UK insurer eager to enter China
BRITAIN-BASED Standard Life Insurance Co, the second largest insurance services provider in the UK market, is waiting to discover whether it will be given a licence to set up a joint venture in China.
Business goes on-line and to chainstores
THIS year Shanghai plans four or five commercial projects in which it expects to co-operate with foreign investors.
Office products' market growth spurs investment
THE US-based Avery Dennison Co, a world leader in the manufacture of pressure sensitive materials and office products, last week announced it was set to increase its investment in the China market by another $40 million.
Services to duel for eastern US
DESPITE a 0.9 per cent decrease in the composite freight index for China's export containers, some services have reported brisk business.
Local job network extends to West China
CHINA Human Resources (HR) Market (Shanghai) is to establish its second representative office in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province next month.
Dell launches series of workstations
DELL Computer Co, global computer software maker, on Thursday launched its latest family of Window NT-based Precision Workstations on the Chinese market, the company's eighth largest market.
Mobile phone fight for customers
INTENSE competition in the fledgling IT market in China has powered technical innovation and the gradual reduction of the prices, good news for consumers.
IBM breaks through the language barrier
SURFING the Internet has caught on in a big way in China, but the preponderance of sites in English prevents many from using the service to its full capacity.
Increased office space lures business to Pudong
PUDONG office market is booming for a number of good reasons which include a gradual concentration of high quality buildings in certain areas and governmental policies.
Global participants sign up for ProPak 2000
By Mu Jin
PREMIER packaging and processing trade show - ProPak China 2000 - is due to be staged at INTEX Shanghai from May 24-27. "The sixth annual international packaging and processing exhibition will see a significant increase in size over Propak China 99 which was the biggest display to date of international technology in the sector in China," said Cathy Lee, spokesperson of the organizer, Hong Kong Exhibition Services. She said there will be more international pavilions at the show. These pavilions will mainly include delegations from the United States, Japan, Austria, Germany, Spain, Britain, Italy, South East Asian nations and from Taiwan and Hong Kong SAR. More business activity is likely to start up as foreign business institutions pour into the China market when China's accession to WTO is assured, giving the packaging industry a golden opportunity in business expansion, said Lee. Also attending the fair would be packaging industry leaders including, Anritsu, Avery Dennison, Bericap, Bossar, Topaz, Sacmi Imola, TCP Pioneer and Videojet.
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