A news release by the city government said the city would hold the third Cultural Heritage Day soon. Some 50 serial activities will be held in June, such as the launching ceremony of the first intangible cultural heritage showcasing center and related performances, the launch ceremony of the exhibition of the boat history of Ningbo, China. In addition, the museums of the city will open to the public free of admission fees; the results of the third national survey of cultural relics including some important discoveries will be made known and there will be exhibition of the intangible cultural heritages of the city. 
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In Ningbo Art Gallery, a exhibition of works of Xiao Feng and Song Ren will be held from 13th to 20th of the month. Xiao was once educated in Hangzhou and later sent to the former Soviet Union to study painting. For many years, Xiao taught in Zhejiang Fine Arts University. Born in 1932 in Jiangsu Province, he joined the revolution in 1943. In the next year he joined the Xin-an Touring Party, which was then a well-known juvenile literature and art organization, to go in for revolutionary art propaganda activities. In 1949 he entered the East China Branch of the Central Institute of Fine Arts to study oil painting. In 1954 he went to the Soviet Union to study oil painting at Lenin Institute of Fine Arts and was awarded the title of artist. At present he is president and professor of Zhejiang Institute of Fine Arts, chairman of Zhejiang Artists’ Association and standing councillor of Chinese Artists’ Association. His primary works of art include the picture album “Selections of Oil Painting by Xiao Feng and Song Ren” and the oil paintings such as “Farewell to the South of Yangtze River”, “Daybreak”, “Advancing on the Crest of a Victory”, “Going on Strike” and so on, which were respectively collected by Lenin Art Institute of the Soviet Union, China Art Gallery, Chinese Revolutionary Museum and Chinese Revolutionary Historical Museum. Some of his works were exhibited in USA, Japan and France. “The Oil Painting Works Exhibition of Xiao Feng and Quan Shanshi” were held in different big cities of China.
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On 2nd June, Mr. Wang Huimin, the standing member of the municipal committee of CPC and the general director of the public security bureau, came to the fire-control department and the tactical police department and expressed their sincere solicitude to those coming back from the quake zone in Sichuan. Mr. Hu Jianyue, the vice chairman of CPPCC Ningbo and the chairman of the general federation of trade unions paid a visit to Yage and Longrun, the two companies helping manufacture settlement panel houses for the quake-hit areas. He extended his greetings and appreciation to the workers who had been working for extra hours. Currently, 1700 sets of settlement houses have been finished by these two companies and will be sent to the quake-affected area soon.
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The Hangzhou Bay Bridge Trade and Tourism Festival and the 2008 Red Bayberry Festival sponsored by the Cixi Municipal Government was unveiled last Friday. Seven serial activities would be held during the trade and tourism festival, including the tour to the Hangzhou Bay Bridge. This year’s red bayberry festival is the 10th festival the Cixi city has ever held. During the red bayberry festival, four serial activities would be held, including the third Red Bayberry Fairy Selection, Forum on development of red bayberry business and the launch ceremony of red bayberry branch of China Gardening Society, etc.
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The construction of Waitan Bridge yesterday started. Waitan Bridge is in the center of downtown Ningbo, and an important part of the traffic artery of the city. The construction of Waitan Bridge yesterday started. Baiyin Chaolu, Vice S.ecretary of the Yiwu Municipal Committee of the CPC and Chairman of Ningbo Standing Committee of the People's Congress announced the start of the construction, and Mao Guanglie, Vice Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Committee of the CPC and Mayor of Ningbo spoke at the opening ceremony. Waitan Bridge is in the center of downtown Ningbo, and an important part of the traffic artery of the city. The bridge is another super large bridge over the Yongjiang River, 1,397 meters long. with the main bridge 337 meters long. The bridge is a 4 plane cable stayed bridge, with a 225 meter-long main span and two side spans, one 82 meters, and the other 30 meters long. The main bridge is 42.8 m in width, and the design speed of 50 km an hour.
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As the Children's Day was coming, government officials of the city visited some schools and kindergartens respectively yesterday and sent them holiday greetings.  
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Another team of special policemen, totaling 169 members, boarded the train for Chengdu yesterday to help safeguard the public security in the quake zone.
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On June 1, International Children's Day, children at East Zhongshan Road Primary School were decorating a 'goodwish tree', to express their good wishes for the children in the earthquake stricken area in Sichuan.
