| | Yantai NewsYantai News Archives 2007 to 2011: December 2010 Yantai-Chicago cargo air route opens (Dec. 30, 2010.) Yantai heavy snow (Dec. 30, 2010.) Vote for China’s Top 10 Cultural Events in 2010. (Dec. 11, 2010 – Jan 15, 2010) August 2010 A taste of seafood from New Zealand (Aug. 17,2010) Workers can borrow bike and cut commute in half (China daily, Aug.17,2010) The Double Seventh Festival Witnesses the 22nd Group Marriage Ceremony(Aug.16,2010) Yantai Public Bicycle Service System Put into Operation(Aug.11,2010) Landslide claims 127 in NW China's Gansu(Aug.9,2010) Three places compete to host Taishan International Music Festival (China daily, Aug.5,2010) More couples marry at sea (China daily, Aug.5,2010) July 2010 Yantai 'nurtures competitive high-tech enterprises'(China daily,Jul.29,2010) Track work begins on Beijing-Shanghai link (China daily, Jul.20, 2010) The real cost of being single in UK (China daily, Jul.20, 2010) Yantai Eighth International Machine Tool Fair 2010 (Jul.19,2010) 2010 International Beach Rugby Tournament - Yantai(May 18, 2010) April 21,2010 - Yushu earthquake (ABC News http://topics.abcnews.go.com) 2nd Foreign Language Festival of Yantai (May 11th, 2010) China enterprisers & Middle East Chinese of Dubai
Yantai-Life Club Opening Ceremony & Chinese New Year Party ! June 2009 the Opening of Converteam the Third Animation Festival The Third Yantai International Wine Festival The Mysterious Yantai New Train Station Will Be Unveiled The Yantai Martial Art Competition 8th August 2009 German Brauhaus Yantai opened now Yantai University 2009 Summer English Workshop August 2007 Yantai_Airport_Under-Water (The Shanghaist - August 15th 2007) July 2007 May 2007 DYT christens its largest super ship in China Fifth body recovered from sunken ROK ship (Xinhua) French Castel Wine Promotion Event was first held in Yantai, Shandong Charity replaces fortune for today International Container Port Terminal Inc. Reports 36 Percent Profit Jump On Philippine Stock Exchange GM's performance depends largely on China Doosan Infracore targets 3 tln won in sales in China by 2010 April 2007 Guangzhou Administration Will Conduct a Further Investigation on Fake Wine CHINA: Strong start to year at Yantai Changyu Pioneer Part 2: The paperless paper, 5 Dutch papers partner Yantai Raffles shipyard to build third rig for Awilco Yantai Raffles Shipyard announces yet another new order Divorcing Couple Bickers Over Zhengtu Game Accounts March 2007 Hon Hai steps up investments in Mainland China Storm capsizes 9 ships, puts ports on high alert East, north China coast bracing for strongest storm tide in 38 years November 2006 Yantai advances into "The Gold Medal City" Michel Humbert "Silver Medal Frenchman in China" October 2006 Auto parts industry has high-speed growth Top high-tech area lures large foreign investment projects Yantai to be built into an eco-city Youngsters` "Ode to Peace" plea for a warless world in Penglai September 2006 Yantai offers an ideal tourist destination, (dzwww.com) September 1st, 2006 August 2006 Yantai to host ASEM tourism forum, (dzwww.com) August 29, 2006 Andre to produce more despite apple price rise, (chinadaily.com) August 11, 2006 Guangfa's Chen Buys Winemakers to Lift Small-Cap Fund, (Bloomberg), August 3, 2006 China Faces Severe Pollution of the Ocean, (CRIENGLISH.com), August 1, 2006 July 2006 One American, two Chinese rescued on Bohai sea (China-SD.com) July 28, 2006 Farmers benefit from medical project, (chinadaily.com) July 24, 2006 No Ordinary Counterfeit [North Korean $100 Bills, (The New York Times), July 23, 2006 Gates enters joint venture with company in China, (The Denver Business Journal), July 20, 2006 Test of Cross-sea Rail Ferry Project Launched, (China.org.cn), July 19, 2006 First Train Ferry Service on Bohai Sea to Start in Sept., (Xinhua), July 18, 2006 Daewoo Shipbuilding to start building ship block plant in China, July 13, 2006 Siemens on board for oil project Wan Zhihong, (China Daily), July 7, 2006 Majestic Gold Co: High-Grade Mineralization Encountered at Song Jiaguo, July 5, 2006 June 2006 Korea, China Agree to Open Airspace, (Chosun Ilbo) Jun 16, 2006 Chinese delegation to visit FGCU, (News-press.com ) June 9, 2006 April 2006 HK Power Major Plans Wind Farms, (China Daily), April 11, 2006 July 2007 IPC Corp to develop property project in China's Yantai City - Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 11 July 2007 2152 hrs ICTSI JV company takes over Yantai Gangtong: 11 Jul 2007Report from China: Labor costs rise; jobs shift to remote areas -- Electronic Business, 7/10/2007Extend the new Silk Road By Gareth Powell, July 10, 2007 Beijing Railway Station sells tickets in English (Xinhua) 2007-07-06 10:21 May 2007 DYT christens its largest super ship in China Fifth body recovered from sunken ROK ship (Xinhua) French Castel Wine Promotion Event was first held in Yantai, Shandong Charity replaces fortune for today International Container Port Terminal Inc. Reports 36 Percent Profit Jump On Philippine Stock Exchange GM's performance depends largely on China Doosan Infracore targets 3 tln won in sales in China by 2010 April 2007 Guangzhou Administration Will Conduct a Further Investigation on Fake Wine CHINA: Strong start to year at Yantai Changyu Pioneer Part 2: The paperless paper, 5 Dutch papers partner Yantai Raffles shipyard to build third rig for Awilco Yantai Raffles Shipyard announces yet another new order Divorcing Couple Bickers Over Zhengtu Game Accounts March 2007 Hon Hai steps up investments in Mainland China Storm capsizes 9 ships, puts ports on high alert East, north China coast bracing for strongest storm tide in 38 years November 2006 Yantai advances into "The Gold Medal City" Michel Humbert "Silver Medal Frenchman in China" October 2006 Auto parts industry has high-speed growth Top high-tech area lures large foreign investment projects Yantai to be built into an eco-city Youngsters` "Ode to Peace" plea for a warless world in Penglai September 2006 Yantai offers an ideal tourist destination, (dzwww.com) September 1st, 2006 August 2006 Yantai to host ASEM tourism forum, (dzwww.com) August 29, 2006 Andre to produce more despite apple price rise, (chinadaily.com) August 11, 2006 Guangfa's Chen Buys Winemakers to Lift Small-Cap Fund, (Bloomberg), August 3, 2006 China Faces Severe Pollution of the Ocean, (CRIENGLISH.com), August 1, 2006 July 2006 One American, two Chinese rescued on Bohai sea (China-SD.com) July 28, 2006 Farmers benefit from medical project, (chinadaily.com) July 24, 2006 No Ordinary Counterfeit [North Korean $100 Bills], (The New York Times), July 23, 2006 Gates enters joint venture with company in China, (The Denver Business Journal), July 20, 2006 Test of Cross-sea Rail Ferry Project Launched, (China.org.cn), July 19, 2006 First Train Ferry Service on Bohai Sea to Start in Sept., (Xinhua), July 18, 2006 Daewoo Shipbuilding to start building ship block plant in China, July 13, 2006 Siemens on board for oil project Wan Zhihong, (China Daily), July 7, 2006 Majestic Gold Co: High-Grade Mineralization Encountered at Song Jiaguo, July 5, 2006 June 2006 Korea, China Agree to Open Airspace, (Chosun Ilbo) Jun 16, 2006 Chinese delegation to visit FGCU, (News-press.com ) June 9, 2006 April 2006 HK Power Major Plans Wind Farms, (China Daily), April 11, 2006 China's NMC issues yellow alarm against fog 
Photo taken on Feb. 21, 2011 shows fog shrouded buildings in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 21, 2011. Many areas in China witnessed heavy fog on Monday. China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued a yellow alarm against fog. (Xinhua/Chu Yang)  A citizen rides on a fog shrouded road in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 21, 2011. Many areas in China witnessed heavy fog on Monday. China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued a yellow alarm against fog. (Xinhua/Li Ruichang) Vehicles run on a fog shrouded road in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Feb. 21, 2011. Many areas in China witnessed heavy fog on Monday. China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued a yellow alarm against fog. (Xinhua/Zhang Jindao) Photo taken on Feb. 21, 2011 shows fog shrouded buildings in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 21, 2011. Many areas in China witnessed heavy fog on Monday. China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued a yellow alarm against fog. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei)  Citizens walks on a fog shrouded road in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 21, 2011. Many areas in China witnessed heavy fog on Monday. China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued a yellow alarm against fog. (Xinhua/Wang Hanzhi)Many areas in China witnessed heavy fog on Monday. China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued a yellow alarm against fog. Fishermen in E China pray to the seas
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2011-02-16 09:58  | Fishermen in Yantai, East China’s Shandong province hold a sacrificial sea ceremony which is a local traditional custom to pray for a good harvest in the coming year, Feb 15, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua] |
 | Fishermen head for Chuwang harbor in Yantai with offerings to participate in a sacrificial sea ceremony, Feb 15, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Fantastic Yantai wrapped in advection fog 
On the night of Feb. 20, the advection fog casts a shroud over Yantai, a city of eastern China's Shandong Province and creates a fantastic scene. It made the city look like a fairyland. Advection fog occurs when moist air passes over a cool surface by advection wind and is cooled. It is common as a warm front passes over an area with significant snowpack. It is most common at sea when tropical air encounters cooler waters, including areas of cold water upwelling. (Photo by Lin Sen, CFP)(http://english.people.com.cn/)
Yantai-Chicago cargo air route opens 
A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane parked on tarmac at Yantai Airport, east China's Shandong province, Dec. 29, 2010. The cargo air route between Yantai and Chicago operated by Jade Cargo International Airline was opened on Wednesday. Regular cargo flights will fly between the two cities every Wednesday. 
