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.
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.
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.
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.
Epson offers long-lasting prints
By Zeng Min
YOU may want copies of your favourite photos to be brilliant and last as long as possible. But conventional printers can let you down. Copies from printers are less brilliant than those from colour photo lab prints and will fade in one or two years. But with the recent launch in Shanghai of a new printer from Epson, a Japanese-based printer manufacturer, beautiful, non-fade pictures are now much easier to come by. The new printers - Epson Stylus Photo 870 and Epson Stylus Photo 1270 - make copies that look like new and will not lose any colour for at least a decade. With the Epson Stylus Photo 1270, your best shots will beam in brilliant, 6-colour photo reproduction quality on fade-resistant media rivaling anything you have seen on standard colour photo lad prints. Tiny, four picolitre variable-sized ink droplets, vary intuitively to deliver fine shadow detail and dazzling highlights across a range of colour that's twice the tonal range of any other ink jet. The Epson Stylus Photo 1270 blends 6-colour photo inks with Epson premium glossy photo paper and Epson matte paper - heavyweight. Gallery prints, composites, reprints and enlargements can all be preserved in print and will look as good as the day they were created.
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