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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 14 November 2011 10:40
The other day, Geely Automobile exported 1,450 cars to Cuban Government via the Customs of Ningbo. This is the largest export of finished cars via the port of Ningbo. In facing of the complicated international economic situation, Geely Automobile timely adjusted its strategy resulting in continuous increase of exports.
As a leader of car manufacturers in China, Geely Automobile "went out" to international markets earlier than others. In 2005, Geely Automobile started to export its Free Cruiser cars via the Port of Ningbo and from the last year, it started to export the Emgrand cars. Now, Geely Automobile sells its cars in over 40 countries and regions, and over 60,000 Free Cruisers have been sold abroad.
The exploration of new markets is the main cause for the increase of export of Geely. Geely's traditional overseas markets are Latin America and Africa. However the global financial crisis in 2008 caused a depression of these markets. Geely Automobile timely adjusted its strategy for the overseas markets and gave priority to the emerging markets in Asia. In the meanwhile, it opened the markets of Cuba and Chile. In the latter half of 2010, the export of Geely automobiles started to recover. In the first half this year, the export of Geely automobiles doubled the amount of the same period in the previous year.
The success of Geely in the exploring the overseas markets is attributed to its quality services. Now, Geely has over 200 service stations in the world. For the improvement of its services, Geely has set some large transfer warehouses of auto parts in some countries and it often sends its servicemen to foreign countries, to learn about the demands of customers.
"Greater export is of great significance for Geely to fulfill its strategic targets of production and sales," said Li Weiping, Deputy General Manager of Emgrand Automobile Company of Geely Holding Group
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 14 November 2011 10:39
Today, Ningbo is once again the focus of the field of new materials home and abroad.
From November 9 to 12, opened China (Ningbo) International Forum of New Materials 2011, a forum hosted by Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, China Material Research Institute, Zhejiang University and Ningbo Municipal Government.
Attendants to the forum include experts in the material science field from 27 countries including the USA, the UK, Russia and Japan.
The hosts of the forum believe that that with the new projects, new concepts and new technologies brought to the forum, the forum will mace positive impact on the field of new materials in China and that the forum this year will be more influential than ever.
The forum opened in Ningbo in 2005. In 2004, the output of Ningbo in the field of new materials was only 29.9 billion yuan. But in 2010, it increased to 71 billion yuan, covering 33.49% of the total output of hi-tech products of the city in the year.
The success of the forum has resulted in the brisk development of the industry of new materials in Ningbo. Today, with such leading institutions as the Material Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ningbo Institution of China Arms Academy, Ningbo has formed a vigorous R&D industrial system of new materials and it has owned a number of technologies with independent intellectual property rights.
With the help of the forum, Ningbo is deepening the combination of industry, academia and the research community so as to strengthen the R&D of technologies of new materials and build an innovative industrial system with independent intellectual property rights and to be in a commanding height in the industry.
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Monday, 14 November 2011 10:38
The other day, "Ningbo-Kobe Concert of Sino-Japanese Friendship was held in Ningbo. Japanese artists and Ningbo professional and amateur musicians gave their elegant performances to the audiences. Fan Yi, Vice Chairman of Vice Chairman of Ningbo People's Political Consultative Conference, met with the Japanese guests.
The concert was jointly hosted by Ningbo Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs and the Sanjiang Council of Kobe and conducted by Ningbo Youth and Children's Palace and Japanese NPO International Music Association. At the about-two-hour concert, The Japanese musicians of NPO International Music Association and two Ningbo choruses gave over 20 performances.
The Sanjiang Guild Hall of Kobe is one of the earliest overseas Chinese social organizations in Japan. The first president of the council was Wu Jingtang, a leader of overseas Chinese in Japan
