Articles for Local Development

New houses over newts and Nimbys: Angela Rayner attacks conservation rules hampering building and vows to sideline locals to create 1.5m homes
2 weeks, 1 day ago

New houses over newts and Nimbys: Angela Rayner attacks conservation rules hampering building and vows to sideline locals to create 1.5m homes

Daily Mail  

Angela Rayner lashed out at environmental rules hindering house building today as she claimed newts are 'more protected than people'. Ms Rayner was on TV today trying to sell Labour's plans to build 1.5million homes by 2029 and also vowed to take on local 'not in my back yard' campaigners with a streamlined planning process. Under the scheme, applications that …

Homes Housing Planning Building Local Development Plan Need
Karratha wanted a Hilton Hotel, but what it's getting looks like a workers' camp
3 months, 1 week ago

Karratha wanted a Hilton Hotel, but what it's getting looks like a workers' camp

ABC  

The top of the range four-wheel drives, fishing boats and campervans that line the suburbs of this Pilbara mining town prove the area isn't short of cash to invest in luxury. "One of the issues of course with Karratha, Port Hedland and the Pilbara is, its success very much is dependent on the mining industry," she said. Karratha resident and …

Accommodation Development Mining Workers City Hotel Camp
Northeast region charts new course to revitalization
7 months ago

Northeast region charts new course to revitalization

China Daily  

WANG JUN/FOR CHINA DAILY At a recent major business event in Yabuli, Heilongjiang province, the total value of investment contracts signed was lower than a year ago — an indication not of fading interest, but of a change in development direction, experts said. The central government's meeting on the implementation of the latest Northeast China Revitalization Strategy at the end …

Technology Economy China Russia Development Local Northeast
Trade barriers in NEV sector criticized
7 months, 1 week ago

Trade barriers in NEV sector criticized

China Daily  

Employees work on the assembly line of a new energy vehicle manufacturer in Chongqing. The United States' ploy to overhype "overcapacity" in China's NEV sector and its national security concerns over Chinese electric vehicles are typical examples of trade protectionism, said Fu Bingfeng, executive vice-president and secretary-general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in an exclusive interview with China …

China Market Industry Chinese Nev
New advanced AI development base launches in China
7 months, 3 weeks ago

New advanced AI development base launches in China

China Daily  

Photo shows a launch ceremony being held in the Weihai Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province. The North Artificial Intelligence Digital Base has recently been launched in the Weihai Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, which aims to give full play to advanced AI and big data technologies and continuously contribute to the development of new quality productive …

China Data Ai Base Shandong
Assistance by State Grid Taihe County Power Supply boosting local economic development
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Assistance by State Grid Taihe County Power Supply boosting local economic development

China Daily  

Two staff members from State Grid Taihe County Power Supply at work in a Taihe noodles restaurant. To ensure the industrial demand for electricity, State Grid Taihe County Power Supply organized a Party member service team to provide door-to-door services to local restaurants and noodle processing enterprises. After learning about Ding's needs, State Grid Taihe County Power Supply's Jiuxian Town …

Supply Power Service State County Ding Noodle
Expats learn about SCODA's development
1 year, 1 month ago

Expats learn about SCODA's development

China Daily  

A group of expats recently visited the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area, also known as SCODA, to learn about its development achievements. It faces Japan and South Korea to the east in the Asia-Pacific region, Mongolia and Russia to the north, ASEAN to the south, and the SCO member states to the west, enjoying an …

Trade Scoda Sco Economic
Hit reality show highlights rural revitalization over the years
2 years, 1 month ago

Hit reality show highlights rural revitalization over the years

China Daily  

A scene from Keep Running. Hit reality show Keep Running has released a special episode this month with aims to present the rural-vitalization achievements made by Zhejiang and Fujian provinces over recent years. In its latest episode on Zhejiang TV, the show has taken a group of celebrities including actors Li Chen, Zheng Kai and Sha Yi, actresses Angelababy and …

Rural Revitalization Zhejiang Keep Running Lake Area
Raveena Tandon hits back at trolls questioning her privilege, says 'I got eve-teased and pinched in local'
2 years, 5 months ago

Raveena Tandon hits back at trolls questioning her privilege, says 'I got eve-teased and pinched in local'

India Today  

Raveena Tandon has now opened up about her experience of travelling in Mumbai local. The Twitter user initially referred to Maharashtra deputy chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis' decision to shift back the Metro 3 car shed to the Aarey forest in Mumbai. RAVEENA TANDON SAYS SHE HAS BEEN EVE-TEASED IN LOCAL The social media user tagged Raveena Tandon alongside Dia Mirza …

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Centre sets up expert panel to train urban planners
2 years, 7 months ago

Centre sets up expert panel to train urban planners

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Centre has constituted an eight-member expert committee to prepare a strategy for training urban planners working with state governments and local bodies in emerging concepts. The ministry has decided to plan two capacity building programmes, a five-day course and a month-long session, to train urban planners As part of the urban planning reforms announced by the finance …

Training Spa Development Planning Local Urban Building
L.A. must add more than 250,000 homes to zoning plan by October, state rules
2 years, 9 months ago

