Ascott International opens a 223-unit serviced residence in Suzhou's first integrated lifestyle shopping mall The Emerald City. The new serviced residence, Somerset Emerald City, Suzhou is officially opened this May.

The Emerald City is located in the heart of the Suzhou New District (SND). SND is the national-level industrial development zone situated west of Suzhou.

February 25 to March 31, 2008

The people of Peking will soon have the opportunity to see the new Museum that has been constructed in the city of Athens in Greece to house the famous exhibits from the site of the Athenian Acropolis. An exhibition to be held at the Hellenic House at between 25 February 2008 and 31 March 2008, will display cast copies of the west frieze of the most famous monument on the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and a photographic presentation of the New Acropolis Museum.

On November 6 to 8 2007, the top management of CNH International Operations, a world leader in the agricultural equipment business part of the Fiat Group, holds an export seminar with all its Sales & Marketing team from Asia, Africa, Middle East, CIS, Australia and New Zealand in its Shanghai New Holland plant. New Holland is a brand of CNH. The export seminar, aimed to train the Sales force on the features and benefits as well as on new markets opportunities of the new TL5000 tractor range, is a further proof of the ongoing CNH commitment into Chinese and new markets.

Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) is holding the groundbreaking ceremony at Jiading District of Shanghai today. Jiading Government representative Ms. Fei Xiaomei; Vice President of Fiat Powertrain Technologies, Product Engineering, Mr. Paolo Ferrero; CEO of Fiat China, Mr. Douglas Schenk, and Mr. Giuseppe D’Agostino, Director China Engineering Operations, FPT, present the ceremony, and lay the first foundation stone together.

Australia’s premier racing club, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has arrived in Shanghai with its world-famous 18-carat gold Emirates Melbourne Cup trophy to promote bilateral trade, tourism and fashion links between Australia and Shanghai businesses.