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Gansu lures US$92m in contractual foreign investment in 1st half year
07/10/2003
Northwest China's Gansu Province absorbed contractual foreign investment totalling US$92 million in the first half of this year, up 51 percent year-on-year.
Chendu to host 4th Western China Int'l Expo
06/24/2003
Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, will host the 4th Western China International Exposition from September 25 to 28, announced Sichuan deputy governor Huang Xiaoxiang on June 23.
Second
foreign investment fair for west China to be held 04/02/2003
The second foreign investment fair for west China is scheduled to
be held in Xi'an city, the capital of northwestern Shaanxi province,
from Apr. 6 to 8, a source with the fair said Wednesday.
Gobal
real estate agency giant marches into Chengdu 03/03/2003
The biggest-size real estate agency, American 21st Century Real
Estate Agency is going to march into Chengdu this year, Zhang Xiangdong
said yesterday, CEO of 21st Century Real Estate Agency in China
and company has fulfilled former period survey for Chengdu market.
SW
China province lists 260 projects for investment 01/23/2003
The government of southwest China's Sichuan Province recently listed
260 projects to solicit investment exceeding over 7 billion US dollars.
Overseas
funds flow to West China 10/16/2002
A real estate project with a total investment of 800 million yuan
began here recently in the capital city of Qinghai Province, one
of a growing number of overseas- funded projects in the northwest
China province.
Wu
Yi encourages foreign businesses to invest in West China
10/17/2002
The west development is a significant strategy in the 21st century
made by the central government and a package of favorable policies
have been formulated to attract foreign investment to the west,
said the State Councilor Wu Yi when she was making lecture in Tokyo,
Japan on July 28.
IBM
sets up new branch in Southwest China 09/20/2002
Information technology giant IBM opened a branch office Thursday
in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province in southwest China.
Canadian
company to explore for natural gas in SW China
09/20/2002
Pan-China Resources Ltd., a subsidiary of Canada's Ivanhoe
Energy Inc., has signed a contract with Petro China to allow the
former to explore for natural gas resources in the Zitong section
of the Sichuan basin.
Coca-Cola
Eyes Western China 09/02/2002
Coca-Cola China Beverages has announced to increase investment in
western Chinese cities.
China's
"go-west" movement interests US governor
09/02/2002
The Pacific Ocean proves to be no obstacle for two governors, one
American, one Chinese, as they were united by their shared zest
for their common goal: go west.
Foreign
Investors Eye Business Opportunities in Guangxi 08/30/2002
Foreign investors from 12 countries and regions including the United
States, Britain and Japan showed up at the Guangxi China Investment
Promotion Fair held in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Thursday.
US
supermarket giant Pricemart enters Xinjiang 08/28/2002
Pricemart, the third largest supermarket chain in the United States,
has expanded its business into the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,
northwest China.
US
Firm Pumps up Chip Joint Venture in China's Sichuan
08/13/2002
The US-based On Semiconductor announced that it plans to
expand its joint venture operation in Leshan, Sichuan Province.
Motorola
to Build Chip Base in Southwest China 2002-05-28
Motorola will invest 375 million U.S. dollars to build an advanced
chip production base in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Kodak
Moves China Headquarters to Chongqing 2002-06-17
US film maker Eastman Kodak is speeding up its business expansion
in western China.
Tibet
Receives 90 Million US Dollars in Grants 2002-06-26
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has received a total of
90 million U.S. dollars in international grants over the past 20
years, a seminar on international cooperation in Tibet heard in
Beijing Tuesday.
Gansu
fair eyes foreign investors 04/30/2002
More than 100 projects are to be launched in Gangsu Province
during the 10th Lanzhou Trade and Investment Fair to lure foreign
and domestic investment to further boost the economy.
WB-funded
tourism program launched in Guizhou 04/17/2002
Guizhou Province, a scenic area in southwest China, is to
join with the World Tourism Organization and the National Tourism
Administration to compile a tourism development program for Guizhou.
Sino-Japanese
afforestation project launched in Southwest China 04/11/2002
A three-year Sino-Japanese afforestation project has been
launched in Jianchuan County in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
West
China fair for attracting overseas investment opens
04/07/2002
The three-day West China Fair for Attracting Overseas Investment
opened Saturday in Xi'an, the capital city of northwest China's
Shaanxi Province.
ABB
Group expands investment in West China
04/03/2002
The ABB Group of Sweden, the world's largest electrical
transnational group, has decided to expand its investment in southwest
China's Chongqing Municipality to meet increasing demand for its
product, sources with the Chongqing ABB Transformer Co.,Ltd. have
said.
