vigorously develop commercial and value-added logistics with distribution processing, assorted delivery, international procurement and re-export. While advancing the construction of comprehensive shipping pilot area in the bonded zone of Meishan, Ningbo, we will also work hard to perfect the shipping and logistics information system, build a standardized, widely-covered and highly efficient platform of data exchanging and public service, and realize free circulation of port information and business. We will continue to improve the service capacity of information system of E-ports and complete the special logistics information systems for enterprises so that informationization of shipping and logistics will be improved.
Fourthly, innovating on shipping financial service. We will push forward the construction of a service center of international finance by gathering many well-known service companies dealing with shipping, trade and finance. We will also support shipping service such as ship trading and management, shipping broking and consultation as well as marine training. We will promote financial service of shipping by conducting ship financing and lease, shipping clearing and insurance, in the hope that a well-developed financial service system can be established for the port.
II. To accelerate transformation of port-based industry and build port-based advanced manufacturing base
Port-based industrial areas in Ningbo have taken shape with petrochemicals, steel, automobile, shipbuilding and energy as its key industries, having become important bases for energy, raw materials and advanced manufacturing in East China. In 2010, its total output reached over 700 bln yuan, accounting for above 60% of Ningbo’s gross output value. Nevertheless, there are significant differences compared with advanced ports in the world. Therefore, sustainable efforts should be made to build a first-rate port-based industrial base. First, to promote development in a green way. We should continue to give full play to its advantages in resources and the national strategy for growth of an ecological port-based industry featuring prosperous market, little environmental pollution, and good economic returns. Second, to develop hi-tech products. We should give priority to hi-tech and import substitute products with more added value by transforming development pattern and optimizing the industrial structure and layout. Third, to promote industrial clusters. We should promote industrial clusters and deal with the three coordinated relations---project construction, elements security and environmental protection, focusing on projects such as extension of SINOPEC ZRCC, petrochemical industrial programme of Formosa Plastics Group in Ningbo, automobile projects of GEELY and VOLVE and the shipbuilding projects of CSSC in Ningbo.