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School children in Hongyan Sichuan shout and jump for joy at the completion of their temporary schools built by Ningbo uncles.
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Yesterday, the Olympic Torch presented by Organizational Committee of Beijing Olympic Games to Ningbo Government was collected by Ningbo Museum. 
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On the eve of the Duanwu Festical, people from Jiangdong District came to a garrison in Ningbo to celebrate the Duanwu Festival with the officers and soldiers.
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Yesterday, representative students from Zhongyuan Primary School visited Ningbo Fire Brigade and presented their little gifts to the heroes back from Sichuan disaster relief.
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On May 30, Yinyi Group dealt out consolation money of 550,000 yuan to the employees from Sichuan, and decided to donated 10 million yuan to build a primary school in Sichuan. Kaide Property Company appropriated a fun of 5 million yuan to assist the children, orphans in the disaster area. At the eve of the Children's Day, Ningxing Holding Company donated another 1 million yuan for the rebuilding of schools in the disaster area. Ningbo Xinrui Electronic Company cancelled the employees' tour project that the company had carried out in the past 8 years for 789 employees waivered this tour so that they could save 470,000 yuan and donate the money to the disaster area. On the afternoon of May 29, Liu Wenxuan, 86-aged well-known painter of Ningbo, donated 60,000 yuan to Sichuan. He collected the money by selling his favorite works at low prices The old artist hoped that his donation could assist the disaster-stressed children in their schooling. Fengxign Jewelry had a 3-day charity sale and donated 122,000 yuan to the earthquake stricken areas in Sichuan.
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Stars singing for the Earthquake victims Regular readers of this column will already well be aware that the Wednesday Dinners organized by Ningbo Expat have become a regular and important event in the weekly schedule of Ningbo Expats and their friends. These Wednesday dinners also serve the purpose to build bridges between Chinese and Expat Citizens of Ningbo. On Wednesday 28th May 2008, the Wednesday dinner was dedicated to the support of the earthquake victims. The Chamber of International Commerce Ningbo COIC Foreign Expert Committee had approached Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, which appreciated to dedicate this Wednesday evening event of  "Star Shine Over Howard Johnson" for the Charity. The evening was fully booked and from a number of tickets 50% of the ticket price was donated. The stars presenting fashion music, foreigners usually call it pop music ( pop is coming from popular), where well known to the Chinese visitors. There was "Cream" which is known for her works " summer blowing" and appeared in 2002 in a TV production, "Kimi", winner of the 2005 Hunan TV competition  and "Edell" being the unchallenged star of the night.     The arrangement was done professional and in the breaks between the songs, there were dancing acts and lucky draws. The "crowd" was enjoying the evening and a donation was done to the "Red Cross". The COIC Chamber of International Commerce Ningbo Foreign Expert Committee had organized several charity events during these days and is looking forward to be an important part in  Ningbo society to encourage the cooperation bet locals and foreigners in making Ningbo a successful city in business, investment and multicultural understanding. In South East Business newspaper on Sunday 15th June, 2008.
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TUV Rheinland - COIC Chamber Of International Commerce in Ningbo Product safety and how you can protect your business or company Avoid quality problem in China! Recently, a number of companies as well as major economic actors, and for the most part, end users have been talking about the quality control of the products in China. Why is it so important to protect your business against defective or hazardous products? As a company that purchases in China, you know that the quality issues directly affect your profitability, and it is also important to note that the majority of suppliers in Asia do not guarantee their products. Once the goods leave your supplier factory, you are responsible for the quality of the products you purchase. How do defective products affect your profitability? Lectured by: Dr. Thorsten Keiter TUV Rheinland Ningbo Office Lecture will be in English, but Q A can be in English, German and Chinese language. Friday, 16th May, 2008 16.30h - CCPIT Building, Meeting room, 11th Floor Ningbo, Fortune Plaza (near Ningbo World Hotel) Address : 和义路77号 No. 77, He Yi road please also forward this invitation to a colleague This event, organized by the Chamber Of International Commerce in Ningbo, is also open to professionals in companies, Entrepreneurs , foreign experts and employers and covers: * Product testing and legal aspects in exporting goods * Protect your business by knowing your rights and duties * See real examples what went wrong with other companies * Inspection procedures * Question-and-Answer session Fees: non COIC members 140 Rmb- Member of COIC: 90 Rmb (Buffet Dinner included) Registration: please Please proceed to the registration form here. Please state your name, position, company and where you heard about the event, when registering. When you are registered you will NOT receive any additional confirmation. your seat is confirmed.! thank you
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With the uprising of temperature in May, the cultural activities in Dongsheng, Dutou, and Weidou residential communities also got hotter and hotter. In Dongsheng residential community, the inhabitants liked watching the Yue opera in the evening. Mr. Young, or the head of the residential community said that the park has become a good place for the mass to enjoy the opera every week. A migrant worker from Sichuan Province said that thought he could not fully understand the lines in the Yue Opera, he was quite interested in it. And he was amazed at the high quality of performance here. With the development of economy in the district, more and more people would spend more time on the square to enjoy themselves. The square, together with its spectaculars and performances, with become a shining name card for the district in the future.
