Launch of e-dictionary aids learners
A NEW tool for language learners became available as of yesterday with the launch of a new website, HungryForWords.com, which provides digital flashcards.
Pact to help China Shipping prosper
THE China Shipping Company (CSC), one of the nation's three major con-tainer carriers, on Sunday signed an agreement with France's CMA CGM which will see 50 new container ships put into use on a container line jointly operated by the two shipping giants.
Foreign firms key to e-business
CHINA's Internet-related business start-ups should better utilize the financial aid provided by foreign venture capital, a recent conference on Internet financing was told.
'No growth' forecast for cargo market
INSIDERS predict the composite freight index for China's shipping market will not rise in the upcoming after-the-festival slack season.
Exhibition business faring well
EXHIBITIONS will provide fresh impetus for the growth of bilateral trade and economic development between China and Germany, a senior German trade fair official said.
Show scheduled to boost boat industry
A STATE-supported group is seeking ways to develop China's boat industry.
CCB kicks off salary reform
PERFORMANCE-related salaries and comprehensive reform of auditing procedures applied to the bank loans approval system are among policy focuses for the China Construction Bank (CCB) for the new year.
ICM confident in the China market By Song Ning THINNING hair caused by
Shanghai's drinking water and an apartment that is never free from
TV advertising to play bigger role
AN authoritative analysis released recently said the global advertising outlay would show a 6.5 per cent surge on a year-on-year basis in 2000, but warned continuous inflation in the global market could devalue the increase to some extend if growth slowed.
Housing fair planned for April
By Mu Ji
A housing fair featuring properties at the top end of the market - Rexpo Shanghai ‘2000 - is to be staged at Shanghai International Convention Centre (SHICC) in early April. The four-day-long fair is targeted at the city's middle- and high-income customers, such as white-collar employees working in joint ventures, managers and expats looking for comfortable accommodation in Shanghai and its neighbouring regions, such as Suzhou and Kunshan, said Pan Fan, a spokesman for Rexpo Shanghai organizing committee. "All the exhibited housing projects will be priced at over 3,000 yuan ($360) per square metre or with an aggregate price over 500,000 yuan ($60,400)," said Pan. She also said that all the institutions involved in the process of house buying, ranging from government administrations, exhibition services companies and financial institutions to housing firms would be in attendance at the fair. "So far, all preparations have been going very smoothly," Pan said. Shuttle buses will be laid on to transport visitors to the fair from downtown areas to Pudong,'' Pan said.
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