CHINA’S securities regulator Thursday greenlighted applications for initial public offerings (IPOs) from seven companies seeking to list on the nation’s planned NASDAQ-style market based in Shenzhen. The seven firms were given conditional approval to be listed on the Growth Enterprise Market by the China Securities Regulatory Commission after a review meeting. The commission did not […]

CONSTRUCTION of the northward water diversion project is in full swing with water scheduled to be diverted to the city’s northwest regions on a trial basis before the Spring Festival. More than 90 percent of the project had been finished, the water authority said recently. The project is designed to divert 350 million cubic meters […]

SHENZHEN residents can now register and make appointments with the Shenzhen No. 2 People’s Hospital by phone, the hospital said in a release yesterday. Registration and appointments can be made by text messaging or calling, the hospital said. The system applies to the four departments at the hospital — integrated Chinese traditional and Western medicine, […]

Brian L. Goldbeck Jane Lai THE new U.S. consul general in Guangzhou, Brian L. Goldbeck, showed great interest in Shenzhen’s biggest administrative reform in history during his first official visit to Shenzhen yesterday after assuming office July 24. Goldbeck said during a meeting with Vice Mayor Zhuo Qinrui that he was very interested in how […]

THE city’s environmental authorities are inviting expatriates and local citizens to sign up for an eco-friendly awareness campaign organized by the city’s environmental authorities that kicks off Sunday. Seven separate tours will be offered for participants to experience the city’s efforts in building the most liveable environment, the city’s habitat environmental commission said at a […]

THE 8th Shenzhen Golden Coast Tour Festival will open Sept. 27, just days ahead of the National Day holiday. The opening of the two-month festival also marks the 29th World Tourism Day, officials from the Yantian District Government said at a news conference yesterday. The leisure-themed festival features four highlights, including the opening ceremony at […]

Foreign students at the opening ceremony of the new semester at the College of International Exchange at Shenzhen University (SZU) yesterday. Altogether 460 foreign students from 51 countries, including 100 South Koreans, 24 Russians and 20 Americans, were enrolled at the college for Chinese study for the fall semester, about 10 percent more than last […]

  A doctor from the Shenzhen Armed Police Hospital Buji Branch gives a physical exam to a student at Yuanping Special School in Buji, Longgang District, yesterday. Four medical workers from the hospital gave physical examinations to nearly 100 students at the school, offering them special care. Teachers at the school said doctors and nurses […]

WITH the price of gold again approaching the peak it hit in March last year, Hong Kong investment firms are wooing mainland speculators to invest in the yellow metal, but analysts warn that investing through Hong Kong firms is associated with high risk. A Hong Kong investment firm recently set up branches in Shenzhen and […]

SHENZHEN was voted the favorite city in which to work by university graduates who majored in electronics, telecommunications and computer sciences, according to a recently released nationwide survey on best employers for Chinese university students. The survey, conducted by Global Magazine of the Xinhua News Agency, polled more than 25,000 students from 79 universities around […]