Real Estate & Technology News in China from Propertyshowrooms.com

Government pulls plug on ‘bath city’ plan

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The government has canceled a plan to turn the city of Ma’anshan, Anhui: into a center for bathing following disparaging comments from Internet users. The tourism bureau has issued a statement saying it now has no plans to market Ma’anshan as China’s ‘bath city’, although it claimed it does have a healthy bathing industry. The government said...

Shanghai offers support in crisis

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Shanghai government has established a technology finance firm, an insurance designed for high-tech firms and provided platforms to encourage innovation and support such firms during the global financial crisis, local officials said. The city has opened a small-credit company in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Industrial Zone, often regarded as the local version of Silicon Valley. According to...

80% netizens against cancelling National Day golden week

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

According to an online survey carried out by sina.com, one of the country’s largest online communitie, the cancellation of the National Day golden week is opposed by most netizens. Some 78.31% of the 49,422 respondents thought cancellation of the National Day golden week will leave them less time for traveling or family reunions, as the paid...

Solar power show in Tianjin Binhai

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

As China’s northern gateway Tianjin Binhai New Area runs about third in the economy after Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. Now Tianjin Binhai New Area is becoming an advanced modern manufacturing and R&D area as well as being an international shipping center and logistics center. In the period of the 11th...

Wyndham launches multibrand web site for China hotels

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Wyndham Hotel Group has launched a multibrand booking Web site in the Chinese language for Wyndham, Ramada, Days Inn, Howard Johnson and Super 8 hotels in China. The site enables users to complete the booking process in Chinese. The Chinese site supplements separate existing Chinese and English booking portals for the Ramada, Days Inn, Howard Johnson...

World's first carbon-neutral city delayed again

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Dongtan, China's flagship eco-city is facing delays before the main construction even gets underway with completion of the first phase now unlikely before 2012...

Oasis Hotel Guangzhou new online reservation system

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Oasis Hotel Guangzhou in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, has introduced an easy-to-use reservation system on its website. The new system shows 14 days of real-time hotel room availability around a given travel dates. Room types and rates for each room are online. To complete the reservation process, guests need only to transmit a 10% deposit fee, which will...

TEDA named a model green industrial park

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A working meeting for state-level eco-industrial parks (sound like a contradiction in terms but is not) was held in TEDA (Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area) and granted certificates to China’s first batch of accredited state-level eco-industrial parks such as TEDA, Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou National New and Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone. An eco-industrial park is a...