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Ningbo-made crafts honored as national gifts

On April 2, Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2012 officially opened in Hainan. According to the Secretariat of Boao Forum, three pieces of colored glaze crafts produced by Ningbo Qianyu Glaze Co. Ltd. have been selected as national gifts to the visiting foreign leaders. The Ningbo company is the only one whose products have been selected as national gifts for five straight years.

Based on the forum's theme "Asia in the Changing World: Moving toward Sound and Sustainable Development.", the leading staff in the company held several talks with the organizing Committee of Boao Forum. They finally decided to use the images of "Ding" (a traditional Chinese sacrificial vessel), dragon, and carp, which symbolize the bright future of the Asian countries under the global background of political and economic changes. Wu Jun, the Executive Director of the Secretariat of Boao Forum, spoke highly of these colored glaze works, saying they are a combination of traditional Chinese culture and international elements.

Guizhou Chamber of Commerce set up in Ningbo

An opening ceremony was held in Ningbo last Friday, celebrating the foundation of the Guizhou Province Chamber of Commerce.

Currently, nearly 400,000 people from Guizhou Province are living and working in Ningbo. Ningbo has seen more and more Guizhou people running enterprises in Ningbo. Wang Kangxia, head of the first session of Guizhou Province Chamber of Commerce in Ningbo, said, “our organization is not only a platform for economic exchanges between the two provinces, but also to a ‘home’ to Guizhou entrepreneurs in Ningbo.” The Chamber of Commerce is committed to promoting exchanges and mutual help among its members, and step up economic cooperation between Guizhou and Ningbo.

Cixi shifting from manufacturing to creating

In the last year, Cixi City made a historical new high for the number patent applications and the number of patent rights granted. In the year, the city obtained 238 patents for invention. It indicates the constantly increasing creative capacity of the enterprises. It also indicates that the city is accelerating to adjust the modes of economic growth, shifting from the manufacturing orientation to the creating orientation.

The city is also working to build a human friendly environment of respecting creativity, knowledge and creditability and to raise the awareness of patents rights and capacity. In recent years, Cixi Science and Technology Bureau has organized training classes of patents rights for related enterprises leaders. About 2,000 people have got trained. In the meanwhile, relying on such platforms as Cixi Household Appliance Expo, the city hosted China Cixi Forum of Intellectual Property and launched programs including the cooperative program of intellectual properties of the Changjiang River Delta, and the contests of industrial designing, inventions and patents election and so on, to create the atmosphere of creativity.

These policies and incentive measures have roused the enthusiasm of enterprises to apply for patent rights and promoted the development of enterprises.

9th Stationary Expo opened

On March 29, the 9th China International Stationery and Gift Expo opened in Ningbo International Conference and Exhibition Center. On the day, it had about 10,000 merchants.

The expo is jointed hosted China Council for Promotion of International Trade and Ningbo Municipal Government. It has such activities as purchasing, forums and exchanges of human resources. The products include stationary and office utensils, handicrafts, gifts and stationery production equipments. Apart from the over 600 companies from Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shanghai and Fujian, there are companies from USA, Japan, Indonesia and other countries and regions.

The expo has also quite lots of big purchasers: World Top 500 stationery companies Staples Office Depot, and supermarkets Carrefour, Metro, Tesco and Auchan. Many foreign merchants have entrusted Ningbo Trade Promotion Association for the purchase

Peacebird wins Prize of Brand Value

At the awarding ceremony of China Garment Brands 2011 it was announced that Peacebird, of Ningbo, wins the Prize of Brand Value, the only garment company of Ningbo that wins the highest annual award of the garment industry.

From the highest annual award of the garment industry of China, Peacebird has won the "Prize of Innovation" and the "Prize of Marketing". The "Prize of Brand Value" is the highest of all prizes. This is a result of Peacebird's constant efforts in innovation.

China Garment Brands Award is organized by China Clothing Association for Chinese garment brands.

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