The Indian subsidiary of Huawei Technologies plans to hire 900 more staff, bringing total staff numbers at its R&D facility in Bangalore to 1,500. At the same time, the firm plans to move its Indian operation from the premises it currently rents in the city to a new campus environment. Huawei is a telecoms network […]
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Bombs that exploded in the dining halls at Peking and Qinghua Universities in Beijing injured six people. The blasts occurred within 90 minutes of each other on February 26 and shattered the sense of security on the normally calm campuses in Haidian district, according to students there. A Beijing Public Security spokeswoman said that the […]
The Cass Business School, formerly known as City University Business School in London, celebrated the start of its eMBA China Programme with its first cohort of 39 students. A formal ceremony in Shanghai was attended by Feng Guoqin, vice-mayor of Shanghai and Liu Mingkang, president of Bank of China. The distance-learning programme is sponsored by […]
Private enterprises accounted for 28 per cent of jobs provided in Shanghai in 2002, making it the largest single sector, according to statistics prepared by the city's labour and social security bureau. The number of jobs provided by foreign-funded enterprises fell slightly over the year, while those in the public sector increased slightly. Labour demand […]
The government plans to end jobs for life for some 30m government employees, Xinhua reported. The system will be replaced with work contracts that require employees to pass tests on job skills. The change was announced by vice minister for personnel Shu Huiguo at a meeting in January of personnel officials from around the country. […]