McDonald's and Hualian link up
MCDONALD'S has launched a joint venture with Hualian Group, one of the largest supermarket chains in the city.
DuPont to invest more in China
DUPONT will continue to expand its investment in Shanghai if China enters the World Trade Organization.
Chevrolet Blazer on the trail
GENERAL Motors (GM) is on time and on target in hiring and training a work force as it prepares to roll off its first Chevrolet Blazer in mid-December.
Dragon Head founds Chinese textiles website
"THE marriage of traditional industry and advanced commercial methods is perfect for the new century," Vice-Mayor Jiang Yiren said last week.
New Nestle bottled water plant built
COMPLETION of the first phase expansion of Nestle Sources Shanghai Ltd plant, which now boasts an annual production capacity of 100 million bottles of water, was announced last week.
ECnet to grow from booming e-business
ECnet Co, from California, a provider of business to business e-commerce enabler for the high-tech manufacturing community, is upbeat on its expansion into the local market.
It's official, Win2000 now on local market
MICROSOFT officially unveiled last Thursday its landmark generation operating system - Windows 2000 Chinese version - in the local market despite the fact that it has already been selling well for almost one month.
Xujiahui offers lots of advantages
BOTH local Shanghainese and foreigners see Xujiahui in the city's southwest Xuhui District as one of Shanghai's best residential areas.
On-line gene data bank a rich research resource
GENETIC researchers across China will for the first time have access to a database of 40 billion genes from May when a new on-line data bank opens in Shanghai.
Discovering quiet luxury downtown
RESIDENTS in Shanghai can see large stocks of high quality properties in the suburbs, but new, high quality ones in the downtown area seem hard to find.
Russia to sail China-US route
By Chen Qide
CONTAINER shipping is booming despite the fact that this is traditionally the slack season. Container exports in March rose by 10 per cent over the previous month, pushing up the composite index for export containers. The index released by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange yesterday was reported at 1,139.72 points, up 0.8 per cent over last month. "The index is bound to rise in April because of the hike in freight charges," said Liu Xiaoliang, a spokesman with the exchange. Russia's Far East Shipping Company announced that it will start up services from the Chinese mainland bound for the West Coast of the United States in April. The company will put two more ships into service for the new route, each carrying 1,800 20-foot containers. Liu said services bound for the Republic of Korea from China are brisk. They shipped 920,000 containers last year, up 27 per cent over the previous year. Industry experts say the service is expected to transport 1.1 million containers this year. "Foreign shipping companies are also positive about the service," he said.
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