The latest news in Ningbo and Zhejiang http://www.whatsonningbo.com Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT FeedCreator 1.8.0-dev (info@mypapit.net) http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8492-asia-s-largest-crude-oil-terminal-opens-in-ningbo.html A 450,000-tonnage terminal of Ningbo Shihua Crude Oil Terminal Co Ltd, Asia's largest crude oil terminal, was formally opened in Daxie, Ningbo, Zhejiang province, chinanews.com reported May 16.   With a length of up to 490 meters, a designed annual throughput volume of 17 million tons, and the ability to anchor 20,000-450,000 tonnage crude oil tankers... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8492-asia-s-largest-crude-oil-terminal-opens-in-ningbo.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8491-zhejiang-yunlong-bags-order-for-120-000-football-jerseys-for-london-olympics.html A small-sized garment enterprise in east China's Zhejiang province has got a big order to manufacture 120,000 football jerseys for the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games. With 120 employees working for its two plants, Zhejiang Yunlong Co Ltd, located in the city of Jiaxing, supplied football jerseys for the South Africa 2010 World Cup. "We proce... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8491-zhejiang-yunlong-bags-order-for-120-000-football-jerseys-for-london-olympics.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8490-pboc-to-publish-average-interest-rate-offered-by-private-lenders-in-wenzhou.html The Wenzhou branch of China's central bank yesterday said it will publish the average interest rate offered by private lenders in the city in Zhejiang Province, from this month.   The move will help regulate private lending in the city, and will serve as a guideline for financial reforms. The branch has monitored private lending rates since 2003, and... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8490-pboc-to-publish-average-interest-rate-offered-by-private-lenders-in-wenzhou.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8489-lishui-becomes-2nd-pilot-city-in-zhejiang-to-carry-out-financial-reform.html China has chosen Lishui in Zhejiang Province to expand its financial reform to the rural areas.   Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, has called for measures to develop a "multi-layered" financing system to better serve the agriculture, technology and culture sectors, as well as to boost the bond market and the equity ma... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8489-lishui-becomes-2nd-pilot-city-in-zhejiang-to-carry-out-financial-reform.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8486-ningbo-ambulance-turns-up-at-1-000km-away-at-tourism-resort-in-henan.html     An emergency team in Ningbo was punished after they drove an ambulance to a scenic spot in central China's Henan province, which is 1,000km from the city of Ningbo. An online uproar has been caused by pictures taken by an unnamed driver near Mount Yaoshao. Netizens expressed their anger over what they thought was private use of emergenc... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8486-ningbo-ambulance-turns-up-at-1-000km-away-at-tourism-resort-in-henan.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8487-more-newlyweds-choose-to-take-wedding-photos-at-ningbo-dongqian-lake.html Ningbo Dongqian Lake has become a hot place for newlyweds to take wedding photos in recent years        With a scenery of green hills and clean waters, Dongqian Lake has become a hot place for newlyweds to take wedding photos in Ningbo in recent years. Since April this year, Dongqian Lake has been flooded with couples taking we... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8487-more-newlyweds-choose-to-take-wedding-photos-at-ningbo-dongqian-lake.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8485-privilege-air-conditioned-classrooms-only-for-honor-students-in-shenzhen.html Air-conditioning only for honors students. (Photo / Guangzhou Daily)   Only students in honors classes can study in classrooms fitted with air-conditioning systems at a local school in Shenzhen, Guangzhou Daily reported Tuesday.   Shenzhen Binhe Middle and High School has 11 classes for 10th-graders, and four of them are "honors classes&... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8485-privilege-air-conditioned-classrooms-only-for-honor-students-in-shenzhen.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8484-1st-all-year-round-overseas-ningbo-products-centre-opens-in-benin-africa.html It is learned from Ningbo Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau that the first all-year-round overseas Ningbo products expo center has been put into operation in Benin, Africa.   "It's just like an overseas 'consumer goods expo' for Ningbo products. Purchasers can have a better understanding of products made in Ningbo and then make who... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8484-1st-all-year-round-overseas-ningbo-products-centre-opens-in-benin-africa.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8483-paternal-love-surrounds-chinese-orphan-girl-du-haiying-who-has-4-fathers.html Haiying and her 'fathers'   Du Haiying became an orphan after her father died after being ill for some time. The girl, now nine, has no idea what a mother is like becauae her mum left home when she was just six months old. And more than three years later, her father passed away, leaving behind Haiying and her 78-year-old grandfather. The... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8483-paternal-love-surrounds-chinese-orphan-girl-du-haiying-who-has-4-fathers.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8482-mcdonald-s-to-hire-70-000-chinese-employees-by-year-s-end.html McDonald's Corp said it will almost double the number of Chinese employees by the end of this year in order to follow its fast expansion plan in the country. The world's largest fast food chain by sales revenue announced on Tuesday in Beijing that it will hire another 70,000 employees throughout the year in order to meet the needs of the massive number o... