TUESDAY APRIL 4 2000      PUBLISHED BY CHINA DAILY
                                                           BUSINESS

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.

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.

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.

Briefs

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.

Dragon Head founds Chinese textiles website
By Xu Xiaomin

"THE marriage of traditional industry and advanced commercial methods is perfect for the new century," Vice-Mayor Jiang Yiren said last week.

He made the remark at the launch of a new website Shanghai Dragon Head Zhangjiang Business and Network Co Ltd.

The on-line company which is funded by Chinese textile giants Shanghai Dragon Head Co Ltd and Shanghai (Z.J.) Hi-tech Park will sell fabrics and enhance business-to-business or internal communication between various of the company's outlets. The site will also provide general information on fabrics.

First phase investment in www.cfsky.com amounts to 10 million yuan ($1.2 million). In the next two to three years, investment will rise to 300 million yuan ($36.3 million).

The website will be officially opened at the end of April. Dragon Head holds 45 per cent of the shares while Zhangjiang holds 35 per cent.

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