Today's Shanghai | News(1997)

1997---March

The ashes of the great leader Comrade Deng Xiaoping were scattered over the sea on March 2 in accordance with the wishes of Deng and his family.

'97 Shanghai Excellent Children's Plays Show starts in March. This 2-month event includes about 12 famous plays for children. The opening ceremony will be held on March 7.

Shanghai Customs handled imports and exports worth US$52.9 billion last year, ranking first in the country, the Chinese General Customs Office recently announced.

More than 1,500 companies throughout the country have sent their delegations to attend the East China Trade Fair. This year there are about 2,537 booths available.

The relocation of factories in Shanghai has helped the city's downtown area prosper. Last year, 450 local manufacturing enterprises moved their facilities within the Inner-Ring Road to the city's outskirts.

Shanghai Vice Major Jiang Yiren, also the director of the '97 Shanghai International Fashion Festival, said recently that the festival will not only promote the fashion industry but also push trade.

Shanghai's fourth expressway--running from the suburban Songjiang County to Fengjing, Jinshan County--is scheduled to open traffic next year, city officials said recently. This expressway will become part of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, which is under construction.

An international exhibition for home appliances will be held in late October, according to Miller Freeman, a French firm that organized more than 300 shows worldwide last year.

The Shanghai Collegiate Internship Center for International Business recently opened at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade in the western part of the city.

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