A 5-YEAR-OLD girl was rescued by firefighters Monday after getting stuck in security grating trying to look out a window in her home. The girl, identified as Xiao Lan, woke up at 5 a.m. Monday and couldn’t find her parents in their home in the Huangge community. She then climbed up to the windowsill to […]

EIGHTY volunteers, mainly new college graduates selected from 10 provinces, left Shenzhen yesterday to teach one semester in 31 rural schools in Gansu, Jiangxi and Guangxi. More than half of them were chosen from two local universities, Shenzhen University and Shenzhen Polytechnic. At a farewell ceremony yesterday, China Aviation Technology Import & Export Corp. Group […]

THE chairman of a Shenzhen company has sued a public security subbureau that wrongfully detained him for 4 million yuan (US$585,600) as compensation for company losses. Shen Qijia filed the suit in the Higher People’s Court of Guangdong Province in May. A verdict has not been announced. He had already received 11,000 yuan of State […]

A RED wine party with the theme of “Enjoying life with red wine,” organized by Your Cellar (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., was held in a sea-view hall at Nanhai Hotel on Sunday. Ten types of red wine from France and Chile were offered to the guests. Emeline Arbeau, French area export manager of Maison Malet Roquefort, […]

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 […]