The crew members of the Boeing 747-400 cargo plane are welcomed on arrival at Yantai Airport, east China's Shandong province, Dec. 29, 2010. The cargo air route between Yantai and Chicago operated by Jade Cargo International Airline was opened on Wednesday. Regular cargo flights will fly between the two cities every Wennesday. Yantai heavy snow 
People clean out their way on a snow covered road in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 30, 2010. The transportation was hampered after heavy snow hit Yantai on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chu Yang) 
A man cleans out a path on a covered road in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 30, 2010. The transportation was hampered after heavy snow hit Yantai on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chu Yang) 
Pedestrians walk snow covered road in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 30, 2010. The transportation was hampered after heavy snow hit Yantai on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chu Yang) Vote for China’s Top 10 Cultural Events in 2010 This year, China is promoting the vigorous development and prosperity of its culture. There have been many memorable and worthwhile events. From a certain angle, culture reflects human life, records human activity, and affects the way of human living and rules of conduct. At the end of the first 10 years of this new century, ChinaDaily Website and Wenhua China have selected 50 major cultural events, to invite Chinese and foreign friends to choose China’s top 10 cultural events of 2010. Want to vote? click on the link:http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/survey/20101208/vote.shtml?tab=vote A taste of seafood from New zealand  New Zealand Green shell farms mussels in the Coromandel. Photo Alan Gibson Shandong Oriental Ocean Group has agreed to stock its new chain of premium seafood stores opening in China with New Zealand greenshell mussels. A delegation from Opotiki in the Eastern Bay of Plenty - which has resource consent to set up the country's biggest mussel farm - negotiated the deal during a trip to China last month. Oriental Ocean is based in Yantai, Tauranga's sister city, and the firm's president, Professor Che Shi, will visit the region in September to sign the deal. Che is also vice-president of China's aquaculture industry group, and his company plans to open 500 stores throughout China over three years. Che has indicated the deal could eventually amount to 20,000 tones a year - almost two-thirds of mussel exports in 2008, $204.25 million for 33,300 tonnes. About 11,000 tones went to the United States in 2008, which was by far the biggest export market for greenshell mussels. New Zealand Greenshell, which farms in the Coromandel, will supply Oriental Ocean, with Opotiki's Eastern Seafarms coming on board once its production is established. New Zealand Greenshell managing director Peter Vitasovich said the 20,000-tonne figure was far from concrete, but a first shipment to Oriental Oceans was expected once the new mussel season began in October. A group of firms - Aotearoa Seafood, New Zealand Greenshell, Pacifica Seafood and Sanford - have also set up an office in China to market under the name New Zealand Pure Greenshell Mussels. Opotiki's delegation also negotiated with Oriental Ocean to receive expertise and direct cash investment for a sea cucumber farm. Source nzherald.co.nz Editor Yu Meng Workers can borrow bike and cut commute in half 
Until August 10, Li Bingran's typical walk to and from work took half an hour. But now Li, 26, needs only about 15 minutes to get to the office, because she now rides a public-use bicycle from a bike station in the residential area where she lives. The bicycles are available through the bicycle-sharing program initiated on August 10 in Yantai, East China's Shandong province. "It is so convenient for me to take a bicycle for free at the station, which is just a few meters from where I live," Li told China Daily. "It halves my commute time." Yantai residents can use a cash deposit card registered with their ID card to release a bike from a locked terminal for an hour's free use. If someone wants to ride it for more than an hour for free, he may return the bike first and then retrieve it again at any bike station. Tourists can get the cards after leaving a deposit at the offices of several stations. Organized by the China Foundation for Human Rights Development and owned by the city government, the bicycle-sharing program will eventually have 300 stations with 15,000 bikes available for use. The day after the program began, 50 stations and 3,000 bicycles had become available in the city. The construction of the stations will be finished next month, according to Fan Jianqing, who is in charge of the bicycle program. The number of bicycles and stations will fit the current needs of Yantai, which currently has a population of about 1.68 million in its urban area. The free bicycle-sharing system will help reduce carbon emissions, decrease traffic and encourage residents to get more exercise, Fan said. Zhao Xiaoyu, 27, a white-collar worker, said: "I live about three kilometers from my office. I prefer taking a bike than driving a car over the three kilometers, especially in spring and autumn, since a bike is environmentally friendly." Yu Yihong, 65, said the bicycles are a beautiful scene in Yantai. "The bikes are colorful. The program will help improve the environment in Yantai since bikes bring no pollution." Bicycle-sharing programs operate in several cities in China. Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, for example, has 50,000 free bicycles in use, surpassing Paris' Velib program, which offers more than 20,000 bikes. Bicycle stations can be found every 100 meters in Hangzhou. Jinan, capital of Shandong province, carried out a bicycle-sharing program in early 2008, but the program failed within a year due to its small scale and insufficient funding, the Economic Herald reported. Whether or not a bicycle-sharing program survives largely depends on raising enough money, Fan said. Yantai government has employed a team of workers for their program. Some of these workers are in charge of raising money for the program by selling advertisements posted at stations and on bicycles. These workers are paid according to their business performance. Only time will tell whether the program can survive in Yantai, Fan said. By Zhao Ruixue and Cui Xiaoqing (China Daily) The Double Seventh Festival Witnesses the 22nd Group Marriage Ceremony  Releasing Doves Today is the seventh day in the seventh lunar month, Chinese Valentine’s Day. 19 couples married at the same time. The reason why they choose to marry today is obviously, it is the day that couples meet each other, stay together, and live happily ever after. 
Signing Names One of the 19 couples, Wang Hufeng and Zhang Yingying, are not native Yantaiers. But they choose to marry at yantai because they met in yantai. Wang’s hometown is Weifang, while Zhang’s hometown is Taian. Seven years ago they know each other in Yantai Normal School. They choose to marry in yantai because they want to memorize their love in yantai.  Casting drift bottles Till now, there are altogether 1600 couples married in Group Marriage in yantai since the first Group Marriage Ceremony. Yantai Public Bicycle Service System Put into Operation 
The public bikes lined in a row 
The mayor Zhang Jiangting Riding the public bike 
The public bike renting card On August 10, 2010 the public bicycle service system was put into operation . Representatives of the citizens experienced public bike riding activities. Till now, there are altogether 50 stations and 3000 bicycles in use. It is expected that by the end of October, there will be 300 bicycle stations and 15,000 bicycles put into use. Yantai citizens only have to show their Id card, and is to simply have an identification card, to pay 100 RMB deposit and 100 RMB for electronic wallet then you will get a “public bike renting card”. If you have a card, then you can rent the bicycles for free within an hour. After you use the bicycle for an hour, you can swing your card at any bicycle station and re-rent the bicycle. That means you can use the bicycle for all the day as long as you swing your card once an hour. But if you forget to swine your card, then you will have to pay the rent fee, for two RMB an hour. Landslide claims 127 in NW China's Gansu  A landslide sweeps through Zhouqu county seat in Gansu province on Sunday morning. [PHOTOS BY GONG ZHISHUI / XINHUA] ZHOUQU, Gansu - A rain-triggered landslide hit Zhouqu county in Gansu province on Sunday morning, killing at least 127 people and leaving 1,294 others missing, the rescue headquarters said on Sunday.
At least 76 people were injured as of 4 pm on Sunday and rescuers were racing against time to dig out survivors from crushed homes, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
 Torrential rain began lashing the county at about 11 pm on Saturday and runoff from the downpour built up behind a landslide on the Bailong River, which runs through the county seat town.
The clogged river in the narrow valley spilled over its banks, triggering floods and mudslides that hit the town after midnight. The disaster smashed a small hydro station and left more than 100 people dead, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The landslide flattened an area 5 kilometers long and 500 meters wide. "Most of the 2,000 people living in the area failed to escape in time and were drawn into the mud," authorities from the Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, which administers Zhouqu, said in a statement on its website.
At one point, the flood inundated about half of the county seat, which has about 40,000 residents. The floodwaters reportedly reached up to three stories high on some buildings.
Pu Junli, a military official who led rescue efforts, told China Central Television the sludge was "too massive, mostly as thick as one meter".
Rescuers from local governments and military bases have been arriving at affected areas since Sunday morning and local rescue headquarters deployed more than 1,000 workers to search for the missing.
The PLA Lanzhou Military Area Command has also sent medical teams and 2,800 soldiers to the county.
Similarly, the Ministry of Public Security on Sunday activated its emergency response mechanism to organize about 1,000 firefighters and special police in nearby areas to head for the affected area to rescue victims, the ministry posted on its website.
More than 680 residents had been rescued by noon and the water level in the county seat of Chengguan township had started to retreat, said Mao Shengwu, head of the prefecture.
About 45,000 people had been evacuated as of 4 pm, the provincial civil affairs department said.
Temporary shelters were set up at two middle schools to house the victims. By 3 pm, the provincial civil affairs department had provided 3,900 tents, 40,000 packs of instant noodles and 31,300 boxes of bottled water to the county.
 Survivors grieve over family members and homes lost in the disaster on August 8, 2010. The China National Committee for Disaster Reduction, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Civil Affairs lifted the national disaster relief response level to grade II, the second-highest level.
President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao instructed Gansu provincial authorities and other related departments to spare no effort to save lives. Wen arrived at Zhouqu county at 4:35 pm to oversee on-site rescue work.
The landslide also damaged the county's water supply system and severely affected essential rice, flour and oil shops, resulting in a shortage of instant foodstuff and drinking water for residents, the local government said.
The county will need 10,000 tons of water and 500 tons of instant food supplies in the next 25 days, after which life is expected to return to normal, a county spokesman said.
Troops were also preparing explosives to blast away the mud and rocks that have choked the Bailong River. The mud and rocks created a backlog of water 3 kilometers long and 100 meters wide, Xinhua reported.
Premier Wen told officials to develop a plan as soon as possible to unblock the river safely.
Authorities from the two neighboring counties of Longnan city at downstream of the river also evacuated 19,000 people on Sunday.
But local conditions hampered rescue work, authorities said.
"Since excavators can't reach the affected site, we can only use spades and our hands to reach those buried," Niu Yongfu, deputy chief of staff with the Gansu Headquarters of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, told China Daily on Sunday evening.
"It's very hard to locate the people washed away by floods," he said.
Feng Lei, 44, a local doctor whose house was inundated by floodwaters, told China Daily that "the wind and rain was not strong when the landslide arrived, but the water was raging".
"People were screaming for help, some were washed away in just seconds," he said.
The Gansu Electric Power Corporation said two-thirds of the county's power was out. Some communications links were also reportedly down because of the power outage.
The State Grid Corporation later sent 150 people with electricity generators to the site. The first batch of 35 workers arrived at the county seat at about 12:40 am.
By 4:14 pm, power supply was restored to some parts of Zhouqu county, including temporary housing areas, hospitals, two middle schools and communications base stations .
Roads at the outskirts of Zhouqu also reopened after they were blocked by the mudslides, the provincial administration bureau of highways said.
Shen Gang and Xinhua contributed to this story.