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8482-mcdonald-s-to-hire-70-000-chinese-employees-by-year-s-end.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8481-indonesian-farmers-race-pairs-of-cattle-in-annual-cow-racing-festival.html Sound yer horn ... racer hurtles along   Hoof it ... farmer splashes through field   I've got a beef ... jockey takes a tumble   COW fast can you go? Farmers race pairs of cattle through muddy rice fields — by hanging on to their TAILS. The riders even BITE the animals to make them go quicker in the traditional harvest cel... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8481-indonesian-farmers-race-pairs-of-cattle-in-annual-cow-racing-festival.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8480-british-girl-rebecca-blake-29-accused-of-drunken-sex-in-dubai-taxi.html Rebecca Blake, 29, pictured, and Conor McRedmond were arrested after an all-day drinking binge   Indecent: In 2008, Vince Acors and Michelle Palmer were sentenced to three months in a Dubai jail, suspended on appeal, for having sex on a Dubai beach   A British businesswoman faces up to three years in jail for allegedly having sex in a taxi ... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8480-british-girl-rebecca-blake-29-accused-of-drunken-sex-in-dubai-taxi.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8479-alex-cooper-uk-girl-with-rare-cancer-saved-by-cameron-diaz-film.html Symptoms spotted: Alex caught the cancer in time   A schoolgirl cancer victim has revealed how watching a Cameron Diaz film saved her life. Alex Cooper, 17, who had fatigue, bruises, headaches and a swollen stomach, noticed the symptoms were similar to a girl in My Sister’s Keeper – in which Diaz plays the ill youngster’s mum... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8479-alex-cooper-uk-girl-with-rare-cancer-saved-by-cameron-diaz-film.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8478-post-baby-body-of-ex-miss-world-aishwarya-rai-caused-uproar-in-india.html Aishwarya Rai Bachchan pictured at a party at the weekend.(Photo by Yogen Shah/India Today Group/Getty Images Source: The Daily Telegraph   SHE is a former Miss World, a successful Bollywood star and married to the son of one of India's best-loved stars. She found international fame in the Hollywood film Bride and Prejudice, and Julia Roberts ... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8478-post-baby-body-of-ex-miss-world-aishwarya-rai-caused-uproar-in-india.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8477-33-injured-in-sao-paulo-subway-train-crash-accident.html One subway train has crashed into the back of another in Brazil's largest city, injuring 33. Two people are in critical condition with head injuries. Sao Paulo's fire department says one of the trains had stopped between two busy commuter stations. The Metro company says in a Wednesday statement it's investigating the crash but hadn't determined a ca... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8477-33-injured-in-sao-paulo-subway-train-crash-accident.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8476-rfk-jr-s-ex-wife-mary-kennedy-52-hangs-self-at-ny-home.html Robert Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, arrive at the NRDC'S benefit for Natural Defense Council, May 6, 2004, in Los Angeles. (Frank Trapper/Corbis)   Robert F. Kennedy's estranged wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, has died at age 52, apparently committing suicide by hanging herself, multiple sources told ABC News. "We deepl... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8476-rfk-jr-s-ex-wife-mary-kennedy-52-hangs-self-at-ny-home.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8475-limbless-frenchman-philippe-croizon-begins-round-the-world-swim-in-png.html French amputee and swimmer Philippe Croizon, pictured in 2010. The limbless Frenchman planning to make four challenging swims around the world finally got his epic journey under way Thursday after sorting out paperwork problems in Papua New Guinea.   A limbless Frenchman planning to make four challenging swims around the world finally got his epic... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8475-limbless-frenchman-philippe-croizon-begins-round-the-world-swim-in-png.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8474-rare-snub-nosed-nujiang-golden-monkeys-found-living-in-yunnan.html  A variety of snub-nosed monkeys known as  the Nujiang golden monkeys found living in Yunnan.   CHINESE scientists have identified a variety of snub-nosed monkey living in southwestern Yunnan Province, making China home to four of five varieties of the endangered primates. The species, identified as Rhinopithecus strykeri, was fir... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8474-rare-snub-nosed-nujiang-golden-monkeys-found-living-in-yunnan.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8473-cracks-in-hangzhou-subway-tunnel-cause-no-safety-problems-say-builders.html CRACKS have appeared in a subway tunnel under construction in Hangzhou but will cause neither safety problems nor delays, according to the subway's builders.   The builders said they would conduct repair work soon to solidify the structure of Hangzhou's Line 1, which had the nation's worst subway-related construction accident more than three years ago... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8473-cracks-in-hangzhou-subway-tunnel-cause-no-safety-problems-say-builders.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8472-hangzhou-to-hold-newest-premiere-jewellery-event-in-oct.html Hangzhou -- the capital city and political, economic and cultural center of Zhejiang province -- will host Treasures Hangzhou, the newest premiere jewellery event in Eastern China from 24 -26 October 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hangzhou. Jointly organised by UBM China, the International Colored Gemstone Association and the Jewelry Jade Industry Association ... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8472-hangzhou-to-hold-newest-premiere-jewellery-event-in-oct.