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CCECC makes headway in groundbreaking lab

China Civil Engineering Construction Corp, a unit of State-owned China Railway Construction Corp Ltd, announced on Wednesday that it has completed the headquarters building (phase I) of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With a gross floor area of 23,570 square meters, the project consists of administrative offices, an emergency response center, information center and laboratories. The facility will be the first of its kind in Africa fully equipped with modern administrative, experimental and other support facilities.

ChiNext IPOs raise 180b yuan in 2022

Initial public offerings of 150 newly listed companies on ChiNext, China's Nasdaq-style board dominated by growth enterprises, raised 179.64 billion yuan ($26.57 billion) in 2022, said the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. By Jan 9, the number of listed companies on the ChiNext board reached 1,232, with total market capitalization exceeding 11 trillion yuan. A total of 40 companies went public on Shenzhen's main board last year, raising 31.88 billion yuan.

China Daily - Xinhua