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.
Global participants sign up for ProPak 2000
PREMIER packaging and processing trade show - ProPak China 2000 - is due to be staged at INTEX Shanghai from May 24-27.
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.
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.
Local job network extends to West China
By Tao Yungang
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. Later it will continue to enlarge its presence in other parts of China, and even foreign countries catering to overseas Chinese students who plan to come back to work in China. "Through the worldwide network, we hope to be able to link up talent in Shanghai and in other places," said Wang Shaochang, deputy director of Shanghai Human Resources Bureau, to visiting deputies of Shanghai People's Congress last week. Xi'an is selected as the company's second destination city for opening a representative office because of the large number of universities con-centrated there and its location as a link between central and western China. "We have just begun to help more talent flow into western China, such as the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. But more is needed," said Wang. The company established its first representative office in Beijing last October and held several job fairs in the capital. Beijing recruits are especially interested in the favourable atmosphere Shanghai offers for start-ups in scientific research.
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