Three places compete to host Taishan International Music Festival The 1st Taishan International Music Festival is to be held this September as part of the 24th Taishan International Mountaineering Holiday. The Tai’an Municipal Square, Tai’an Stadium and the Taishan Beer Industrial Park are competing to host the music festival.  Tai’an Municipal Square  Tai’an Stadium  Taishan Beer Industrial Park The Music Festival organizing committee requires a venue that is beautiful, large enough and an example of Tai’an culture. The two-day festival will feature top rock-and-roll bands and pop singers. By Yu Meng and Liu Aizhang More couples marry at sea  Two models ride the crest of a wave during an advertising photo shoot. Provided to China Daily Former sailing athlete Xu Bin, 24, is now working as a sailing ship trainer and yacht driver for the St. Valentine International Sailing Club at Qingdao, Shandong province, which is known for its wedding photo services. The club has three yachts, on which young couples can pose for their wedding photos. "Many young people have longings for the sea and the life on the sea, which are represented by being on a yacht," Xu says. "Besides, you get beautiful scenes of the city from the sea." Though charged a minimum 10,000 yuan ($1,475) for a photo journey on the yachts,an average of five couples line up for the service every day, almost half of which come from other cities, he says.In 2004, group weddings were also popular at Yinhai Yachts Marina. Now couples prefer to rent yachts to host offshore ceremonies, Xu says. Hangzhou-based City Express reported a yacht wedding in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province in May 2009. The bridegroom Hu Qingjiang rented two yachts to sail from Ningbo to Zhoushan to pick up the bride and hold the ceremony at sea. Upon seeing the yachts approaching, the bride almost fainted in ecstasy, reported the newspaper. Born in Jinan, Shandong's capital, Xu took courses at Yinhai Yacht Driving Training School for the license. "I like the challenges on the sea," he says. "One of my friends even tells me that whenever he's puzzled in everyday life, he goes to seek answers on the sea." "And it never fails him," he adds. Editor Yu Meng Source China Daily Yantai 'nurtures competitive high-tech enterprises' 
Doosan Infracore China, a Korean-invested construction machinery company in Yantai, takes up the largest excavator market share in China. Photos By Ju Chuanjiang
The coastal city of Yantai in Shandong province has long been famous for its wine production and tourism. But in recent years, the city has developed several high-end industries.
The output value of the high-tech sector was 377.1 billion yuan last year, accounting for 42 percent of Yantai's total.
This year, high-tech output value is projected to reach 420 billion yuan.
"Yantai will build several high-end industrial zones, foster a batch of famous brands and nurture a number of competitive enterprises," said Zhang Jiangting, mayor of Yantai.
"These enterprises are expected to develop products with their own brands instead of just serving as a manufacturing facility for others," Zhang added.
Priority fields
In a 2009 statement, the Yantai city government announced that a high-end industrial system - powered by high tech and independent innovations - will take shape in the next five years.
Shanghai GM-Dongyue is the biggest automobile production facility in Shandong.
High tech, advanced manufacturing and modern services are priorities for development, officials said.
The high-tech sector will focus on biotechnologies, electronic information, new materials, new energies and environmental protection.
The advanced manufacturing sector will include shipbuilding, marine engineering equipment, automobile and parts, metallurgical machinery and chemical equipment.
The value generated from Yantai's equipment manufacturing sector is expected to reach 400 billion yuan by 2011.
In the modern services sector, emphasis will be placed on logistics, trade, tourism, service outsourcing and creative industries.
This year alone, 300 new projects were initiated in Yantai, each with an investment of over 10 million yuan.
Chief among these projects are the Yantai nuclear base and Luye biotechnology park. The nuclear base has an initial investment of 400 million yuan, and Luye park a total investment of 1 billion yuan.
A 4-billion-yuan Yantai international biotechnology and science park and a 4-billion-yuan Tsinghua science park are also top investments.
Leading enterprises
Yantai is already home to a large number of high-end industrial enterprises.
Famed Taiwanese company Foxconn produces computers and mobile phones at its Yantai industrial park. Last year, the park reported an output value of over 70 billion yuan. This year the figure is expected to reach 168 billion yuan.
Shanghai GM-Dongyue also bases production in Yantai. Its car manufacturing facility is Shandong's largest, with an annual output of 300,000 units.
And Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co Ltd is now building an industrial park with a first-phase investment of 20.5 billion. Upon completion, the facility will produce an annual 1.4 million tons of MDI - a kind of polyurethane - making it the third largest MDI producer in the world.
LG's mobile phone facility already calls Yantai home, with an annual output of more than 30 million units. So too does the Sino-Korean joint venture, Doosan Infracore China - the largest excavator producer in China with an annual production of more than 10,000 units.
By Zhao Ruixue (China Daily)
Track work begins on Beijing-Shanghai link Construction workers on Monday began laying tracks for a high-speed railway linking Beijing and Shanghai, the Ministry of Railways said.
The ministry's Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway construction headquarters held a ceremony in Xuzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province, to mark the start of the track-laying process.
The headquarters said the 1,318-km track will be completed by the end of the year.
The 220.9-billion-yuan ($32.5 billion) railway line, which began construction in 2008, is scheduled to start operation in 2012.
The line will span three municipalities - Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai - and pass through Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, the ministry said.
Twenty-one stations will be set along the line, which will also connect the Bohai Sea Rim and the Yangtze River Delta, two major economic zones in the country.
Nearly a quarter of the country's population resides around the railway line, the ministry said.
According to earlier reports, the operating speed of the railway is expected to be 350 km per hour, with a maximum speed of 380 km per hour.
The average commercial speed between Beijing and Shanghai will be 330 km per hour.
Once completed, the line will cut the travel time between Beijing and Shanghai by more than half to less than five hours.
More than 1,060 km, or 80.5 percent of the line, will be laid on 244 bridges.
The 164 km viaduct between Danyang and Kunshan in Jiangsu province will be one of the longest bridges in the world.
The line will also include 22 tunnels, totaling 16.1 km, according to ministry officials.
With the completion of this line, by 2012 China will have a railway network of 110,000 km, 13,000 km of which will be high-speed rail, the ministry said.
The ministry has predicted that an estimated 220,000 passengers will use the trains each day, almost doubling the current capacity, while the annual passenger capacity of the line is estimated to be 160 million.
While the project is a work of cutting-edge technology and has a host of top Chinese railway technicians working on it, some experts remain concerned about the line's operational safety due to its high speed.
"It is theoretically possible that some unpredictable safety problems may arise with the increase in speed," said Yang Hao, a professor at the school of traffic and transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University. "But I'm convinced that China's railway technology and construction capabilities are mature enough and reliable."
Zhao Jian, a professor at the school of economics and management at the same university, said he is not satisfied with the energy consumption and profitability of the railway line.
"I doubt the new railway will return the government's investment anytime soon, since it is inclined to become an energy-consuming line. The fare may also be expensive and unaffordable to many ordinary commuters," he said.
Questions:
1. When will work be done on the high-speed railway linking Beijing and Shanghai?
2. How many stations will be set along the line?
3. How fast will the train go?
Answers:
1. The 1,318-km track will be completed by the end of the year and is scheduled to start operation in 2012.
2. The line will span three municipalities - Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai - and 21 stations will be set along the line.
3. The operating speed of the railway is expected to be 350 km per hour, with a maximum speed of 380 km per hour. The average commercial speed between Beijing and Shanghai will
The real cost of being single: Going it alone costs £250,000  With no spouse to entertain or children to clothe and feed, those who live alone may think they got off without the most costly responsibilities.
But bachelors and spinsters - or 'freemales' as single women are now often called - might wish to reconsider the price of going it alone.
Those who live by themselves spend £250,000 more on basic essentials over a lifetime than those who live with a partner - and they are less happy for it, research suggests.
Almost three in ten households in the UK are formed by a single person and the number is set to rocket to 9.5million in the next ten years.
And with no partner with whom to split the burden of bills, single people spend an average of almost £12,000 every year on expenses such as housing costs and food - around half of the £23,961 average annual income.
This is almost £5,000 more than the amount spent by those living as part of a couple.
And the study of 2,000 adults found that the cost of single life is not just financial - those in couples are happier.
Almost two thirds of those who live with a partner say they are better off as a couple, whereas just one in five single people think they have the better deal.
The findings show it is increasingly difficult to sustain good quality living on a single salary, according to the price comparison service that commissioned the research.
Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy at uSwitch. com, said: 'The huge increase in the number of single-person households is not just a worry in terms of housing stock, it will also have a serious impact on lifestyle and spending.
'Increasingly, we are seeing evidence that to enjoy a good quality of life in Britain, a household needs two incomes.'
Yantai Eighth International Machine Tool Fair 2010 "Yantai Machine Tool and Mold Exhibition" Since its inception in 2003, colleagues at home and abroad under joint efforts, has been successfully held the seventh. Held in May of each set, exhibitors and professional visitors in the formation of a regular habit of visiting exhibitors in the industry has also created a good reputation, in recent years, the exhibition has grown in strength through, has become today's modern manufacturing cluster the latest industry achievements in advancing multi-brand strategy stage.
Through the global financial crisis, and Yantai ushered in major historical development opportunity. Many international investment focus to Yantai, setting off a new round of investment and development boom, while the focus of international economic integration continued to shift the trend of the Asia-Pacific region, Yantai is showing great potential and broad market prospects.
Yantai Bohai Bay region as a major city ring yellow one, with its unique geographical advantages, Weihai, east, west of Qingdao, and Dalian from across the sea, Japan, Korea the sea, is located in the heart of the economic cycle, with industry collaboration in Japan and South Korea has an unparalleled advantage, is undertaking a major carrier of Japanese and Korean industrial transfer, is the link to a bridgehead between China and Japan and South Korea's economy.
China Shipbuilding industry, especially in supporting China's ship industry, a huge market for machine tool industry plays a huge role in driving. At present, Shandong Peninsula has more than 200 shipbuilding and repairing, the Daewoo Shipbuilding, Raffles Shipbuilding, Yonghe heavy industry, shipbuilding and some other large investment and the Bohai Sea, driving strong project settled in Yantai, the world's shipbuilding industry's "third pole" will highlight the Yellow Sea.
2009 Haiyang nuclear power project officially started production after the introduction of nuclear power industry around the core, fixed on the United States, France, Japan, South Korea and Russia and other nuclear devices developed countries, and Shanghai, Sichuan, three nuclear power bases in Northeast , to carry out investment promotion activities targeted to attract businesses move in, the League of Nations on the development of degree of mechanical processing and manufacturing industry, building materials industry, industry, engaged in the project through the introduction of strategic investors Cooperation Through technological transformation of key technology research, and actively looking for bigger and stronger ways to accelerate the connection of nuclear-related industries will eventually pull industrial equipment and related industries in Shandong needs.
Yantai With convenient transportation and superior industrial environment, has attracted General Motors, CSX, Tyco, Henkel, Mitsui, Denso, Toyota Motor, Toyota Tsusho, the U.S. Visteon, Sanyo Electric, Mitsubishi, Daewoo Group, LG, Hyundai Group, Hon Hai Group, and more than 40 Fortune 500 companies to invest in Yantai. Especially in recent years the introduction of the China Steel Group, GM Dong Yue Motors, the wave of LG mobile phones, Daewoo CNC machine tools Modern Moon boiler, Foxconn Computer components and U.S. investment in energy, Kam Mitsubishi large-scale, high technology and high added value products in today's world consumption of hot items for the current and future development by leaps and bounds into the vigor and vitality.
