The German city of Bielefeld has bred a lot of young, ambitious Internet entrepreneurs. The Dreyer brothers were craving to leave for southern Europe when their father suggested Shanghai instead, because of an article titled “Shanghai-The City of the Future” in a newspaper.
To the day five years ago, the Dreyer brothers booked their tickets to China. Today, David, Julius, and Robert, 28, 26, and 24 respectively are millionaires. The NetCircle is their Shanghai-based company which Read more…
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Over half of almost 800 wealthy Chinese who have been surveyed hold the opinion that the growing financial disparity between the rich and the poor also leads to the appearance of an upper class in the country.
Best Life, a life style magazine, carried out the survey, interviewing 792 wealthy Chinese in 62 cities from 27 provinces with the help of local chambers of commerce. The interviewed people were private entrepreneurs possessing property of over 10 million Yuan, i.e. 1.4 million dollars. The magazine said in June, over Read more…
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A bridge connecting major cities in the affluent Pearl River Delta will be built, the bidding for designing the longest sea link opened several weeks ago.
According to estimation, 72.6 billion yuan ($ 10 billion) will be cost on this 29.6 km bridge, which links Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao. The reclaimed island off Gongbei of Macao and the eastern artificial island for the tunnel section of Hong Kong will be connected through this bridge. Read more…
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“It is hard to find another city like this.” Dr Sun Yat-sen, the 20th century revolutionary and politician, said this line after gazing over the city, which is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals in China and is much loved by Sun. He is still considered as “the Father of Modern China”.
He once wrote the city of “The setting of Nanjing is wonderful. Mountains, lakes and plains are all around here,” as his mausoleum lies in Nanjing. However, the historical and contemporary significant has Read more…
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INVITATION FOR BIDS
LIAONING THIRD MEDIUM CITIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
Loan No.: 75240-CN, IFB No.: 0704-0810ICBYKDHG/02, Date: March 10, 2009
1. This invitation for bids follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in Development Business of January 14, 2008.
2. The People’s Republic Read more…
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INVITATION FOR BIDS
LIAONING THIRD MEDIUM CITIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
Loan No.: 75240-CN, IFB No.: 0704-0810ICBYKEHG/01, Date: February 6, 2009
1. This invitation for bids follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in Development Business of January 14, 2008.
2. The People’s Republic Read more…
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Based on a report released by the Development Research Centre of the State Council, there are almost 40 cities in China building or planning to add 3,000 km of urban rail lines.
The projects that setting up and operating about 1,700 km in 15 cities by 2015 while other cities getting a green light will spend at least 600 billion yuan ($88 billion), according to the report.
Liu shijin, deputy chief of the centre said last Friday that the unexampled Read more…
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Beijing is the most equitable city in the world. It provides the most equal status of life and social harmony of any city in the world, reported China Radio International (CRI) on Oct 23, according to a document produced by the United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-Habitat) and published in London on Wednesday, which praised the 15-year efforts of the government to develop China’s economy and improve living standards.
However, Read more…
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The China Institute of City Competitiveness had named Hong Kong, the special administrative region (SAR) the country’s most competitive city for the third consecutive year in an annual study.
However, according to the report, the city was also facing a shortage of resources and manpower that might affect its future development.
The institute studied the competitiveness of 289 cities in terms of their business and financial market development, educational levels and technological advancement, among other things. Shanghai and Beijing came in second and third.
Hong Kong also took the top spot for being a world-class cosmopolitan city, followed by Beijing and Shanghai.
It was said that Beijing’s international image had been strengthened through Read more…
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The German city of Bielefeld has bred a lot of young, ambitious Internet entrepreneurs. The Dreyer brothers were craving to leave for southern Europe when their father suggested Shanghai instead, because of an article titled “Shanghai-The City of the Future” in a newspaper. 
