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1997---April




  • Community activities have been frequently held in communities throughout the city with performance art as its staple. Various kinds of opera clubs are formed.

  • Shanghai was once the home town of high-quality pianos. "Nierer" and "Strauss" were the former brand leaders. But as competition grows, Shanghai's famous brands have given way to one called "Zhujiang" form Guangdong Province.

  • Aiding the poor has been on the top agenda of the city's Helping-the- Poor Foundation. It has decided to provide 1,500 poor families with US$100,000 before the holiday.

  • A great variety of sales promotional ploys can be found in Shanghai. Many seem to be attractive as they promise "lucky numbers". But many have been found to be tricks on the part of salespeople.

  • The municipal education commission recently reiterated its stand in the collection of tuition charges and other forms of payment in primary and middle schools. It urged all the schools citywide to stop collecting unreasonable fees such as "construction fee"(supposed to be used in construction of school facilities).

  • World-famous companies' investment in Shanghai has been well paid off. 50 Fortune 500 companies have launched about 100 projects in the city with a total investment of $3.16 billion.

  • The State Planning Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued "The Provisional Regulations on Administration of Project Financing Overseas" in Beijing last week.

  • Shanghai began the second phase of the city's biggest sewage treatment project last Friday to protect the upstream waters of the Huangpu River from contamination.

  • Metallurgic equipment manufacturing has become a second business at the Baoshan Iron and Steel complex, a milestone for the giant steel company which was built with imported equipment.

  • China's customs authorities are holding an exhibition in the city to inform the public about their battle against smuggling. The 12-day show displays 700 pictures, 400 objects including drugs and seized properties.

  • Phone lines have reached more than 440,000 households in the city's suburbs. At present, there are 36.6 telephones for every 100 rural families.

  • A Chinese culture contest for foreign expatriates will be held later this month. It aims to help foreigners have a better understanding of Chinese history, culture and arts.

  • This year's April 18 is the seventh anniversary of the opening of Pudong New Area. In the past seven years, Pudong has been the national leader in economic development. Its GDP in 1996 reached US$6.2 billion, a nine-time increase over the year 1990.

  • On April 16, the ninth meeting of Pacific-Asian Travel Association was held in Shanghai. About 200 representatives from the tourism industry all over the world were present.

  • The fourth China Flower Exhibition was held in Changfeng Park last weekend. Everyday thousands of visitors visited the park. During the exhibition, about one million pots of flowers from various parts of the world were displayed.

  • To boost the tourism in Shanghai, two organizations have been established to administer the over-all development of the industry.

  • Some of the city's foreign-funded ventures have violated China's Labor by not signing contracts with employees and not paying into workers' pension and housing funds, a local trade union official said recently.

  • Re-employment agencies in Shanghai have helped almost 890,000 laid-off workers find new jobs, according to the Shanghai Bureau of Labor.

  • More than 20,000 state-run enterprises in Shanghai will be granted State property right certificates by mid-year.

  • America's Ford Motor Co. and Shanghai Jiaotong University announced the opening of China's most advanced automotive computer technology center which will house the world's latest computer equipment for auto design, engineering, manufacturing and product information management.

  • The Tibetan Hotel, funded by the Tibet Autonomous Region Government, is under construction. The 399-room hotel is located in Xujiahui.

  • Shanghai has got its sixth information network which is provided by China Infohighway Communications Co. The network now boasts of 15,000 registered users in six major cities across the nation.

  • A recent survey reveals that university graduates are favoring small companies in their job-seeking. The survey also shows that only 10 percent of students have found work, Others are said to be seeking better opportunities.

  • Shanghai is expected to build about 900,000 tons of ships this year, which will be a 10-percent increase over last year.

  • The construction industry has become a key industrial sector in Pudong New Area. Last year, the industry achieved an added value of US$409 million.

  • Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone in northern Pudong New Area reported an industrial output of US$95 million in the first quarter.

  • Education reform has been carried out in the city's technical(or middle-level professional) schools. Starting from this fall, all the technical schools will charge newcomers.

  • The construction for one of the would-be world's tallest buildings-- Shanghai Jinmao Building, is underway. The main structure has been raised to a height of 296.9 meters, which makes it the tallest structure in Shanghai.

  • Peony has always been regarded as the queen of all flowers. Now Shanghai's residents are being provided with a chance to view blossoming flowers vying for human attention. About ten thousand peonies have been planted in Shanghai Botanical Garden where a peony festival is going on.

  • The preparations for the Eighth National Games are going on smoothly as the municipality attaches great importance to it. On March 8th, a preparatory meeting was held, which was attended by Mr.Li Tieying, member of the Political Bureau and Mr.Huang Ju, the party secretary.

  • Four projects in Shanghai were listed as the country's prioritized projects for this year. They are Shanghai Waigaoqiao Electricity Plant, Shanghai Port, Project Phase 3 of Shanghai Baoshan Steel Corp. and a bio-immune production line.

  • The targeted export value this year for the city's export industry, as the vice-major Mr.Jiang Yiren said, should be around US$14.5 billion.

  • The construction for Chongming National Green Food Park has been started. As one of strategic measures to fully develop the island, the park will make good use of the suburban county's environment and agricultural foundation.

  • As the so-called "black taxis"(unlicensed taxis) are running freely on the streets throughout the city, the traffic department are called upon to crack down these licenseless taxi drivers.

  • Shanghai's drive to promote ethical and cultural progress will be shifted into a higher gear in the run-up to the Eighth National Games scheduled for October.

  • A front-page editorial accentuating stock market stability, published on March 7 in the influential China Securities, failed to calm down the heady expansion of the last several weeks.

  • Shanghai's state-run industry must step up development in the second quarter to fulfil its targets for the first half of the year. The city government is trying to create a strong management team to guide industry to faster growth.

  • Capital investment continues its flow into Pudong New Area which has been considered the growth engine of the nation. About US$24 billion was absorbed between 1991 and 1995.

  • The city is witnessing a sudden increase in the numbers of cybercafes (Internet cafes). Haodu Plaza is said to be the most attractive place for cyber-surfing.

  • To alleviate the bussing problem, Shanghai Car Corp. will add more than one thousand new buses and mini-buses to the city's transportation industry.

  • Starting from April 1, there will be more traffic police on the road. It is one of the measures taken in the "Traffic Order Month". It aims to punish all those licenseless drivers, jaywalkers, etc.

  • On March 31, the Information Office of the State Council released a white paper titled "progress in China's Human Rights Cause in 1996" which outlines China's achievements in various domains of its human right cause in the past year.

  • Over the past two years, Shanghai has donated $15 million to 140 development projects. Meanwhile, 49 officials were sent there.

  • Australian Prime Minister John Howard's visit to Shanghai is expected to help boost the trade between the city and Australia.

  • This week is animal rights' week. Over the last weekend, "bird-loving" week started. This annual event is aimed to promote the protection of wild animals.

  • More trains are running between Shanghai and the capitals of Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces. Every 20 minutes there is a train leaving for Hangzhou and Nanjing respectively.

  • Shanghai Customs last Friday set up a subsidiary in Nanhui County, its last in the suburbs, to speed up the county's growth in export-oriented economy.

  • Clean water is expected to flow in Suzhou Creek, the river that pulsates with the city's vicissitudes. The clean-up campaign started last week will help to rid the floating garbage and timber. According to the blueprint of the city, the creak is expected to be a scenic spot.

  • Residents in Pudong New Area feel satisfied with their living conditions in the east part of the city(once regarded as rural), as a recent public opinion poll shows.

  • Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdie met with Newt Gingrich, the house speaker of the United States on March 30.
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