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- December, 1997
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1997--- December
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Starting from January 1,
a new rate will be adopted for international calls
nationwide. Calls will be charged differently at
different time of the day.
Shanghai's Seventh Communist
Party Congress successfully concluded on December
25. It has elected a new governing committee for
the city.
December 25 is Christmas
in Western countries. A recent survey showed that
81.42% of Shanghai residents know this foreign festival
and yet 84.96% think that they will not observe
it.
More and more people are
sending each other greeting cards without stamps
which, to be more exact, cyber-cards. Many people,
especially young white-collars are using online
card- delivering services.
Experts are working on a
general proposal to build a large reservoir at the
Yangtze estuary to provide quality drinking water
for Shanghai residents.
Pudong Customs reported
steady growth in New Area's imports and exports
from January through November. The growth rate reached
almost 24%.
China's personal computer
market saw exponential growth in 1997 as PC makers
cut prices to compete for market shares.
Local residents began getting
better quality water from the Huangpu River as the
second-phase of a water diversion project began
its operation.
The development program
for the city is announced at the Shanghai Communist
Party Congress. The next three years will be important
because it leads to long-range program, Party Secretary
Huang Ju told the congress deputies.
Over the past five years,
Shanghai has made economic breakthroughs with the
gross domestic product increasing by 13.8 percent
annually.
China's first DVD (for digital
videodisk) production line will be installed in
Shanghai. The World Bank provided loan for it.
Shanghai has completed 21
major projects planned for the year. These projects
include Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Stock Building,
etc.
During the past few years,
there have been more than 1 million workers laid
off because of enterprise reform. At the same time,
the city's re-careering efforts have so far provided
job opportunities for more than 1 million workers.
Changshou Road, the US$150
million-project, was opened to public on December
17. This 3.14- kilometer road is one of the most
important road in Shanghai's northwestern region.
Distance learning, made
possible by computer networks, is benefiting college
students. Students at Jiaotong University can attend
"virtual lectures" given by professors at Medical
University. This trend is expected to grow as Fudan
University, Shanghai University and several others
will get connected next year.
More children aged from
4 to 6 are becoming fat. A survey conducted in a
local nursery found that half of the fat children
have contracted with hypertension.
More than 140 architects
and urban planners attending the annual meeting
of China Architecture Association are calling on
the society to attach more importance to the design
of public space.
A survey released by Shanghai
Statistics Bureau shows that Shanghai residents
are investing more either in bonds and stocks.
587 enterprises were recently
recognized by the government as "high-tech" enterprises.
Among them, almost one third are private enterprises.
The memorial hall for the
First Meeting of the Communist Party of China will
be expanded to include a 2,500-square-meter exhibition
hall for educational purpose.
Starting from December 16,
there will be no ferry boats on Suzhou Creek. The
decision is made partly on the diminishing number
of passengers and partly because of the increasing
new bridges built across the creek.
Shanghai has successfully
seized 41 illegal production line of CDs and VCDs
since 1995. And legal businesses ware allowed to
make full use of those equipment.
The per capita living space
in Shanghai has grown by about 30 percent to 8.7
square meters over the past six years.
Shanghai uncovered 923 economic
corruption cases involving officials between January
and October, the municipal Supervision Commission
reported.
A new pension plan will
be implemented next year. Under the plan, 11 percent
of an employee's salary will go to a personal pension
account-5 percent paid by the employee and 6 percent
by the employer.
The Shanghai Commerce Commission
has announced four "breakthrough" measures regarding
ownership system reform of the city's state-run
commercial enterprises.
Shanghai Social Science
Academy recently released a survey showing that
two-thirds of the couples surveyed are satisfied
with their marital life.
School-run industries are
one of the strongest supporters of Shanghai's education.
Last year, factories and companies run by high schools,
colleges and universities achieved an output of
US$1.4 billion.
Cultural activities held
at squares might not be a rare phenomenon in Shanghai.
During the past few years there have appeared 70
such squares in Shanghai. And every year more than
25,000 local residents participate.
Shanghai Online has recently
been connected to the China Public Multimedia Network,
which links the networks of several provinces such
as Heilongjiang and Guangdong.
"Paperless" trade is gradually
taking form in Shanghai. EDI (electronic data interchange)
system, one of the five major projects of Info-port,
has been successfully established.
The municipality held a
meeting on December 4 to discuss ways to clean up
the Suzhou Creak, which runs through the city from
west to east.
Up till now, Shanghai has
received more than 1.5 million overseas tourists.
The total revenue has reached $1.11billion, up 13.79%
over the same period last year.
Shanghai's civil servants
raised a donation of more than RMB150,000 which
will help the re-careering of laid-off workers.
Electric vehicles are dinosaurs
in some respect, but they may come back as the pollution
caused by gas-burning vehicles worsens.
Tamagotchis's days have
gone. The "virtual pets" seem to run out of steam.
They no longer become the favorite toy of high school
kids.
A prospering port is essential
for Shanghai to build itself into a world metropolitan
city, Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi told senior maritime
officials and experts from 20 countries and regions
at an international maritime forum.
Shanghai people are spending
more money on food and eating better than before,
according to the Shanghai Commercial Information
Center.
The city's northeastern
Baoshan District has become a magnet in attracting
overseas investors. During the first 10 months this
year, the district attracted $380 million worth
of overseas capital.
Overseas fund has accounted
for about 25 percent of Shanghai's investment in
urban construction.
A project to divert water
from the upper reaches of the Huangpu River to Shanghai
will be completed this month.
The city's suburbs will
have $2 billion worth of foreign capital at disposal
next year to boost the economy in the rural areas,
a local agricultural official said.
A plan conceived by city
leaders will increase the green coverage of the
city from 2.3 square meters per person to 3.5 square
meters by the year 2000.
This year's campaign to
encourage adoption of disabled orphan wound up with
10 children finding new homes.
About 630,000 people in
Shanghai now have their own mobile phones, up from
300,000 earlier this way.
Part of Nanjing Road, the
most bustling and prosperous commercial street in
China, was closed for the construction of a subway
station for the city's Metro Line 2 project.
Pudong New Area is preparing
for the central government to reintroduce a favorable
tax policy for foreign investors who need to import
equipment and materials.
Golden Star, the locally-produced
color TV set, once again is shining. During the
first 10 months this year, its sales exceeded those
of Changhong, another brand-name TV.
Shanghai's trade unions
are exploring ways to seek better protection for
workers of all levels. Shanghai General Trade Union
has been offering free legal services to needy workers.
The first day in December
is the world's "AIDS Day". But the survey released
recently showed that only 30% know something about
AIDS and the danger it imposes on one's life.
The city's Culture Education
administration recently stepped up its efforts in
cracking down illegal videogame arcades. Although
high school students are prohibited to play such
games, many players in the arcades are still these
underage students.
Starting from December 1,
Shanghai Road Traffic Regulations went into
effect. More than one hundred thousand residents
took part in an all-mass publicity program.
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