Sir Run Run Shaw, GBM, CBE, also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist. He was one of the most influential figures in the Asian entertainment industry. He founded the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest film production companies in Hong Kong, and TVB, the dominant television company in Hong Kong.
Ningbo, formerly written Ningpo, is a sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises the urban districts of Ningbo proper, three satellite cities, and a number of rural counties including islands in Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. Its port, spread across several locations, is among the busiest in the world and the municipality possesses a separate state-planning status. As of the 2010 census, the entire administrated area had a population of 7.6 million, with 3.5 million in the six urban districts of Ningbo proper. To the north, Hangzhou Bay separates Ningbo from Shanghai; to the east lies Zhoushan in the East China Sea; on the west and south, Ningbo borders Shaoxing and Taizhou respectively.
Shaoyang is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, People's Republic of China, bordering Guangxi to the south. Shaoyang has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Hunan. It has a city area and 8 suburban counties, with a population of 7.6 million, the largest in Hunan province.
Ningbo Lishe International Airport is the principal airport serving Ningbo, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the second largest city in Zhejiang Province, China.
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) is an overseas campus of the University of Nottingham, situated in the city of Ningbo in the coastal province of Zhejiang, near Shanghai, China. The university was the first Sino-foreign university to open its doors in China, in 2004, with the approval of the Chinese Ministry of Education. It is run by the University of Nottingham with cooperation from Zhejiang's Wanli Education Group. The University of Nottingham's other overseas campus, established in 2000, is in Semenyih, Malaysia.
The 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was in session from 1992 to 1997. It held seven plenary sessions.
Ningbo High School(Chinese: 宁波中学; pinyin: Níngbō Zhōngxué) is a prestigious high school offering education from a junior-high to senior-high level in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia/Yungkia/Wenzhou is a diocese located in the city of Yongjia in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China.
Ni Weidou is a Chinese mechanical and thermodynamical scientist and engineer.
Ningbo Rail Transit also known as Ningbo Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang and its suburbs. Six metro lines will be built inside the urban area of Ningbo, serving Haishu, Jiangbei, Zhenhai, Beilun and Yinzhou. Metro lines connecting Cixi, Yuyao and Fenghua are currently in the early planning stages, no detailed information on lines have been released to the public. The first phase of Line 1 started construction on June 2009 and start to service the public in May 30, 2014. Line 2 began service on September 26, 2015.
The Hangzhou–Ningbo high-speed railway, or Hangyong high-speed railway or Hang-Yong Passenger Dedicated Railway) is a China Railway High-speed line between the major cities of Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang province. It spans approximately 150 km (93 mi), with a design speed of 350 km/h (220 mph).
The Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway or Xiaoyong railway, is a double-track railroad in eastern China between Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang Province. Its name in Chinese, the Xiaoyong Line, is named after the railway's two terminal stations, Xiaoshan, a suburban district of Hangzhou on the southern bank of Qiantang River, and Ningbo, whose Chinese character abbreviation is yong. The line is 147.3 km (92 mi) long and was originally built in three parts in 1912, 1914 and 1936 and then rebuilt in 1959 and electrified in 2009. Cities along route include Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Shangyu, Yuyao and Ningbo, all in Zhejiang Province.
Bayanqolu is Chinese politician of Mongol heritage. He is the Communist Party Secretary and former Governor of Jilin Province in Northeastern China; Bayanqolu is, as of 2015, the only ethnic-minority official serving as a provincial-level Party Secretary.
Shen Weichen is a former Chinese politician from Shanxi province. During his career he served as the Communist Party Secretary of the city of Jinzhong in Shanxi province, the director of propaganda of Shanxi province, and the Party Secretary of Taiyuan, the provincial capital. In September 2010 Shen was transferred to work for the Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party under Liu Yunshan.
Dai Weimin is a former officer in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. He obtained the rank of major general in 2010 and served as Deputy Dean at the [[PLA Nanjing Political College. He was investigated by the PLA's anti-graft agency in November 2014.
Cheng Weigao was a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the Communist Party Secretary of Hebei province between 1993 and 1998. Due to involvement in a corruption scandal in his late career, Cheng was expelled from the Communist Party of China in 2003, demoted, but not charged. He retreated to obscurity thereafter and died in 2010.
Liu Qi is a Chinese politician, serving as the Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi since 2018, and previously served as the Governor of Jiangxi from 2016 to 2018. Liu spent most of his career in Zhejiang province.
Lu Ziyue is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in east China's Zhejiang province. He was put under investigation by the Communist Party of China's anti-corruption agency in March 2016. Previously he served as mayor of Ningbo. He is the second provincial-ministerial rank official sacked for graft from Zhejiang province in the anti-corruption campaign following the 18th Party Congress, after Si Xinliang.
Tang Yijun is a Chinese politician, and the current Governor of Liaoning province. Prior to his transfer to Liaoning in October 2017, he spent his entire career in Zhejiang province. He was the mayor, then party chief of Ningbo.
Peter Shao Zhumin is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia since 2016.
