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The popularity of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming has reached far beyond the basketball court - even to where he took wedding photos with his wife Ye Li.
Shenzhen, home to thousands of manufacturers and emerging hi-tech firms, faces a labor shortage of 740,000, the city's labor and social security bureau said yesterday.
China's northwestern Gansu Province, one of the areas stricken by the May 12 earthquake, plans to complete reconstruction by the end of 2010, a top provincial official said.
The earthquake that devastated Sichuan province on May 12 has caused losses totaling 149 million yuan for major domestic home appliance maker Sichuan Changhong Electric Co.
SKF, the world's leading bearing supplier, announced on Friday a new investment of $58 million to the second phase of its Dalian factory in Northeast China's Liaoning province.
GUANGZHOU: Guangdong's business owners must change their conservative working style if they are to keep pace with industry trends, experts said yesterday at the first Cantonese (Guangdong) Entrepreneurs' Conference in the provincial capital.
The May 12 earthquake could cripple Sichuan province's property market in the short term by dampening consumers' will to buy and reducing investment-oriented purchases.
"Taking the full advantage of the iron and steel project will help Zhanjiang to become the third largest city of Guangdong province," Huang Huahua, governor of Guangdong, told Chen Yaoguang, mayor of Zhanjiang city.
The 8-magnitude earthquake that devastated Sichuan province on May 12 would seriously hamper tourism in affected regions in the short term, industry insiders have said.
The sudden popularity of the herbal tea brand has apparently been triggered by its staggering donation for earthquake victims.
Huzhou, which became internationally famous as Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was shot, isn't satisfied with its status as a film set or lakeside tourist resort anymore and has bigger plans as a spot where hi-tech industries can draw more top brains.
In addition to a history of preferential government treatment, Hainan does not lack natural charm.