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8471-2-vehicles-laden-with-chemicals-collide-in-zhejiang-over-10-000-evacuated.html Two vehicles laden with dangerous chemicals collided in eastern China today, forcing the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents of the area.   Two vehicles carrying 27 tonnes of vinyl chloride and 20 tonnes of resin respectively collided in the capital of China's Zhejiang Province, causing a threat to the nearby population.   The people withi... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8471-2-vehicles-laden-with-chemicals-collide-in-zhejiang-over-10-000-evacuated.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8470-3-ningbo-emergency-staffs-punished-for-driving-to-tourism-resort.html Three staff members from an emergency medical center in East China's Zhejiang province were punished after they have driven an ambulance to a tourism resort in Central China's Henan province while they were transferring a patient. The punishment came in response to public anger that arose after netizens posted photos to the Internet showing an ambulance n... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8470-3-ningbo-emergency-staffs-punished-for-driving-to-tourism-resort.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8466-workers-push-for-completion-of-ningbo-rail-transit-project.html     Workers and engineers at the construction sites of Ningbo Rail Transit are overcoming difficulties to forge the rapid transit network before 2015 to serve the city and its suburbs.   The six planned metro lines, with Line 1 and Line 2 under construction, are invested with more than RMB100 billion. It will become the most expensive infr... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8466-workers-push-for-completion-of-ningbo-rail-transit-project.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8467-5-suspects-arrested-for-silver-bars-theft-in-xiaoshao-district-hangzhou.html Five suspects have been arrested for allegedly stealing and selling silver bars from a factory in Xiaoshan District. Five suspects have been arrested for allegedly stealing and selling silver bars from a factory in Xiaoshan District.   Suspects Li and Guo, both former employees at the factory, allegedly decided to steal some silver bars from the wa... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8467-5-suspects-arrested-for-silver-bars-theft-in-xiaoshao-district-hangzhou.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8468-6-prospectors-from-zhejiang-jinjiang-group-killed-in-xinjiang-gas-explosion.html Six people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Tuesday, local authorities said Wednesday.   The accident happened at about 6 p.m., when six prospectors from the Zhejiang Jinjiang Group Co. Ltd. were working in a pit of the Hongshan Coal Mine in the city of Kuitun, according to the safe... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8468-6-prospectors-from-zhejiang-jinjiang-group-killed-in-xinjiang-gas-explosion.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8469-ningbo-dongqian-lake-tourism-resort-launches-traffic-census.html Dongqian Lake Tourism Resort witnessed a record number of 187,300 tourists during the May Day holiday, up 10.72% year on year. However, the soaring number of tourists put tourism reception of Dongqian Lake under great pressure. Traffic problems like traffic jams and parking difficulty popped up with the prevailing of self-driving tours.   In order ... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8469-ningbo-dongqian-lake-tourism-resort-launches-traffic-census.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8465-collect-salaries-in-jail-imprisoned-ex-govt-officials-found-still-get-paid.html The Yinan County People's Procuratorate in Shandong Province has begun recovering years of salaries paid to former government staffers currently serving prison sentences mostly for graft. A week-long investigation revealed that the blunder came from a "lack of communication" between judicial authorities and the procuratorate, prompting the introduc... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8465-collect-salaries-in-jail-imprisoned-ex-govt-officials-found-still-get-paid.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8464-6-from-zhejiang-jinjiang-group-killed-in-gas-explosion-in-xinjiang.html Six people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Tuesday, local authorities said Wednesday.   The accident happened at about 6 pm, when six prospectors from the Zhejiang Jinjiang Group Co Ltd. were working in a pit of the Hongshan Coal Mine in the city of Kuitun, according to the safety ... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8464-6-from-zhejiang-jinjiang-group-killed-in-gas-explosion-in-xinjiang.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8463-chinese-construction-company-aims-to-bulid-220-storey-skyscraper-in-4-mths.html Against the clock: Workmen in the city of Yueyang, Hunan province, work on the first story of a canteen that took just nine days to build   As if by magic: The ready-made panels are hoisted into place in the latest of Broad Sustainable Building's flat pack wonders   Nearly there: The building's outer shell is almost finished after just ... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8463-chinese-construction-company-aims-to-bulid-220-storey-skyscraper-in-4-mths.html http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8462-2-ningbo-projects-get-state-subsidy-totalling-rmb30-5m.html Recently, China Ministry of Science and Technology has issued the approved "863 Plan" projects in the field of new materials industry, among which two Ningbo projects are listed.   The project of "in-depth water treatment and integration technology" undertaken by Ningbo Qinyuan Group is granted 21.3 million yuan as a state subsid... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:52:47 GMT http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-8462-2-ningbo-projects-get-state-subsidy-totalling-rmb30-5m.html