Sino-Canadian
bioscience center established in Xinjiang 03/29/2002
A new lab studying the genetic modification of cattle was established
Thursday in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Premier
Zhu welcomes Belgian businesses to China's West 03/27/2002
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji extended a warm welcome to Belgian
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt who arrived in Beijing Tuesday with
Belgian entrepreneurs who willinvestigate investment opportunities
in China's western regions.
Western
China offers huge opportunities for overseas Chinese entrepreneurs
03/02/2002
The vast western part of China offers huge opportunities for overseas
Chinese entrepreneurs, said some national committee members of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
World
Bank provides loans for northwest railway project 01/31/2002
The World Bank recently approved a US$160-million loan for the China
National Railway Project, which will upgrade the existing railway
line between Baoji City in Shaanxi Province and Lanzhou City in
Gansu Province, northwest China.
Macao,
Chongqing to enhance cooperation 01/12/2002
Macao and mainland's Chongqing city signed 13 agreements Saturday
for cooperation in investment, manufacture, hi-tech, tourism and
other fields.
German
enterprises to participate in China's western development 01/07/2002
The German government will soon organize a large group of business
people to visit China's vast west, in a bid to fully participate
in China's western development drive.
Hong
Kong, Shaanxi seek further economic cooperation
12/20/2001
A seminar focused on the prospects of economic cooperation
between Hong Kong and Shaanxi Province in northwest China was held
Thursday in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Northwestern
province tightens coop with EU 12/10/2001
Northwest China's Gansu Province has signed 45 contracts with the
European Union, involving a total investment of US$142 million
Motorola
to set up software development center in Southwest China 12/05/2001
Motorola (China) Electronics Ltd. will set up a major software research
and development base in a high-tech zone in Chengdu, capital of
Sichuan Province, according to an agreement signed between the company
and Chengdu high-tech zone investment company here Tuesday.
Japan
funds environmental protection projects in Southwest China
12/01/2001
Environmental protection projects carried out in China's
inland regions, especially in the central and western regions, will
become a preferential area for Japanese government loans, said a
Japanese environmental expert here Friday.
Japanese
environment experts seek projects in Guizhou 11/30/2001
"I would like to do my utmost as an ordinary Japanese
to contribute to China's environmental protection cause," said
Tadashi Yasuhara when meeting with Liu Changgui, vice governor of
Guizhou Province, Thursday in Guiyang.
China,
ROK join hands in afforestation efforts 11/27/2001
Five provinces and autonomous regions in west China will carry out
afforestation projects in coming years with financial aid provided
by the Republic of Korea (ROK), according to the State Forestry
Administration (SFA).
China,
EU join hands in Northwest China's compulsory education
11/20/2001
A compulsory education boosting project sponsored by China
and EU was launched in northwest China's Gansu province last week.
The EU is to inject some 15 million euros into developing 9-year
compulsory education in Gansu Province. The fund will be mainly
used for training teachers, adding teaching facilities, buying books
and sponsoring students from impoverished families to complete 9-year
compulsory education.
Overseas
investors eye high-tech industries in West China
11/20/2001
China's strategy to develop its vast western region is attracting
more far-sighted overseas business people.
China,
Japan cooperate in ecological protection 11/19/2001
A group of Chinese and Japanese experts have completed a
field investigation of the ecological environment in the Heihe River
valley, China's second longest inland river that originates from
the northwestern province of Qinghai.
Ericsson
seeks new partners in West China 11/14/2001
Telecommunications giant Ericsson held a meeting Wednesday for localized
purchasing in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing, in a bid
to find new partners in the western market.
Joint
venture of Ford in Chongqing to be operational
11/01/2001
Chang'an-Ford Automobile Co.,Ltd., a joint venture between the leading
US auto maker Ford Motor Co. and the Chongqing Chang'an Automobile
Co., Ltd., is to be operational in March next year.
World
oil giant to invest more in West China
10/31/2001
British-based BP AMOCO (BP), the 3rd largest petroleum enterprise
in the world, will invest another US$128 million in Yangtze River
Acetyls Co. Ltd,BP's largest acetyls joint venture in China.
World
Tourism Organization to help choose China's best tourism cities
10/23/2001
The World Tourism Organization and the China National Tourism
Administration (CNTA) will jointly select China's Best Tourist Cities
next year.
Japan
firm to build joint venture in Guizhou 10/10/2001
Yasuo Nishiguchi, president of Japan's Kyocera Corporation, recently
visited southwest China's Guizhou Province to discuss plans for
building a joint venture there.
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