2009 year's event recall
"2009 Seventh Yantai Equipment Manufacturing Expo" on May 21, 2009 -23 days held in Yantai International Expo Center. The fair set of products, trade orders, industry seminars, talks on investment and technical cooperation in one, an exhibition area of 6,000 square meters, brought together nearly 200 exhibitors at home and abroad, U.S. forces HSBC Group, U.S. Stanley tools, process Thai Seiki, Shenyang Machine Tool, Shenzhen, Ningbo Jie reached Industries, Waldo Seiki, Dalian Machine Tool and many famous enterprises to participate as a highlight of this expo, but also to make Expo a "boutique manufacturing feast." According to statistics, 2009 "Tool and Mold Exhibition" exhibitors keep returning to over 70%, customers flock to participate in Expo, visitors will reach 10,000 people total. Expo site turnover of nearly 100 million yuan, of which more than 70% of exhibitors signed letters of intent order. 2010 International Beach Rugby Tournament - Yantai 2010年国际沙滩橄榄球比赛—烟台 2010 International Beach Rugby Tournament- Yantai | 一、 竞赛项目Events: 1、 沙滩5人制英式橄榄球比赛 5-a-Side Beach Rugby Match 2、 沙滩5人制轻触式（TOUCH）橄榄球比赛 5-a-Side Beach Touch Rugby Match 二、 竞赛日程Match Schedule: 2010年8月6日（周五）至2010年8月8日（周日） From Friday 6th August 2010 to Sunday 8th August 2010 l 8月6日周五，报到。 Friday 6th August，Report Arrival & Registration l 8月7日周六，比赛。 Saturday, 7th August， Match Date l 8月8日周日，比赛。 Sunday, 8th August， Match Date l 8月8日周日晚，颁奖晚宴（提供免费啤酒以及沙滩烧烤） Top teams will be awarded at the night party where free beer and BBQ will be supplied. 三、 竞赛地点 Venue: 烟台市开发区金沙滩 YanTai Beach 四、比赛奖励Award: 两类比赛的冠军队将各获得人民币￥5000元奖励.这两组比赛分别为：沙滩5人制英式橄榄球比赛以及沙滩5人制轻触式（TOUCH）橄榄球比赛。 The winning teams from both types of the matches(5-a-Side Beach Rugby and 5-a-Side Beach Touch Rugby) will be awarded 5,000 Yuan each. 五、参赛报名 How to Register： 沙滩5人制英式橄榄球比赛 ： 5-a-Side Beach Rugby Match 限报名参赛队8支，以报名时间先后为准 Only 8 teams are allowed for registration, which is on a first come, first serve base. 沙滩5人制轻触式（TOUCH）橄榄球比赛 5-a-Side Beach Touch Rugby Match 限报名参赛队8支，以报名时间先后为准 Only 8 teams are allowed for registration, which is on a first come, first serve base. 参赛队可报运动员8-10名。各队请将报名名单在2010年7月15日前发至青岛巨浪体育发展有限公司，或直接在达阵中国网站报名。联系方式： Please note: 8 to 10 members are allowed to register for each team. If interested in participating in the contest, please email your application lists which include all members to QingDao Julang Titu Fazhan. LTD, or you can register on the DaZhen(China)’s website directly. The contact details are shown below: | 青岛巨浪体育发展有限公司 QingDao Julang Titu Fazhan. LTD： 联系人：刘继峰 Mr. Liu Tel电话：86-0532-82677171 Mobile 手机：86-13506398803 Fax传真：86-0532-82680089 E-mail邮箱：julangtiyu@126.com
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| 六、球队保险 Team Insurance： 各参赛队请为所有参赛人员办理保险，无保险的参赛人员在比赛中受伤和发生意外，由参赛单位自行负责。 All teams must have their own insurance for all participants, the participating units should be fully responsible for any injury or accident that may occur to the participants that are not insured in the rugby contest. 七、参赛费用 Entry Fee: 1、 参赛球队的交通和住宿自理 All teams’ Transportations & accommodations should be at their own expense； 2、 赛事提供比赛当天午餐和晚宴 A lunch and dinner will be provided on match days； 3、 赛事提供比赛现场医疗和饮用水 Drinking water and first aid will be provided on match days。 八、比赛规则 Rules: 根据英式橄榄球比赛规则进行调整，具体规则另行通知。 Adjustment will be made according to the English rugby contest rules, notice of detailed rules will be announced soon. 未尽事宜另行通知。 The organiser will keep all teams informed with any unaccomplished matters. |
2nd Foreign Language Festival of Yantai 2nd Foreign Language Festival opening ceremony held in Yantai University on May 11th, 2010, Closing ceremony will be held on May 30th in English Cornor of Yuhuangding Park. This event was co-hosted by Yantai CCPIT, Yantai CCOIC, Yantai Tourism Group and Yantai Daily Media Group. Organised by Yantai Cent Foreign Language School. " Enhancing Foreign Language Exchange, Promoting Yantai's Economy" is their theme. According to the information from the host, this session Foreign Language Festival absorbs Yantai University, Lu Dong University, Yantai Information and Technology Institution, Yantai Vocational School and Binzhou Medical College (Yantai Campus) materialize the combination of five colleges. In terms of the activity itself, including Talent Show for high school and middle school students, Foreign Songs Contest in universities, Painting and calligraphy contest to the theme of the world expo, Intelligence English speech contest, dub game for foreign flim, My Show club, Coffee Bar and spectacular Japanese speech and translating contest. Yushu Earthquake The Chinese national flag flies at half-mast over Tiananmen Square to mourn victims of the Yushu earthquake on April 21, 2010 in beijing, China. China's State Council announced a national day of mourning on April 21 for those killed in the 7.1-magnitude quake. According to the rescue headquarters, as of April 20, the death toll has climbed to 2,046 from the devastating earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, with 175 people still missing.  (Xinhua news)
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The next wonderment of Dubai
China enterprisers & Middle East Chinese of Dubai
2010 collaborating forum Cut-off date of sign up: 5th, March, 2010, only 200 precious seats for China
Organizers:
China private economic seminar
Beijing University private economic academe
Sponsors:
Embassy of the people Republic of China in United Arab Emirates
Dubai consulate
Dubai city government
Co- organizer:
Dubai Chinese Community
UAE China wholesale city
Dubai dragon city chamber of commerce
Dubai Chinese Art Corps
Forum background:
In face of economic crisis, China Corporation get a new node and start join the international communion forwardly, learning from other countries, especially to get the huge consume market of Middle East.
The current forum committee shall invite some torchbearer, economic experts, city chief executive, enterpriser, industry commissary,
Embassy of the people Republic of China in United Arab Emirate, Chinese delegacy of the countries in Middle East, Arabia consortium, UAE house-hold and Dubai government etc.
At the same time, we will hold Chinese New Year Celebration; enjoy the wonderful performance from Chinese art corps, Arabia art corps and China superstar鈥檚 corps.
Calendar arrangement:
First day: 26th, March, 2010
Check in at Beijing capital international airport
Second day: 27th, March, 2010
Morning: Welcome feast
Afternoon: Soiree
Third day: 28th, March, 2010
Morning: First cooperating forum between Chinese of Middle East and China enterprisers
Afternoon: Separate forum interactive
Evening: Surfing
Fourth day
Day time: Visiting UAE
Evening: Enjoy night view of Dubai by waterborne taxi
Fifth day
Get back to China from Dubai airport
Price
Ordinary guest: 28000RMB/person, two ways tourist class flight ticket, transact aboard visa, four stars hotel, include travelling fees completely, tourist guide fee and transportation fee.
VIP guest: 48000RMB/person, two way first-class flight ticket, transact aboard visa, 3days stay in five stars hotel, 1 day stay in seven star hotel, include travelling fees completely, tourist guide fee and transportation fee.
Flow list - Fill up application form, complete fees at same time
- Prepare information of visa: one copy of passport, 1 share electron document of passport photo and 2 pieces one inch white background registration photo.
- Invitation letter from Dubai government
- Inform letter from committee, every one get together at Beijing.
Contact person: Dawn Liu, Lynn Qu
Contact No.: 0535-7127398 / 0535-6191831
Yantai-Life Club Opening Ceremony & Chinese New Year Party !
When: Jan 30, 2010 From 3:30pm to 10:00pm
Venue: Golden Gulf Hotel
Registration & admission: 3:30pm-4:00pm
Yantai Club opening ceremony: 4:00pm-5:00pm
Buffet Dinner: 5:30pm-9:00pm
Social Networking: 5:30pm-10:00pm
Address: No.34 Haian Road, Zhifu District
频,芝路34
Venue Tel: 0535-619-1831
RMB 130 per person (with Formal Dress)
RMB150 per person (without Formal Dress)
Sponsors:
Yantai-life.com | OMG Education | PanVenture Group
Golden Gulf Hotel | Yew Wah International School
If you wish to join the Networking Evening, please seize this opportunity to make friends and enjoy yourself. At our last 2 events as many as 150 expat and Yantai locals joined the Yantai-Life Anniversary Party and the HallowFest / OktoberGhost Party which showed that in Yantai we can undoubtedly put together with YOU the right recipe for unforgettable evenings. These evenings are an amazing platform for you to forge new connections, meet new friends and to become visible to the key players in the local community including Yantai government, local and expat businessman, educators and students alike.
Yantai-Life Club
0535-619-1831
theclub@yantai-life.com
YANTAI-LIFE.COM plans to hold more such events in the near future - keep your diary open !
A Storm Stroke Yantai On the afternoon of June the 29th, a storm stroke Yantai. After a loud crash of thunder, the sky darkened immediately. Fierce wind and rainstorms swept across the whole urban areas. And all things on the street were scattered here and there. 1. Big trees were blown down in the gale. 2. The wind drove down the rain and everywhere there was standing water. 3. The rainwater came above half of the wheel. 4. The citizens were unaware prepared. 1.
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The Opening of Converteam The project for investment of Yantai, Converteam Rotating Machines (Yantai) Co, Ltd, will be opened in Fushan District on August 28th . Converteam Rotating Machines (Yantai) Co., Ltd., a wholly French-owned company, is a newly-established subsidiary in Fushan district, Yantai city with total investment 60 Million USD. It covers an area of 40,000 square meters. This company is specialized in manufacturing electric motors and generators, including design, engineering, manufacturing system integration, test, installation and commissioning.
