European diplomats visit Ningbo

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Category: Governmental News

Published: Tuesday, 03 July 2012 09:54

Last Saturday, the delegation of European diplomacy workshop paid a visit to Ningbo. On Saturday evening, the vice mayor, Zhang Minghua, together with other officials of the municipal government, met with the diplomats and gave them an introduction of Ningbo in a welcome meeting.

Sponsored by the Foreign Ministry of China, the workshop aims to provide trainings for diplomats in developed countries and it has been successfully held six times. The attendants are mainly young and mid-career diplomats from the EU. There are 34 diplomats from 32 European countries and organizations attending the workshop this year.

During their stay in Ningbo, the diplomats will visit several well-know companies including Oulin Group Co., Ltd., Ningbo Port Group, and Ningbo Geely Automobile Co., Ltd..

Ningbo released Report of Environment Situation of Ningbo 2011

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Published: Monday, 25 June 2012 09:34

Under the leadership of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Ningbo Municipal Government and with the concerted efforts of all the people of the city, all the governments and departments of all levels have attached great importance to the environmental protection and energy saving and discharge reduction. While maintaining fast economic development, Ningbo has taken solid steps to save natural resources and to protect the ecological environment. This has resulted in great progress in energy saving and discharge reduction, as well as pollution treatment and construction of environmental facilities. In 2011, the COD emission and sulphur dioxide emission are respectively 71,900 tons and 14,500 tons, respectively down by 3.52% and 3.12% over the previous year. The emission of sulphur dioxide and the emission of nitrogen oxides are respectively 155,000 tons and 278,000 tons, respectively down by 3.83% and 1.56% over the previous year. In terms of general environment quality, Ningbo ranks the middle of the 113 key cities for environment protection.

Ningbo ranks 7th of 35 cities for life satisfaction

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Published: Monday, 25 June 2012 09:35

As is shown by the Report of Life Quality of 35 Cities of China 2012 released on June 16, the subjective life satisfaction of 35 cities of China is 50.88 and the high cost of living is a major factor that causes the low quality of life of urban citizens.

The Report of Life Quality of 35 Cities of China 2012 was jointly released by Capital University of Economics and Business and the Institute of Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The report shows that the subjective life satisfaction of 35 cities of China is 50.88, higher than the average (49.71) in 2011. The subjective life satisfaction is higher than the threshold, on the satisfaction side

Tenth CHFE to be held in July

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Published: Monday, 18 June 2012 09:23

News came from the organizing committee that the tenth China International Housing & Furnishing Exposition was to be held in Ningbo International Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 6 to 9. The Expo, with a theme of “expanding domestic demand, maintaining steady growth and enlivening the market”, aims to build a publication and exchange platform to expanding the markets especially domestic market. The Expo will fully display the latest technology and trend of the home-based industry and show the development strategies and marketing measures of the enterprises in the progress of transformation and upgrading to improve the whole level of the housing industry.
The Expo, covering an exhibiting area of 45,000 square meters, has 5 main exhibiting zones of furniture, kitchen cabinets, floor, housing decorations and building materials. The 2012 Ningbo Crafts and Arts Housing Decoration Joint Exhibition was to be held at the same time. The Exhibition is an excellent showcase of the whole industrial chain and will exhibit products of ceramic sanitary ware, whole cabinet, kitchen appliances, etc. Consumers will enjoy a one-stop shopping there and choose products easily form a few selected brands with characteristics. 
According to statistics, there are over 10 building material and furniture markets in Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei and Yinzhou, covering a total area of over 100 million square kilometers. Over 2000 housing brands are too hard for consumers to choice among. At the Expo, 20-25 brands with characteristics were selected to exhibit to avoid cut-throat competition and ensure each brand has its own market space and sales. 
At present, the summer housing expo has become an important platform of housing product showcase of Ningbo and Zhejiang Province. It was learned that a lot of famous housing brands at home and abroad expanded their exchanges and strengthened their cooperation with each other through this platform in recent years. Meanwhile, the organizing committee paid much attention to invite exhibitors from emerging markets such as ASEAN. Every year, the products from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Pakistan and other countries enjoyed high favor among consumers.