Clay Hensley (2nd R) with students in the AP class at Cuiyuan Middle School yesterday. Wang Yuanyuan Wang Yuanyuan AN American educator discussed Chinese education reforms and the admission of international students into American universities with students and teachers at Cuiyuan Middle School in Luohu yesterday. Clay Hensley, associate director of the American College Board, […]

SHENZHEN traffic police authority will impose a three-level traffic management system on the roads near tourist attractions in the city’s east during the National Day holidays. The tourist attractions include OCT East, Dameisha, Xiaomeisha, Ocean Park, Minsk World and beaches in Nan’ao. Police will set up a temporary command office at Dameisha beach. The move […]

THE Shenzhen city government plans to investment nearly 1 billion yuan (US$146.49 million) this year in 58 projects, including infrastructure, low-cost housing, parks and healthcare, the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress decided in a meeting Monday. The 58 projects, including 18 environmental protection projects, eight education and healthcare projects, 24 infrastructure projects […]

Wang Chuanfu WANG CHUANFU, founder of the Shenzhen-based battery and car producer BYD, has become China’s richest person thanks to U.S. billionaire investor Warren Buffett, according to a list published Monday. Wang, 43, leapt 102 places to top the Hurun rich list after his fortune increased more than fivefold to 35 billion yuan (US$5.1 billion), […]

TWELVE overseas professional agencies will work jointly with International Cultural Industry Fair (ICIF) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen) for the Sixth ICIF to be held in Shenzhen in May next year, helping to promote the fair in other countries and attract more overseas enterprises and buyers. The agencies include UK-Link International Co. Ltd. in the United States, […]

Hakan Tore (L) speaks at the ceremony yesterday. Cathy Mo Cathy Mo JINGSHAN Villas, the city’s most populous international community, honored its most loyal residents during a talent show Saturday evening. The fourth Honorable Resident Appreciation Evening and 2009 Talent Show drew some 400 expats to the estate’s outdoor sports center. Submerged in the festive […]

An under-glaze-colored vase with carved peony pattern produced by Yong Feng Yuan Industry Co. Ltd., one of China’s largest porcelain makers. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, 200 sets of the new vases will be launched via Shenzhen TV at 8:50 p.m. today. Tang Li  

Liu Minxia SEVENTEEN companies founded by Shenzhen University students moved into a 690-square-meter structure set aside for them in the Shenzhen High-Tech Industrial Park in Nanshan District on Sunday. To help students find work, Shenzhen University has spent about 1.5 million yuan (US$220,000) this year financing students willing to start their own businesses and renting […]

DAMEISHA beach park in eastern Shenzhen will allow visitors free entry during the National Day holidays from Thursday to Oct. 8, when a new policy to curb visitor numbers will take effect, the city’s development and reform commission said Sunday. Starting Thursday, the park, which is often overcrowded during holidays, will impose a maximum daily […]

A whole-page advertisement which reads: Danny, an independent and creative man in his 30s, hopes to find a soulmate with whom to travel the world and enjoy life together. Li Zhong A BILLIONAIRE furthered his search for a wife by paying for a whole-page advertisement in a Guangdong newspaper Sunday, drawing the attention of women […]