Converteam History Converteam s outstanding know-how and expertise in power conversion reflects a history of over 100 years of excellence in electrical technology serving international markets. Their place as a recognized world leader in power conversion has been built up over the years with contributions of business units from industry majors including General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK, Allgemeine Elektrizitats Gesellschaft (AEG ) in Germany and Westinghouse Drive Systems in the US, as well as Compagnie Generale dElectricite (CGE), then Cegelec and ALSTOM in France. Where are they? Converteam is an uncontested leader on its core markets, with orders totaling over €750 million. Total orders more than €1.4 Billion. In the Marine and Offshore sector, Converteam is number-one worldwide for electrical propulsion and on-board power generation systems and dynamic positioning systems used for cruise liners and merchant shipping, in particular oil tankers, offshore platforms and cable ships, semi-submersible platforms, etc. and naval applications. Converteam is the number-three supplier worldwide for process industries such as metals and the Oil and Gas sector, where they offer complete electrical solutions including high-speed drives, motors, compressors, pumps and more. They also serve customers in specialized sectors such as renewables, onshore and offshore wind generation, power generation (electrical systems for large turbines, auxiliary plant systems), materials handling (in particular cranes) and test benches for the automotive sector. Their equipment solutions are backed up with full services matching the needs of customers operating on both national and international markets. Through our Regional Business Centers they have ready access to advanced equipment expertise for maintenance, technical support and training. Location: Qingyang industrial Park, Fushan district, Yantai New plants ~ New Opportunities~ Talented persons are wanted, so why are you still waiting, take quick action and join them!
The Third Animation Festival The third Animation Festival will be held on July 7th to 11th in Yantai tourism world. During the festival, there will be 8 theme activities, for example creating doodling, short cartoon and film competition, Costume Play and so on. It will be an infinite charming animation grand ceremony! There will be a serious of radiant splendid activities during the festival. The opening ceremony will be held on July 8th, when there will be foreign animation companies such as Japan, Korea, taking part in, so will many Chinese animation enterprises. The most attractive part of this festival is China (Yantai) Animated Short Film Competition. As the national professional animation competition, it is regarded as Animated Short Film Oscar. At the appointed time, it will improve the academic degree, professional degree and internationalization degree of this animation festival. The Arrangements of The Third Animation Festival Date | 时浒?/span> Time Arrangement | 要 Important Works | Site | 84 Aug 4 | | 欧 News Briefing | 芝 Zhifu Government | 87 Aug 7 | 900 | 直艿映式 Preview of Happy Running | 未缍?/span> Oriental Cinema of Tourism World | 1800 | 写苹 Government Reception Dinner | 台诖频 Hongkou Hotel | 1930 | 幕式浣?/span> Opening Ceremony Award-giving Evening Party | 台 Yantai Government Hall | 88 Aug 8 | 900 | 式 Opening Ceremony | 台未 Front Gate of Yantai Tourism World | 1030 | 芝园式 Brand Receiving Ceremony of Zhifu Software Park | 台 Yantai Animation Base | 88---811 Aug 8Aug 11 | | 愣?/span> On-spot Comment of Excellent Animation Film | 未缍?/span> Oriental Cinema of Tourism World | | 愣?/span> Playing of Excellent Animation Short Film | | COSPLAY COSPLAY Game | 未一楼 First Floor of Tourism World | | 山省品展 Shandong Excellent Animation Show of Past Fairs | 未绮?/span> Boyaxuan of Tourism World | | 佣钥 Electric Competition Electric Game | 未殖 Electric Entertainment Town of Tourism World | | Animation Experience | 未一楼 First Floor of Tourism World | | Animation Song Show | 未愠?/span> Square of Tourism World | | 统潜 Outdoor Large-scale Gas-filling Castle | | 涂鸦墙 Doodling Wall | | 愣?/span> Community Tour of Excellent Animation Film | 芝 Communities of Zhifu District |
The Third Yantai International Wine Festival The Third Yantai International Wine Festival will be held during September 23 to September 29 in Yantai International Conference Center. Its aims are spreading culture and promoting cooperation. Many corporations will dispatch representatives to attend the festival. Different kinds of wines will be showed in this festival, such as grape wines, fruit wines, and proto-wines. The wine-making technology and equipment, bottling, storing and packaging technology and equipment will also be displayed.
The Third Yantai International Wine Festival fall into three parts, including more than 20 activities. The first is public activities, involving Welcoming Banquet, Opening Ceremony of the Exposition, Celebrating Soiree Carnival and Night Featuring International Wine City. In this part, Singing and Dancing, Peking Opera and Luju Opera will be the hotspot. The second part is economic and trade talks. The main projects are Briefings on Investment Environment and Policies, Promotional Activities on Investment Cooperative Projects and Cooperative Projects Signing Ceremonies. The last one is a series of cultural and recreational activities. During this time, exhibits and wine culture will be displayed as well in well-known wineries, such as Changyu Chateau Castel, Changyu Wine Culture Museum , Window of Changyu International Wine City, COFCO Nava Valley Chateau Junding, Landsun Manor, ect.. This festival also arranged for the "International Wine Industry Development Forum", "wine forum" and other seminars for the attendees and industry exhibitors to promote technological exchanges. Topics focusing on "Economic Globalization and the international wine trade", "International market development" and "personalized marketing" will be discussed. At present, the speech experts have been identified and are being invited.
The Mysterious Yantai New Train Station Will Be Unveiled Splendid Gate of City Overlook the Gate of City A Sign in the Train Station Yantai new train station has come into acceptance phase by the train department. Project acceptance inspection and debugging of equipment have been developing smoothly, and the new train station is expected to be used in August. All of the five railway platforms can take in motor train unit. When the interurban railway is completed in 2012, citizens will be able to arrive in different places all around China in high speed by motor coach train. The design of the train station is quite unique. Overlooked from above, it looks like a phoenix extending its wings in flight. The Gate of City must be mentioned in particular. Its saddleback type steel structure was won the golden award for China steel structure. It is a distinctive sign of the city with a rainbow molding. The Gate of City Faces Dahaiyang Road The design and construction of the new train station are advanced, which get ready for Yantais development in the future. This new train station is not the terminal station of railway traffic any more, it will become transportation hub connecting north China and northeast of China, or even an international transportation hub. The Yantai Martial Art Competition 8th August 2009 Shandong is famous for being the ancestral home for Northern Praying Mantis kung fu and the people here in Yantai are very proud of their own association with this very deadly fighting art. Yantai has in fact produced some of histories greatest Northern Praying Mantis practitioners and its popularity remains today. Each year Yantai hosts its own Martial Arts Competition over five days and the next competition begins on the 7th of August 2009. This years competition will be even bigger than last years and will be packed with events, demonstrations and even an international Sanda and Taekwondo competition. The Martial Arts Competition will involve all age groups from the under thirteens to the over sixties and will include a strong contingent of western martial artists from the local kung fu schools. Some of the styles you are likely to see at the event include Bagua, Northern Praying Mantis, Shaolin, Tai Chi, Tong Bei, and Xingyi. Contestants will perform both weapons and fist forms both traditional and modern and this years highlight will be the international Sanda and Taekwondo tournament as well as the traditional fist forms, weapons forms and wushu demonstrations. For all those who do not know Sanda is Chinese Kickboxing so those into MMA or kick boxing are in for a treat if they make it out to the event scheduled to take place in Kunyu Shan Shaolin Martial Arts School. Unfortunately all events at this competition are closed to the general public and only competitors, organisers, invited guest and members of the Tanglangquan Association should attend. Below is a Brief Schedule for the Competition in as much detail as I could get on writing this Article. Brief schedule, August 7th: Reception Dinner; Opening Ceremony August 8th-August 9th: martial arts competition, taekwondo competition. August 10th: Sanda competition. August 11th: seminar in Wentao Shanzhuang (a hotel in Laishan District). After the competition people will choose the biggest and best ten martial arts schools in Yantai. For those interested in studying kung fu and want the low down on Yantais Martial Arts scene either full-time or part-time please contact David Kelly on 15864099091 or email StudyMartialArts@gmail.com Good luck and best wishes to all who attend.
German Brauhaus Yantai opened now The first Restaurant Brewery in Yantai has been opened in Laishan District Qingquan Zhai (泉寨).
They are opened for lunch from 11.00 to 23.00 for lunch, afternoon tea or coffee time, and diner. Special brewed light and Dark beer brewed strictly according to The German brewery law in the restaurant. Come and try this unique taste of beer which is outstanding compared with all other stuff available. Their German cook is preparing special dishes from Germany, just like various kinds of sausage, steaks, pork knuckles, schnitzel as well as mash potatoes and sauerkraut. They also have some seafood cooked in western way and also Chinese way. As well as many choice of dessert. For special sport events they are preparing sea-view terrace. They have TV alternatives like Star sports, NBA, Football etc. Further information will be mentioned on their Board. Restaurant reservation tel. no. 0535 6908777 Hope you enjoy your staying in this restaurant.
Yantai University 2009 Summer English Workshop Yantai University celebrated its 20th Summer English Workshop with a dynamic Opening Ceremony on July 20, 2009. Almost 350 students, teachers, teaching assistances and university officials were treated to a performance on drums by Changyuetuan ( a band) , singing by Liu Yuqin, danced b Zhao Gang and John Denver. Country Road sung by Americans Lisa Davis and Zack Phillips. Morning classes begin immediately after the Opening Ceremony. The workshop is three weeks long and ends on August 7. Seventeen Americans from Georgia and Tennessee are teaching and leading evening activities. Classes in the morning are from 8:30 to 11:30 am, then the foreign teacher take workshop students to lunch. At 2:30 pm, all the students assemble in one of two lecture halls for afternoon lectures covering a wide range of topics about American culture and life. Then at 3:30, students have an opportunity for an hour to ask questions of the American teachers during free talk. A variety of evening activities are offered during the workshop, including dancing, relay races, scavenger hunt, game nights, sports nights, a mock American wedding, and a watermelon picnic. The workshop is an excellent opportunity for those who want to practice speaking English, improve their listening comprehension, and interact extensively with American teachers who have a love for China and the Chinese people. The workshop is academically rigorous, but in a friendly and fun-filled atmosphere.
Yantai Airport Under-Water (The Shanghaist - August 15th 2007) August 15th 2007, Shandong Province's Yantai Airport was completely overwhelmed by floods -- the greatest it has ever seen -- and was forced to shut down. 45 flights were either cancelled or postponed. Heavy rains started at about 5am in the morning and within half an hour, the waters had risen to about 0.5 metre. 25 staff pushed this aeroplane -- yes, you heard that right -- to safe ground. The departure hall of the airport was also completely flooded, and staff had to be deployed to use sandbags to protect the cargo area. 
Singapore-listed personal computer maker and distributor IPC Corporation is making further inroads into property development in China.
Its subsidiary Zhuhai IPC Property Development is planning to develop a commercial and residential project in Yantai City.
The project will be undertaken with Yantai City's Laishan District's Dongbozi Enterprise.
Dongbozi will provide two parcels of land totalling about 750,000 square metres for the project.
The development is expected to yield about 1.4 million square metres of gross floor area.
Zhuhai IPC will be responsible for the overall planning and development as well as construction and marketing of the project.
It will also provide an initial cash funding of up to 70 million renminbi, or S$14 million, from internal resources.
Dongbozi will be allocated up to 40 percent of the floor area of the commercial development and 30 percent of the residential development.
The remaining development will go to Zhuhai IPC.
