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SHANGHAI, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- China has evolved from the world's most attractive workshop to one of the world's most attractive markets. As a result, U.S. manufacturers are reconsidering export-driven strategies that have guided China-based operations in the past. At AmCham Shanghai's annual 2012 Manufacturing Conference held on October 23, top executives from leading U.S. companies reported that, as costs of production and labor increase in China, companies are...
CHONGQING, China, Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China and coastal industries globally are rapidly developing their businesses in inland China with Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, one of three national developments, becoming an investment highland for European enterprises. As of now, 13 of the world's top 500 enterprises in the area are from European countries; over 10 multinational firms - ThyssenKrupp of Germany, Pilatus of Switzerland and the Public Bank of France are under great...
CHONGQING, China, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The 11,179-kilometer Yuxinou (Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe) International Railway, honored as the modern Silk Road, starts in Chongqing, crosses the Alataw Pass on the border of China into Kazakhstan, travels through Russia, Belarus and Poland and arrives in Duisburg, Germany. Now it is the new channel not only for the economy and trade between inland China and Europe, but also for Chongqing Liangjiang New Area to open to Europe. Zhang...
BEIJING, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Wowjoint Holdings Limited ("Wowjoint," or the "Company") (Nasdaq: BWOW, BWOWU, BWOWW), China's innovative infrastructure solutions provider of customized heavy duty lifting and carrying machinery, today announced it held a ground breaking ceremony for its new manufacturing and R&D facility in Zhenjiang City New District. Wowjoint's CEO, Yabin Liu, gave a speech at the event. Wowjoint's newly established subsidiary, Zhenjiang Wowjoint...
BEIJING, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Wowjoint Holdings Limited ("Wowjoint," or the "Company") (Nasdaq: BWOW, BWOWU, BWOWW), China's innovative infrastructure solutions provider of customized heavy duty lifting and carrying machinery, today announced that it signed an agreement with the Zhenjiang City New District government which permits Wowjoint to establish a manufacturing and R&D facility in Zhenjiang City New District. Zhenjiang is located in Eastern China, about...
BOSTON, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Circle Travel (GCT), the leader in international travel and discovery for Americans 50+, is pleased to announce significant savings on its 2012 "China & Yangtze River Cruise Tour." Couples will save $600 on all 2012 departures, while solo travelers will enjoy free single supplements on the base program and all optional extensions. Costs for the 21-day cruise tour begin at $3445, or just $165 per day, including international airfare,...
SHANGHAI, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Ossen Innovation Co., Ltd. ("Ossen" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OSN), a China-based manufacturer primarily engaged in manufacturing of galvanized pre-stressed steel wires used in the production of bridge cables, today announced that it has signed two contracts to provide proprietary galvanized pre-stressed steel wires for the construction of Maanshan Yangtze River Expressway Bridge and Jiujiang Yangtze River Expressway Bridge. The company...
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Huaneng Power International, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: HNP; HKEx: 902; SSE: 600011) announced today that Suzhou Port Taicang Terminal Zone Huaneng Coal Pier Construction Project (in which the Company owns 66% equity interest) has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission of The People's Republic of China. The project proposes to construct one berth of 100,000 dead weight tonnage ("DWT") and one berth of 50,000 DWT for coal...
The China Daily said that workers in central China have fished about 4,100 tons of rubbish out of the Three Gorges Dam reservoir in just six days as the trash threatened to jam up the massive structure. The Daily quoted Wang Yafei, head of the operation, as saying that the clean-up process, which started October 26 when the water level in the dam's reservoir hit its maximum capacity, saw 100 people sent out in 15 boats daily. The report said that over six days, the workers in Hubei province...
Finless porpoises may be more endangered than previously thought. A new study of finless porpoises, a rare type of toothed whale, found that there are two species, not one, and they rarely intermingle. Scientists say that finless porpoises living in the fresh waters of China's Yangtze river are genetically unique, numbering fewer than 1000. They warn that greater efforts must be made to prevent these animals. The whales inhabit a wide range of tropical and temperate waters around the...