L.A. must add more than 250,000 homes to zoning plan by October, state rules

LA Times  

Los Angeles must rezone to accommodate an additional quarter-million new homes by mid-October after state housing regulators rejected the city’s long-term plan for growth. Gustavo Velasquez, director of the state housing department, praised the city’s efforts to develop a plan that welcomes new housing, promotes the construction of low-income apartments and ensures protections against displacement of residents. The process, known …

Homes Housing Development New Housing Local City California
RCEP galvanizes Shinan's high-speed development
2 years, 11 months ago

RCEP galvanizes Shinan's high-speed development

China Daily  

With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP trading agreement having come into effect on Jan 1, Shinan district – located in Qingdao city in East China's Shandong province – is tapping its potential and moving to create an attractive and quality environment that will galvanize the development of foreign trade, according to local media reports on Jan 13. Fifteen …

Rcep Shinan
Why Karbi Anglong Accord is Important for India’s Long Border with Resurgent China
3 years, 3 months ago

Why Karbi Anglong Accord is Important for India’s Long Border with Resurgent China

News 18  

The Northeast region is strategically important to India due to its geographical location, which connects the entire region to rest of the country by just a 23 km-wide Siliguri Corridor. Looking at the past, in the period immediately after India’s Independence, most insurgent groups demanded secession from India to set up independent nations which later mellowed down to demanding separate …

India Security Development Local Northeast States Region
Tea industry brews up the good life
3 years, 6 months ago

Tea industry brews up the good life

China Daily  

Local villagers pick tea leaves at Lin Youxi's organic tea plantation in Fuding, Fujian province, in 2019. Growing the crop has changed his life, he said, adding that he believes the business will help more people like him live better lives amid the country's efforts to promote rural vitalization. From 2015 to last year, about 452,000 impoverished people in Fujian's …

Poverty Tea Development Industry Local Rural Farmers
每日一词∣中国品牌日 China Brand Day
3 years, 7 months ago

每日一词∣中国品牌日 China Brand Day

China Daily  

中国品牌日活动于5月10日启动，将持续到至12日。活动内容包括，举办2021年中国品牌发展国际论坛，举办中国自主品牌博览会，引导地方自行组织开展特色品牌创建活动。 The 2021 China Brand Day events kicked off on May 10 and will last till May 12. During the period, China will host an international forum on China brand development and an expo on China indigenous brands, the events will also help to guide local governments to organize activities to create distinctive brands. 中国品牌日标识（图片来源：中国品牌日官网） 【知识点】 2016年6月，国务院印发了《关于发挥品牌引领作用推动供需结构升级的意见 》， 提出设立“中国品牌日”，凝聚品牌发展社会共识，营造品牌发展良好氛围，搭建品牌发展交流平台，提高自主品牌影响力和认知度。2017年4月24日，国务院批准将每年5月10日设立为“中国品牌日”。 2021年中国品牌日活动主题是“中国品牌，世界共享；聚力双循环，引领新消费”。 …

China Development Brand
​Qufu ranks among nation's best in cultural development
3 years, 7 months ago

​Qufu ranks among nation's best in cultural development

China Daily  

Many books are displayed on the shelves in Nishan Reading Room in Qufu, a county-level city in Jining, East China's Shandong province. Qufu, a county-level city in Jining, East China's Shandong province, was ranked seventh among the nation's more than 2,700 counties in respect to cultural development, according to a list recently published by the journal Insight China. The honor …

Cultural Qufu
Port economy the focus of future development
3 years, 8 months ago

Port economy the focus of future development

China Daily  

Zhanjiang, a coastal city in South China's Guangdong province, will make the local port economy into a core driver for its future high-quality development, according to a guideline issued by the Guangdong provincial government. To realize its target, the guideline proposed several major steps including accelerating the development of world-class industrial clusters, fostering large-scale industrial parks and building up modern …

Industrial Billion Yuan Guangdong Investment Projects Zhanjiang Port Economy
Dongjiakou Economic Zone continues high-quality development
3 years, 8 months ago

Dongjiakou Economic Zone continues high-quality development

China Daily  

The Dongjiakou Economic Zone in Qingdao, Shandong province has been ramping up efforts to further high-quality development and integrate into the new development paradigm, said local authorities. The Dongjiakou Port area of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, Shandong province According to official statistics, in the first two months of this year, 27 industrial enterprises above designated size in the zone generated …

Qingdao Key Projects Dongjiakou Economic Zone Dongjiakou Economic Zone
Qingdao makes significant strides in rural development
4 years ago

Qingdao makes significant strides in rural development

China Daily  

The eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province has been promoting the development of agriculture and rural areas, and advancing rural vitalization in recent years. Official statistics show that in 2019, the added value of the city's agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery industries reached 43.62 billion yuan, an increase of 5.71 billion yuan, 15 percent higher than in 2015. …

Rural Qingdao Agricultural
An architecture student’s vision for a greener Mumbai: Developing tourism with local communities in ecologically-rich areas
4 years, 1 month ago

An architecture student’s vision for a greener Mumbai: Developing tourism with local communities in ecologically-rich areas

Firstpost  

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a campaign called Biodiversity by the Bay, run by Mumbai’s Ministry of Magic. The story is the fourth in a series – An architecture student’s vision for building a greener Mumbai – in which young architecture and urban planning students pen down their ideas for a sustainable future for development in Mumbai. The …

Tourism Mumbai Development Land Area Manori Gorai And Manori