The project will be carried out in phases and the entire project is likely to take more than five years to complete
ICTSI JV company takes over Yantai Gangtong
Posted: 11 Jul 2007 at 7:35amICTSI JV company takes over Yantai Gangtong box terminal
YANTAI Rising Dragon International Container Terminals (YRDICT), a partly-owned unit of Manila-based port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), has taken over the Yantai Gangtong Container Terminal in Shandong province.
YRDICT, a joint venture company with ICTSI (Hong Kong), Yantai Port Group Co. and SDIC Communications Co., had started management and operation of the Yantai Gangtong Container Terminal on April 1, a statement from ICTSI said.
The YRDICT terminal has two container berths, with a wharf line of 730 metres and a depth of 14 metres. The yard and container freight station has an area of 280,000 square metres including a 4,500-square metre warehouse. It has a total annual capacity of over 900,000 TEUs. Cargo handling equipment includes six post-Panamax quay cranes and 12 rubber-tyred gantries.
The hi-tech terminal uses a container information system consisting of various sub-systems in stowage management, real-time port operation control, yard planning, container freight station management, statistics inquiry and billing.
By Amy Wang, Contributing Writer -- Electronic Business, 7/10/2007Skyrocketing labor costs in China's largest cities are pushing manufacturing out to the less-developed areas, threatening the economies of tier-one cities and creating massive shifts inside of China's economy. While China's role as a global manufacturer remains solid, the big question looming over cities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen is what happens when factories relocate in more remote areas. Labor costs are rising even in some of the lesser-known cities, but not nearly as fast as in the tier-one cities, which experienced labor increases of 500 percent between 2001 and 2006. "Labor costs increased an average of three times in our factory during the last 10 years," says David He of Hong Kong's Ling Tin Capacitor. The company set up shop in Dongguang, Guangdong province, a decade ago because of cheaper labor and land resources. Since then, the average monthly income for workers in He's factory increased from (US) $40 to $120, while salaries for engineers and management increased from $200 to $600 or more. The company is still doing well, but He is worried about the upward trend line in labor costs. So far the company has no plans to relocate because of its proximity to customers and international shipping, yet for the first time the company is beginning to watch the cost increases. International companies looking to set up manufacturing or expand their capabilities within China already are looking at lesser-known cities. Foxconn, a leading contract manufacturer, capitalized on low labor costs in Shenzhen 15 years ago, but it recently expanded into Yantai, Shandong province. Foxconn is the registered trade name of Hon Hai. The company contributes one third of Shenzhen's total electronics export and estimated (US) $21 billion in 2006 and employs 200,000 laborers. It negotiated a low-cost land deal and a very low corporate tax rate. Its recent push into Yantai, one of China's fastest-growing commercial ports where labor is significantly cheaper, signals a shift in thinking. In 2006, Hon Hai Group completed its deployment for the production of motherboards and printed circuit boards in northern China. Yantai Science & Technology Park of Shandong province in northern China has become Hon Hai Group's largest production base for panel-based products. Currently Hon Hai takes advantage of the huge talent pool in northern China to focus on the production of mobile communication products, such as cell phone cases and connectors on an OEM basis. The group said it would use its base in Yantai to tap the cell phone markets of Japan and South Korea. Nor is Hon Hai alone. Taiwanese manufacturing operations in Shenzhen are shifting in droves to Dongguan due to lower costs. Many market analysts believe the shift to less-developed regions will change the market demand landscape in China within the next several years. Despite the changes inside of China, labor costs there are still lower than in many other areas. That has made it difficult for companies to retain the most experienced engineers. Frank Yan, human resources director at a Chinese original design manufacturer, says the retention cost for engineers is much higher than the initial cost of hiring them. "The cost of hiring an engineer hasn't changed too much in last three years," Yan says. "But once an engineer leaves, we have to recruit this position. This is more costly. We have to spend time looking for the right candidates, conduct interviews and train them. And once we relax after completing this process, the engineer may leave the company." Yan says his company has set up a plan to allow top engineers to become shareholders after working there for a period of time. He says that will work well because everyone wants to be a boss in China. At present, engineers still earn more in tier-one cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen than in cities in western and Northeast of China. With three years' experience, an engineer can easily make $1,000 a month in Shenzhen. To help equalize those costs, some Shenzhen companies have begun recruiting in other cities such as Changsha (Hunan Province) and Xi'an (Shan'xi province).
By Gareth Powell, July 10, 2007 Experts from the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan believe the new Silk Road, linking China with Europe, can be extended further eastward so that it includes them in the action. And they would very much like, please, for that to happen. The issue was raised at the 2007 International Symposium on Regional Economic Cooperation along the New Silk Road held in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China - Gansu Province.The symposium focused on the development of modern logistics in the region as well as the construction of cooperation networks for the cities along the route in China. The original 8,000-km Silk Road was a series of interconnected trade routes that once linked Changan (modern Xian) in China with Asia Minor and the Mediterranean. Revived, it has huge potential in promoting economic growth along the region. The proposed 10,900-km Eurasian continental bridge, also called the new Silk Road, is similar to the 2,100-year-old old Silk Road and will link China ports of Lianyungang and Rizhao with Amsterdam in Holland and Antwerp in Belgium. Kwaak Yong Hoon, chairman of the Korean KWAAK HwangKyung Group, said he hoped the road could be extended to his country. He said Park Geun-hye, one of the candidates for ROK presidential election this year, had promised to build a train-ferry link to connect ROK with the Chinese ports of Yantai, Qingdao and Rizhao. Mitsuo Honda, a professor of economics at the Japan-based Nihon University, says the huge industrial belt along the road could extend to Japan and the ROK when it came into being. He added that both Japan and the ROK could then benefit from the economic integration of Asia and Europe. True. If there is going to be a Silk Road then Japan and Korea would like to get in on the act. The savings in time it would make to container traffic to and from Europe would be substantial ?say half ?and thus make the goods more attractive. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), China ministries of commerce and information, and the Gansu provincial government sponsored the symposium. More than 500 delegates from 12 counties and regions along the new Silk Road attended the conference. Will it happen? Possibly. Perhaps. Maybe. But an immense amount of work and money will be needed to bring it to fruition. If, and it is a large if, it happens it could transform the relationships between the European Union and Asia.
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-06 10:21 Foreigners will find it easier to buy train tickets in the Chinese capital now that the city's major railway station has begun to provide services in English. Beijing Railway Station in the downtown area will staff two English-language information and ticket sales windows during the 62-day summer transport period starting Sunday. The railway station will open a total of 120 ticket windows during the hectic months of July and August, including windows for senior citizens and deaf and mute people. The station expects 5.99 million departures in the two busy months, up 6.5 percent from the same period of last year. Coastal cities such as Dalian, Qingdao and Yantai are expected to be popular with tourists and students anxious to escape the sweltering heat and pollution of the big cities. Up to 15 additional trains will operate on some busy routes, according to the office. Beijing West Railway Station, the capital's busiest, expects a record 7.55 million departures in the two peak summer months with a daily average of 122,000 passengers, up 12.8 percent over the same period last year. The station will arrange one extra inbound and one extra outbound train on nine routes, bringing the total number of services each day to 121. China's railway authorities raised the maximum train speed for the sixth time in April and 286 trains now run at up to 250 kilometers per hour every day. China's trains carried a quarter of the world's total passenger and freight rail transport last year, but the country has just six percent of the world's operational track, according to the Ministry of Railways .
DYT christens its largest super ship in China 11:25 PM Fri 25 May 2007According to the Chinese Traditional Calendar, May 24, 2007, was 'Huang Dao Ji Ri,' an auspicious date that brought luck to anything new. On this date, Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), the world's only float-on/float-off yacht transport service, christened its newest ship, the 687.5-foot (209 meter) Yacht Express at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard, located at Yantai, Province of Shandong in China. The largest vessel of its kind in the world, Yacht Express was purpose-built with a semi-submersible dock bay that allows yachts of any size to be safely floated on and off as cargo. The process is unique to DYT, which also operates four other semi-submersible yacht carriers. Dockwise Yacht Transport, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is a group company of Dockwise Transport B.V., which is located in Breda, The Netherlands, and considered the global leader in maritime transports of extremely large and heavy cargoes. GMT 'Following the growth of the yachting industry and the still rising demand of intercontinental transportation of yachts, Dockwise has decided to invest in this type of vessel to further enhance the growing business of Dockwise Yacht Transport,' said Andr Goed, CEO of Dockwise Transport N.V.
DYT President and CEO Clemens van der Werf explained that since its maiden voyage in 1987, DYT has transported over 8,000 motor and sailing yachts to various destinations around the globe, offering yacht owners safe and easy access to many of the world premier cruising grounds.
Yantai Raffles Shipyard began construction of the super ship in 2005. 'Yacht Express is more than 130 feet longer than our largest carrier,' said van der Werf. 'It marks a major milestone in the development of the yacht transport industry, as it will not only accommodate more yachts on regularly scheduled trips to and from Florida and the Mediterranean but also it will deliver them faster.' With a service speed of 18 knots, Yacht Express is expected to reduce the time of a transatlantic voyage by nearly 50%, from 15 to 8 days. The ship also will feature amenities such as complimentary cabins for ride-aboard crew, an atrium with swimming pool, restaurant and cinema, as well as conference, media and fitness facilities. DYT has partnered with the International SeaKeepers Society to outfit the new ship with the modular SeaKeeper 1000TM ocean and meteorological monitoring system. The SeaKeeper 1000 is a fully automated unit that samples, measures, records and transmits critical measures of ocean health--salinity, temperature, oxygen and pollution, among others--to various scientific and public communities across the globe.
Following sea trials, Yacht Express will mobilize through Australia and New Zealand and to Florida before making a special appearance at the Monaco Yacht Show in September, where it will be re-christened and introduced to the yachting community.
Principal characteristics of Yacht Express:
Length overall: 209.00 m / 685.7 ft
Width overall: 32.20 m / 105.64 ft
Depth: 8.50 m / 27.89 ft
Draft: 5.80 m / 19.03 ft
Draft submerged: 14.00 m / 72.18 ft
Deck length: 165.00 m / 541.34 ft
Deck width: 31.00 m / 101.71 ft
Weight: 15,000 t
Service speed: 18 knots
For more information, visit http://www.yacht-transport.com
Fifth body recovered from sunken ROK ship YANTAI, Shandong Province, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese divers recovered a fifth body on Saturday of a crew member from the Republic of Korea (ROK) cargo ship that sank off the east China coast following a collision with a container ship more than 10 days ago. The body was salvaged from the smoking room on the third deck of the sunken ROK ship "Golden Rose". The body is yet to be identified. The salvage operation is still going on. Chinese divers have recovered five bodies since the first one was found on Monday. One of the bodies was confirmed to be the captain's. The ROK ship sank last Saturday off the coast near Yantai, a city in Shandong Province, after it collided in heavy fog with "Jinsheng", a freighter operated by Shandong Lufeng Shipping Company Ltd. and registered in Saint Vincent. None of its 16 crew members have been found alive. Among the 16 sailors from the "Golden Rose," eight are ROK nationals, seven from Myanmar and one from Indonesia. China's Ministry of Communications launched a massive search and has sent 34 divers to the salvage operation since May 17.
