Service sector full of potential
FACING a slight decline in foreign investment, Shanghai is being urged to turn to the service sector - ranging from accounting, consulting, law, tourism to education - to reverse the tide.
Sino-EU talks on WTO push shipping high
CHINA'S container business outlook is bright as its negotiations with Europe about the entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) continue smoothly.
Jinjiang gets five-star rating
JINJIANG Hotel was awarded a five-star hotel rating last week by the National Tourism Administration, making it the 12th five-star hotel in Shanghai.
Bayer to build Pudong R&D centre
CHEMICAL company Bayer of Germany last week announced an investment of $10 million in a research and development centre for applied polymer technology in Pudong's Jinqiao Export and Processing Zone.
Epson offers long-lasting prints
YOU may want copies of your favourite photos to be brilliant and last as long as possible. But conventional printers can let you down.
In search of sub-contracts
MAJOR software producers in Shanghai have joined forces to woo more sub-contracts and orders from overseas markets.
Internet, mobile phone match up
PRODUCERS are clamouring for new applications software to cement the marriage between the Internet and mobile telecommunication.
Website offers sympathy over big and small ills
CHINA'S first on-line problem page which invites comments from people who have suffered everyday setbacks from being ripped off to getting the sack has opened at zhaodaola.com.
Serviced offices come to Shanghai
FOR the Shanghai real estate market, 1998 and 1999 was the era of serviced apartments. Will 2000 usher in the era of serviced offices? Vigers Shanghai Research Department takes a look at three businesses offering serviced offices in Shanghai: "Instant office" from Regus, "Executive Suite" from Servcorp and "AABiz Center" from BAA.
Certificates for OTC medicines to be discussed
ALL pharmaceutical companies wishing to grab a share of the OTC (over-the-counter) medicines market in China need to apply for certificates for their products this August. But who can apply, how should you apply and what are the procedures? Answers to these questions will be provided during a series of conferences organized as part of the 2000 Biotech and Pharm Shanghai China exhibition. The exhibition is to be held on April 26-29 at ShanghaiMart. Another three exhibitions, 2000 OTC Pharm China, 2000 Pharm Machinery & Packaging Shanghai and 2000 Medtech Shanghai will be held at the same time. About 200 companies from both domestic and foreign countries in bio-medicines, OTC medicines pharmaceutical machinery and biological technologies will be participating in the exhibition. "But what makes the exhibition most important is the exchange of information and technologies at the conferences during the exhibition," said Wang Jianping, division director of the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry Office of Shanghai Municipal Government, the organizer of the exhibition. The office has invited five American bio-tech and pharmaceutical experts and two Chinese academicians to give seven conferences on the first day of the exhibition about various topics including screening of drugs, genetic chips technologies and genomics. Speakers in conferences on the other two days include representatives from the State Drug Administration, Chinese OTC Medicines Association and some medical or medical information companies which will discuss the application of the rules on OTC medicines worked out last year, and experts on bio-technological and pharmaceutical development through e-business. (Star News)
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