That was an awesome Halloween, the time to get away from monotony and pressure of everyday work to embrace the fun recipes of Jack O’Lantern.
There is an old warehouse along Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, things here go bump at night, decapitated ghouls and Nosferatu float around in creepy darkness. It’s a night full of shrieks in a house full of hair-raising, heart-throbbing creatures and gadgets.
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As the H1N1 flu spread all over the world, the share prices of domestic vaccine makers rose on surging order for vaccines, even the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 2.83 percent.
The vaccine producer Hualan Biological rose 2.47 percent to 57.7 yuan in Shenzhen on Oct 27 while Layn Natural Ingredients rose 2.93 percent to 44.94 yuan.
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The China’s third largest port operator, Dalian Port Co Ltd expects to complete its initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange within the first half of 2010, Sun Hong, the Chairman of Dalian Port Co Ltd said.
The company was listed in Hong Kong in 2006 which means it will become China’s first port with a dual listing.
And also the Dalian Port is the biggest port operator in Bohai Bay which Read more…
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The operators of the international airports in Shanghai and Hong Kong formed a joint venture to manage Shanghai Hongqiao international airport which mostly handles China domestic flight.
In this joint venture, Shanghai will pay 51 million Yuan for holding 51% of share and Hong Kong will take the rest of the shares which is 49%, the joint venture was named “Shanghai Hong Kong Airport Management Co. This stake structure would remain unchanged for 20 years from Read more…
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On April 1st, Shanghai launched a new policy, which will enable more people to get loans to start business.
The new policy of Shanghai human resources and social security bureau says that after providing a feasible business plan, any Shanghai citizen under 35 can apply a one-year loan up to 100,000 Yuan ($14,630), which is guaranteed by the government.
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Based on official statistics, the companies in Beijing and Shanghai kept on boosting worker’s incomes last year, although we are now going through the worst financial disasters.
According to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, last year, workers in Beijing averagely earned 44,715 yuan, which is 4,848 yuan more, or a 12 percent increase than that in 2007.
Statistics of the Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau shows that last year, workers in Shanghai averagely Read more…
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In this tough time, more than 70% upcoming graduates are hunting jobs. In March 70% graduates had job offers, but the situation was really different now.
It is reported by Shanghai Foreign Service Co Ltd (SFSC) that since last fall more than 60% graduates have sent out more than 30 resumes. According to Wu Xiaohui, senior campus recruitment consultant with SFSC, graduates are forced Read more…
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As a college graduate in Shanghai this year, Yu Min is still looking for a job. Though it is difficult to find a good job this year, Yu Min does not feel anxious, for she has planed well.
The student from the shanghai University of science and Technology wanted to apply for the Shanghai World Expo volunteer program, which he believed would bring her “some experience to build necessary social skills” while getting involved in “such an exciting” event.
If she failed to find a satisfactory job this year, at least she could do something in this world-class event, which would benefit Read more…
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More and more workers in Shanghai have been laid off because of the financial crisis.
As the financial crisis gets closer to the workers’ daily life in Shanghai, the white collar and some gold-collar workers are like toast of the town, feel the pressure from all sectors.
A Shanghai white-collar worker of an American company told us his company has relieved 10 percent of the staff, and there would be more layoffs after the Chinese lunar New Year holidays. Read more…
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Shanghai, as is shown in a report by the iResearch Consulting Company, ranked the first among all the cities in China in the aspect of online shopping. It has spent an amount of 16.5 billion yuan, or $2.4 billion, online in 2008, with 2,200 yuan each person. The report was conducted recently through interviews with 100,000 Internet users all over the nation, and 84 major websites were taken advantage of as terraces.
The total amount of web shopping in 2008, 120 billion yuan, has risen to a new height and it was 128.5 percent higher than that in 2007. Read more…
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