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.
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.
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.
ECnet to grow from booming e-business
By Mu Jin
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. Senior vice-president of global sales, Pat Cathey, said the booming e-business opportunities and the ongoing transfer of the business model from the traditional economy to the Internet-oriented economy in the local market would provide rosy returns. Their business growth in China was 500 per cent in the past two years. So far, the company has two offices, in Shanghai and Suzhou, and it plans another one in Beijing. "Our successful expertise, coupled with our deep understanding of the Asia market, would also help us increase our market here," added Chris Crawley, vice-president of the company's Asia operations. The company was previously based in Singapore from 1995 before it moved to Silicon Valley this year. The firm, which unveiled its current corporate name from the previous Advanced Manufacturing Online (AMO) on March 9, was crowned Internet company of the year, as well as best business-to-business net site in the Internet World Asia (IWA) Industry Awards in 1999. Winners were selected by a panel of judges of the IWA Industry Awards from 60 finalists from 500 entries from Asia. T K Wong, chairman of the firm, was also named Internet Visionary of the Year. Crawley claims their goal is to provide a seamless link between their customers, mainly multinationals or joint ventures, and their suppliers, distributors and their financial institutions that can enables efficient management of the global supply chain. "The solutions can greatly help our customers improve working efficiency and reduce costs," said Crawley.
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