French Castel Wine Promotion Event was first held in Yantai, Shandong On May 18, the first stop of French Castel Wine Promotion Event was held in Orrent Haitian Hotel, Yantai, Shandong. The visitors tasted 9 varieties of premium imported wine in bulk at the event. Yantai is one of the most important wine production regions and it's also a potential market for wine consumption. Yantai is filled with profound wine culture and there are a lot of excellent wine makers and distributors. French Castel wine is well known with its good image by local people in Yantai. Therefore, there are advantages for Castel wine to explore market in Yantai. After the first stop in Yantai, French Castel wine promotion events will be held in succession in over ten cities in China. Castel wine was sold more than 1 million bottles in 2006 and its sales will be 1.5 million bottles by expectation.
Charity replaces fortune for today Shangdong Province on China's east coast has proposed a "Charity Day" on May 18 (today), traditionally a red-letter day in China because it's pronounced in Chinese very much like "I'll make a fortune."
The Shandong provincial government, however, has decided to take the opportunity to urge the richer people to help the needy, saying May 18 should read as "wo yao bang," meaning "I will help" in Chinese.
The date is actually pronounced in Chinese as "wu yao ba," which sounds very much like "wo yao fa," or "I will make a fortune." The date has therefore been an auspicious time to get married or launch a new firm.
In the run-up to the first ever Charity Day celebrations in China, charity organizations in Shandong, birth place of the two most prestigious ancient Chinese philosophers Confucius and Mencius, launched a massive one-yuan donation drive in April to involve more people in charity undertakings.
Organizers of the event hope to carry forward the centuries-old value of benevolence, preached by the two philosophers whose thinking is the essence of Chinese culture even today.
Red ribbon
By donating just one yuan (13 US cents), the donors can get a dainty knot made of red ribbon to symbolize love and kindness.
A leukemia patient in the province's Yantai City also participated in the drive.
Luan Lijun, 20, was diagnosed with the fatal disease in 2003 but her family could not afford her treatment. She received 100,000 yuan in donation from local charity organizations and individuals.
Knowing that she still needs to wait for matching stem cells for an operation, Luan passed on the donation, plus her own one yuan, to Gong Yufeng, a leukemia patient in central China's Hubei Province whose operation has been scheduled but badly needs the cash.
In Qingdao, Shandong, a non-governmental charity body known as "tiny dust" has been donating cash to needy people since the SARS epidemic outbreak in the spring of 2003. No one knows for sure how many members the organization has or who they are, but whenever someone is in need, a number of donors will send cash by mail or in person, leaving their names as "tiny dust."
"China is at an important stage to boost its charity undertakings as more people become rich," said Zheng Gongcheng, a professor at Renmin University in Beijing. "Charity work is also important in narrowing the gap between the rich and poor."
International Container Port Terminal Inc. Reports 36 Percent Profit Jump On Philippine Stock Exchange May 16, 2007 6:42 a.m. EST Komfie Manalo - AHN Correspondent Manila, Philippines (AHN) - Manila-based port operator International Container Port Terminal Inc. reported a 36 percent jump on its year-on-year first-quarter profit for 2007. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ICTSI said first-quarter profit surged to $10.8 million, with its expanding overseas operations boosting revenues by 16 percent to reach $66.16 million. In a statement, the company said, "Foreign operations continue to be a significant contributor to earnings, accounting for 55 percent of consolidated net income." Recent expansion of ICTSI is the 20-year concession to operate a cargo terminal in Ecuador and the acquisition of a 60 percent stake in the Yantai Gangtong Container Terminal Co. Ltd. Yantai operates a port in China. At present, ICTSI operates container terminals here and in Poland, Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia, Japan and Syria.
GM's performance depends largely on China April 28th, 2007 YANTAI, China: Yang Luzhou, who lives here in an industrial town facing North Korea across the bay, is about as far as can be from Americana. He is even farther from the nostalgic, patriotic Americana of John Mellencamp and his is Our Country,now the soundtrack for Chevrolet, the latest marketing campaign in the United States. But just the other day, the classic song The Bear Went Over the Mountain?and the Confederate anthem Dixie?wafted through the factory while he fiddled with a Chevrolet Aveo car door on a General Motors production line. I never thought Id be building Chevrolet products,?he said. I never heard of the Chevrolet brand when I was growing up.? General Motors is hoping to change that for future generations of Chinese. It is counting on Yang, 27, and his 2,000 fellow assembly line workers here to help produce 200,000 cars this year as part of a giant bet to turn the Chevrolet brand into a household name in China. As the worlds top auto executives gather in Detroit for the annual auto show there, one of the biggest questions is how GM will fare this year if, as is expected, Toyota passes it to become the worlds largest automaker. The answer will depend to a considerable extent on how GM performs in China, its second- largest market after the United States. The modern plant here is expected to double production this year. GM is also expanding at a second factory in southeastern China that makes tiny Chevrolet Spark sedans. And Chevrolet dealerships with gleaming windows and cushy chairs, high ceilings and advanced repair bays, are popping up along major avenues across China. To compensate for its troubles at home, GM is in a big hurry here. But building a brand that will capture car buyers in a vast developing country, going from Middle America to Middle China, is a lot harder than building one at home, over many decades. For one, GM in China is not exactly GM. Limited by Beijing to no more than 50 percent ownership of any auto assembly operation, it relies on two rival joint ventures to manufacture Chevrolets in China. GM is also heavily dependent in the Chinese market on Buick, the first brand it re-introduced here as the country moved from rigid communism to a hybrid form of rough-and-ready capitalism. Moreover, GM is in the midst of a global corporate reorganization, while it is starting to face daunting competition, as at home, from Toyota. GM now produces the Chevrolet Sail compact sedan, the slightly larger Chevrolet Aveo compact sedan and hatchback and the considerably larger Chevrolet Epica midsize car at a joint venture here with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., known mostly by its initials SAIC. But the tiny Chevrolet Spark subcompact comes from the separate Wuling joint venture with SAIC and Liuzhou Wuling Automotive, and is manufactured at Wulings factory in Liuzhou in southeastern China. Kevin Wale, the president of GMs China operations, acknowledged in an interview that forcing the two joint ventures to work together on Chevrolets image will take some work. Theres no question we need to make sure the brands dont diverge,?he said. GM has built its initial success here mainly on the strength of Buick, a symbol of luxury in China in the 1940s, before the Communists won the countrys civil war in 1949. But while state-owned corporations are still buying Buick Regal sedans to chauffeur their executives, a rising middle class has created a much larger market in the last five years for compact and subcompact cars. Buick began weakening its luxury image by introducing smaller and smaller cars, even including a compact Buick Sail sedan, to keep up. GM has now rebranded the compact as the Chevrolet Sail. But Buick still sells its own compact car, the Excelle, and a bare-bones Excelle sells for less than a fully loaded Sail. Complicating GMs big push in China is a fundamental change in how the company does business. GM is trying to cut costs and improve quality by centralizing more of its design, engineering and purchasing activities, mainly in Detroit, while erasing many of the bureaucratic differences that have long separated its operations in countries across the globe. But GMs China division became a juggernaut in part because it was practically a separate fiefdom until 2005. The division was known for its quick decision-making and independence while it was under Phil Murtaugh, who helped negotiate the agreement that allowed GM to open its first factory in Shanghai at the end of 1998. He then ran the company as it swiftly trounced Toyota, Honda, Nissan, DaimlerChrysler and Ford and nearly caught Volkswagen, the longtime market leader.
Doosan Infracore targets 3 tln won in sales in China by 2010 SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Infracore Co., a South Korean machinery maker, said Monday it targets 3 trillion won (US$3.24 billion) in annual sales in China in 2010 as part of its goal to emerge as one of the top five companies in the global industry by then.
Last year, Doosan Infracore established Doosan Infracore China Investment Co. in Beijing to tap the Chinese market and to supervise its subsidiaries there.
The company plans to expand production facilities and set up a research and development center there. Doosan Infracore also said it would continue mergers and acquisitions to boost its assets in China.
The company established two manufacturing units -- Doosan Infracore Machine Tools Yantai Co. and Doosan Infracore China Co. -- in 1994. They posted a combined revenue of $600 million last year from excavator and machine tools sales.
Formerly Daewoo Heavy Industries & Machinery Co., Doosan Infracore produces construction equipment, machine tools, engines, parts and industrial vehicles, among others.
Guangzhou Administration Will Conduct a Further Investigation on Fake Wine Hong Kong Chang Yu was not seen in the big supermarkets or hotels. The dealer of Chang Yu in Guangzhou said that the faking wine was mostly sold in the small restaurants and their prices were also a half of Chang Yu. Guangzhou Bureau of Quality Supervision said that there were many fake alcohol beverages such as wine, beers and distilled spirits in Guangzhou. Guangzhou Administration declared that they would contact Yantai Chang Yu Company and conduct a further investigation on fake wine.
CHINA: Strong start to year at Yantai Changyu Pioneer Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co. has posted a lift in net profit for its first quarter. The Chinese wine company said today (23 April) that profits for the three months to the end of March hit CNY196.94m (US$25.5m), up from CNY149.82m in the corresponding quarter a year earlier. Total sales for the quarter also headed north, the company noted, reaching CNY995.75m against CNY911.41m. Two years ago, Italian spirits company Illva Saronno bought a 33% stake in Yantai Changyu Pioneer at a cost of CNY481.4m. The stake was sold by the Yantai city authorities.
Part 2: The paperless paper, 5 Dutch papers partner Editors Weblog- Analysis Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Now that the e-ink technology is maturing, the newspaper industry has decided that the time has come for serious testing and application. Most experimentation took and takes place using the trusted print content, converted for electronic reading. That will never do the job. What is mostly needed in this phase are newly developed editorial formats especially designed for the generations of e-reader hardware which now are coming to the market. How electronic reading panes are going to change the very nature of the business Now that the e-ink technology is maturing, the newspaper industry has decided that the time has come for serious testing and application. To mention a few: the French financial daily Les Echos is kicking off with a field test this month and the Italian La Repubblica is about to do the same. The Chinese Yantai group is already deploying electronic reading devices for over a year and the Dutch national dailies NRC and Volkskrant are finishing the last preparations for a test phase involving over a thousand readers. In the United States, 25 plus dailies are joining forces in a digital publishing alliance to explore the future potential of the technology (see contribution 1 for a brief e-reader introduction).
