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.
Russia to sail China-US route
CONTAINER shipping is booming despite the fact that this is traditionally the slack season.
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.
Chevrolet Blazer on the trail
By Zeng Min
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. The truck joint venture, Jinbei GM in Shenyang, has hired more than 300 of the 700 employees it plans to have on the payroll when it goes into operation. Employees already have received more than 30,000 hours of training in technology and processes that are being adopted by Jinbei GM. Team leaders are being sent to GM facilities in Germany and England as well as Shanghai GM for advanced training. "Despite some of the worst winter weather Shenyang has seen in more than 40 years, we remain on target for the production of the first vehicle at the end of the year and the start of regular production next May," said Lan Miller, president of Jinbei GM. The expected local parts content at the launch could exceed 50 per cent based on current sourcing. Chinese law requires a joint venture vehicle facility plant to have at least 40 per cent local content to receive its regular operating licence. Jinbei GM is renovating an existing 340,000-square-metre manufacturing facility. In addition to the Chevrolet Blazer sports-utility vehicle, Jinbei GM will also manufacture the Chevrolet S-10 crew cab pickup. "Our research has indicated a strong demand for the type of durable, high-quality vehicles that will be manufactured in Shenyang," said Wan Yufei, executive vice-president of Jinbei GM. "A range of configurations will be offered to suit the needs of a range of vehicle users in urban and rural areas of China." Jinbei GM is a 50-50, $230 million joint venture between General Motors and FAW-Jinbei Automotive Company, Ltd, a subsidiary of Jilin-based First Automotive Works.
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