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I personally would like to say thank you to all joining my birthday party on 23rd April, 2008. This was really a special evening for me and I am happy that the Charity event was already such great success on the first launch. As you know, ALL money collected will go directly in to buying material for the school and COIC Board and volunteers will control that the goal will be reached to ensure that the students study and overall conditions will improve. All sponsors and supporters of this project, please be encouraged to donate further on directly to COIC / CCPIT office in cash and provide more gifts for the upcoming charity events. Also my special thanks to Ningbo TV Station and SOUTHEAST BUSINESS NEWSPAPER for their support and publications Thank you and best regards Eckhard (receipts can be issued for those who do need it for accounting purpose) Report about: Soft Launch of COIC Education Fund Eckhard, Chairman of COIC -Chamber of International Commerce Ningbo- Foreign Expert Committee- had invited to his birthday party and paid the meals and drinks for all 78 guests. The guests did even receive gifts, but in return were offered a lucky draw for the fund raising to support the COIC Educational Fund. This evening was dedicated to the soft launch of the campaign to raise fund for the support of a school in Ningbo Ninghai district, that urgently need new table for the students and kitchen equipment. In several upcoming events COIC Educational Fund will raise funds for this project. Meanwhile it is also possible to donate gifts for upcoming Lucky Draws or amounts of money to support the project. The fundraising of 23rd April, has created the base of Rmb 10,000, that will be fully given to the school project. When Eckhard was asked how he is feeling about it, he said: This was a special birthday for me as I could make so many people exited to donate for the school project. I am glad that I did sponsor this evening, so all money donated can go directly for the school. I am looking forward that more people take the imitative to organize such events so we can fast raise the amount needed. I fact it would be great if we could raise to total of Rmb 480,000 for building a new service and Kitchen facility for the school. So as you can see the work has just started and it is already a great success. If anyone need to know how to organize such evening, please get in touch with me, so we can work it out together. Please see some pictures of the winners of this evening....
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The fourth China Tea Culture Festival and the Third Zhejiang Green Tea Exposition will be held in Ningbo International Exhibition Center from 25th to 28th of the month. It is said that eight well-known teas in Ningbo and other famous teas from outside Zhejiang will be demonstrated during the festival.
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Song Meiying, wife of Chen Yifei, and their sons and daughters were invited as the most distinguished guests to attend the opening ceremony of Chen Yifei Museum.
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A sign-in campaign in support of development of circular economy was held on the Zhongshan Square the day before yesterday. ( you can just call it Recycling )
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The name of Ove Nodleand might not be familiar to most Ningbo people. But when May 19 arrives, Ove Nodeland will make his name known to all. Ove, a Norwegian in Ningbo, is an Olympic torchbearer. He will take part in the torch relay activity in Ningbo. peaking of becoming a torchbearer, Ove Nodleand feels very lucky. He came to Ningbo as early as 1999 and set up an electronic company named Dayou in Zhenhai Economic Development Zone. In 2002 he invested one million US dollars and set up a Nordic Industrial Park (NIP) Co. Ltd, providing services for north European investors in Ningbo. A torchbearer Ove says as the slogan for the Beijing Olympics is One World One Dream, he is happy to be a torchbearer in Ningbo, which he regards it as his second home town. It's kind of dream fulfilled. Now, Ove is looking forward to the coming of the Beijing Olympics. Currently he is exercising himself so that he can give his best when running for the 200 meters.