Are you perhaps missing something? Yes you are, you as well as all the frontrunners mentioned above: appropriate content. Most experimentation took and takes place using the trusted print content, converted for electronic reading. That will never do the job. What is mostly needed in this phase are newly developed editorial formats especially designed for the generations of e-reader hardware which now are coming to the market: the e-ink based readers that iRex and Sony have launched, but also the range of ultra-thin PCs and even the PSP game consoles (if one wants to include the youth in this innovation venture). Five Dutch papers are now picking up the gauntlet with a joint project to develop original journalistic formats for mobile newspaper reading.
The Dutch-Flemish e-reader cooperation initiative entails national titles: De Volkskrant, Financieele Dagblad, a national free paper, SP!TS, a regional newspaper, Eindhovens Dagblad and a local title, Barneveldse Krant. From the research side EC/DC (the European Centre for Digital Communication) coordinates the project while the IBBT (Flemish research umbrella, responsible for the e-paper De Tijd project) delivers multiple expertise. A substantial part of the project budget comes from the Dutch Bedrijfsfonds (a newspaper development fund).
The vision of this multi-party group is that the classical paper will gradually shrink from broadsheet over tabloid to a magazine format, and the electronic counterpart will have the reverse development curve, from tiny cell phone screens, via the present 8 inch-panels of the e-readers to ultimately the same magazine size, full colour, flexible, mobile, versatile. That will take another decade, but it clearly makes the case for thoroughly rethinking the journalistic newspaper approach.
The focus of the MePaper? project is on the development of novel journalistic formats, especially designed for electronic mobile reading. We have to leave ages of tradition in newspaper writing, lay-out and organisation behind us, if the trade doesnt want to become obsolete. That challenge knows an uncertain outcome and can only be met in an experimental set-up. This is precisely what the MePaper-project will organise: a development lab in which journalists rather than scientists start playing with the opportunities modern displays and software are offering. Journalistic focus must here be understood in a broad sense: writing staff, subediting, lay-out as well as the interplay between editorial and commercial content.
The research partners will permanently be alongside, for ongoing reader testing of the prototype solutions and formats. Ultimately, the key for success lies at the user side, and the readers?perspective, habits, preferences and assessments have to be factored in throughout the process. This method of collaborative development in itself is new for the profession and worth monitoring.
Then, the technology pitch. Although the e-ink devices are at the heart of the project, other hard- and software developments will be followed as well. The newly designed journalistic formats will be tested at three different devices: the iRex iLiad, being the most advanced e-ink mounted reader, but also on one or more of the present ultra-thin laptops several manufacturers are bringing to market and even a sideline to game consoles. They all have their specific use profile, and probably will have a dedicated market and distinguishable prime target group. Who knows, the older hard core paper readership will fall for the iLiad, while the young urban professionals will dash off with their miniPCs and the youth will read the news in between the cracking and rivalling at their PlayStation console.
The MePaper team will towards the end of the two-year project also look into the consequences of new electronic content for the best possible newsroom organisation model. If readers and reading become fully mobile, why on earth should one keep the content producers all physically together? Many pros and cons to be mentioned here, but newsroom organisation certainly will become a big issue.
Yantai Raffles shipyard to build third rig for Awilco Exciting year ahead says Yantai Raffles chairman
Singapore headquartered Yantai Raffles Shipyard
Limited (YRS?, following an option exercised, has signed a new contract to build a third semi-submersible rig for Norwegian firm Awilco Offshore Semi ASA
The GM4000-D rig is a semi-submersible unit with a dynamic positioning system, accommodation unit and ballasting system designed to support duties such as
intervention and drilling. Dubbed the WilPromoter? the vessel will be deployed to operate in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea upon completion. The rig is the third to
be built for Awilco Offshore, who currently have two other semi-submersible rigs under construction at the Yantai shipyard.
Two of the rigs have been awarded long term drilling contracts by Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS.
Mr Brian Chang, YRS Chairman said, We are very pleased with the trust and confidence that Awilco Offshore has placed in us. We will continue to deliver the best to our clients in a manner that is both efficient and timely. We believe that this is just the beginning of a very exciting year as we foresee bigger and newer orders ahead.?/span>
Yantai Raffles Shipyard announces yet another new order Chairman was confident yesterday...now we know why!
Following hard on the heels of their announcement of winning an order for a new oil platform, Yantai Raffles Shipyard announced today that it has received a contract from Saipem (43% owned by Eni), for the design and construction of an Iced Strengthened Pipe Lay Vessel of DP3 class.
The 290m long vessel, with a molded breadth of 39 m, will be built under the American Bureau of Shipping
classification.
The purpose-built DP pipelay and subsea construction vessel lays pipelines and supports developments in deep waters. With a main deck height of 24 m, it has an
operating draught ranging from 7 to 10 m.
The 43,000 ton vessel, complete with S-Lay Pipe System with the future option of installing a J-Lay System, will be equipped with a 600 metric ton Mast Crane and two 55 ton pipe handling gantry cranes. It will have superior standard accommodation facilities for a total of 538 persons.
The vessel is expected for delivery in early 2010. Upon completion, the vessel will be fit to operate worldwide, including the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, South
Atlantic, West African Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Pacific North of Australia.
Mr Brian Chang, Chairman of YRS said, We are delighted to be chosen by Saipem to design and build this highly sophisticated vessel as this award marks another milestone achievement for the group in the area of offshore projects. We thank the owners for their trust and confidence in us.?/span>
Divorcing Couple Bickers Over Zhengtu Game Accounts Gaming, Internet, Online Game, Zhengtu Network, Zhengtu OnlinePosted by: Kimi Shi on Apr 16, 2007 | 19:04 Editorial SummaryA divorcing couple in Shandong is fighting over 10 joint game accounts for Zhengtu Network's in-house developed MMO Zhengtu Online, reports Yantai Evening Post. The couple met each other through the game in September 2006 and got married in November. The two jointly own more than 10 Zhengtu Online accounts that are above level 100 (which can be sold for 10,000 Yuan each online). The husband wants all the game accounts and in return is willing to give their newly purchased and renovated apartment to his wife. However, the wife wants to split the apartment and game accounts equally. Zhengtu Online recorded 2.8 million daily active players and 860,265 peak concurrent users (PCU) on March 23.
Hon Hai steps up investments in Mainland China CENS Mar 06, 2007 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Taiwan's largest private-sector manufacturer, recently announced eight mainland China-bound investment projects, five of which are brand-new ones. These investment projects are concentrated on northern and northeastern China, signifying Hon Hai's ambition to move mainland deployment northwardly. Based on these newly launched investment projects, Hon Hai will expand production of molds in Yantai of Shandong Province and Wuhan of Hubei Province, each costing US$15 million and US$10 million, respectively. In the northeastern China region, Hon Hai will set up two precision electronics subsidiaries each in Yangkou of Liaoning Province and Qinhuangdao of Hebei Province, each of which will cost US$5.144 million. The two above-mentioned firms will focus on the production of printed circuit boards (PCBs). The company said it would invest US$8 million to set up an electronic technology firm in Huaian of Anhui Province for the production of electronic connectors and wire and cable assembly. It will also set aside US$2.1 million to expand production capacity in its already-established Kunshan plant in Jiangsu Province. As for the production of parts for cellphones, Hon Hai will expand the production capacity of its Tianjin Foxconn Technology Co. with an investment of US$4 million. In Dalian of Liaoning Province, Hon Hai will invest US$9.4 million to set up a new plant for the production of automobile parts and bolts and nuts. Based on Hon Hai's investment blueprint, its new plant in Wuhan will be inaugurated sometime in August and first batch of digital still cameras will be officially rolled out in mid-October this year. Hon Hai anticipated the new plant in Wuhan to create an annual production value of US$200 million within one year after its inauguration. Hon Hai expected to see annual production capacity for the Wuhan plant reach 30 million units of DSCs, 15 million units of personal computers, and 10 million units of liquid crystal displays in three years from now on. The plant will have an employment of between 100,000 and 150,000 in three years. Pushed by high winds, China's strongest storm tides since 1969 churned across the East China Sea yesterday, capsizing nine ships. Rescue vessels were dispatched after an SOS was received from the endangered ships shortly after midnight Saturday. But it took them four hours to reach the scene in strong winds, according to Song Jiahui, director of the Ministry of Communications rescue department. By yesterday afternoon, 111 people had been plucked from the wintry waters in a successful rescue operation involving four fishing boats and two fishery administration vessels. There were no reports of casualties. The ministry assembled a rescue team for north China's Bohai Sea, where the storm tide was expected to be particularly powerful. The team comprised 49 rescue vessels, three helicopters and six other emergency rescue units. An unspecified number of residents of coastal areas in east and north China were evacuated to higher ground. With media and coastal radios broadcasting warnings about the storm tide, Communications Minister Li Shenglin ordered vessels to stay in harbor. Some 189 ships sheltered in Yantai, Shandong Province, alone. Earlier yesterday, a cold front was closing on the city with winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour. Yantai maritime authorities said that yesterday morning's tide was up 56 centimeters to 200 centimeters at Laizhou, Longkou and Yantai ports in Shandong. The storm tide was expected to peak last night or today. Coastal Yantai experienced a huge 3.55-meter surge at Laizhou Bay on April 23, 1969, with sea water rushing 40 kilometers inland. After receiving the report of the latest dangerous weather, the city's maritime authority ordered its offshore search and rescue teams to stand by around the clock. North China's coastal city of Tianjin experienced a 4.95-meter-high tide about 4pm yesterday, exceeding the warning level. About 10,000 people were organized to carry out rescue work. Some 10,000 tons of material and cargo in Tianjin Port were transferred to safety and coastal restaurant staff and residents were evacuated, government sources said. As of yesterday afternoon, the storm hadn't caused any major work safety accidents or casualties on the sea or serious damage to homes and buildings, according to Tianjin authorities. Maritime authorities also asked China National Offshore Oil Corp's Bohai branch to take measures to ensure the safety of all offshore oil facilities, ships and workers. All activities were suspended until after the storm leaves.
East, north China coast bracing for strongest storm tide in 38 years Xinhua2007-03-04 19:55 Ships have been ordered to stay in harbor and people evacuated to safety in coastal areas in east and north China as the country braces for the strongest storm tide in 38 years on Sunday and Monday. Yantai City maritime authorities said that Sunday morning's tide was up 56 to 200 centimeters at Laizhou, Longkou and Yantai ports in east China's Shandong Province. The storm tide will peak on Sunday night or Monday. Some 189 ships have taken refuge in Yantai harbors. By 10 a.m. Sunday, a cold wave was closing on Yantai with winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour. In north China's coastal city of Tianjin, about 10,000 people have been organized to carry out rescue work. The port of Tianjin had a 4.69-meter-high tide early Sunday morning. About 10,000 tons of material and cargo in Tianjin Port were transferred to safety and coastal restaurant staff and residents were evacuated, government sources said. The municipal government dispatched nearly 10,000 people to Tianjin Port and coastal areas for rescue work, said an emergency official. Coastal Yantai experienced a huge 3.55-meter storm tide at Laizhou Bay on April 23, 1969, with sea water rushing 40 km into the land. Back to Top
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