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On March 14, Chinese Police Day, children in Jiangdong District presented flowers to the policemen in the police station in the commumity to wish them happiness in the festival.
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From March 28 to March 30, Yuyao City will celebrate China (Yuyao) Pickled Mustard Tuber Culture Festival. This festival is expected to promote the production industry, and the manufacture and sales of pickled mustard tuber. The festival is made of 7 activities including forum of pickled mustard tuber industry in China, one-day tour of the home of pickled mustard tuber of China, and a photo show. The festival is hosted by China Agriculture International Promotion Commission, Farmers' Daily and Yuyao Municipal Government.
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A line dance involving more than 1000 women was put on to celebrate the Women's Day at Jiangdong the day before yesterday.
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 The signing ceremony for important foreign investments was held at the Nanyuan Hotel on June 9. A total of 22 projects were signed, involving a total investment of 1.16 billion US dollars and a contractual investment of 470 million US dollars. The investments are in the fields of petrochemicals, electronics, environmental protection, home appliances, auto-parts, tourism development, and shopping malls. The investors are mostly from Korea, Sweden, Japan and the US. Among the 22 projects, the largest one is from IKEA of Sweden. It is a shopping mall project costing about 250 million Euros, which is to be settled in Yinzhou District of Ningbo.
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   　BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Prices of real estate in 70 major Chinese cities rose 9.2 percent in May on the same month of last year, 0.9 percentage points lower than the April level, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.     The bureau said the growth rate had slown down for four consecutive months.     The price rise was 11.3 percent in January, 10.9 percent in February, 10.7 percent in March and 10.1 percent in April.     In May prices of new housing went up 10.2 percent, 0.6 percentage points lower than the month-earlier level. Urumqi, Haikou, Ningbo, Beijing and Hangzhou cities took the lead in price rises.     In breakdown, housing for low-income earners was priced 3.8 percent higher, with prices of new ordinary commercial housing up 10.6 percent and those of luxury housing up 12.3 percent.     May also saw prices of office buildings up 9.3 percent and those of real estate used for commerce business up 5.2 percent. Editor: Du Guodong www.chinaview.cn 2008-06-14 10:08:17       
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The 7th China Consumer Goods Fair closed yesterday and the next Fair is said to be held in Ningbo.
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From this week on, plastic bags are prohibited to a certain extent. On one hand, consumers have to pay if they want to use plastic bags. On the other hand, the production of plastic bags thinner than 0．025 millimeter will be prohibited all over the country. In a supermarket, residents seemed to have prepared for non-plastic-bag shopping. They put their shopping in the bags brought from their homes or in recycle bags. Some were not aware of the prohibition, but they finally expressed that they supported the prohibition after talking with clerks in the supermarket.   Experts say consumers can use recycle bags instead plastic ones. Consumers can even use bowls when they buy meat, aquatic products, pickles and other cooked food. Plastic bags, experts add, can be used for more than once if some consumers still have some.
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The 6th Zhejiang Science and Technology Fruit Fair co-sponsored by Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technological Department, Ningbo Municipality Government was held recently. 35 enterprises from Beilun attended the fair. Three local enterprises have signed contracts of saving energy and limiting pollutions, and they are Ningbo Shenzhou Company, Ningbo Kangxin Company and Ningbo Huaguan Company. The total investment of the three projects reached 88,86 million yuan.
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The five-day-long ZJITS and CICGF were concluded on June 12. The two events this year were much improved in scale, visitor arrivals and organization. Statistics shows that more than 70,000 people have come to the events, including 13,616 business people from about 100 countries and regions. The investment and trade symposium has signed a total number of 201 investment projects, involving a contractual foreign capital of 3.58 billion US dollars. The highlights for this year's consumer goods fair were the five forums, such as the China Opening-Up Forum, Bo'ao Modern Logistics Forum and the International Free Port Forum. The speakers were mostly important people and the audiences totaled about 1800 people.
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At this year's consumer goods fair, Ningbo-mades have made great progress in quality, design and popularity. The CICGF has furthered expanded its trade and marketing channels and served as a good platform for product circulation. Tony Williams from the UK has established good cooperative relations with Ningbo enterprises via the CICGF. To make Ningbo-made products better known among the UK people and the businessmen of the EU, he set up a showroom of Ningbo-made produ