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Richest Man in Mainland China under Investigation

Wednesday, 12. 3. 2008  –  Category: News in Brief, shantou highlight

According to MingPao, Huang Guangyu, the founder of Gome Appliances, who tops the latest mainland China rich list, was taken on 20th by the Beijing police on investigation. Sources reveal that Huang Guangyu is involved in a series of economic crime: illegally utilizing a shell company to operate capital, impropriating capital and commiting bribery.

Shantou Native Removed from Vice-President of the Supreme Court

Saturday, 11. 22. 2008  –  Category: News in Brief

The Shantou native Huang Songyou has been removed from his post of vice-president of the Supreme People’s Court from the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Oct 28.
In the11th NPC Standing Committee meeting, the decision was announced without saying why the 51-year-old Huang had been expelled.
But a Caijing magazine report said Huang had been involved in [...]

STU Students Accomplished US Presidential Election Report

Tuesday, 11. 18. 2008  –  Category: News in Brief

Shantou University sent seven students to the US to do reports on the Pesidential eletion for three months. They set off from Shantou in the mid-August, and returned on Nov.13th.
Supported by Li Ka Shi Foundation and Shantou University, the seven lucky dogs were chosen to report the US presidential election. Most of them have never [...]

80% Shantou Exporters Benefit From Increased Export Taxes Rebates

Tuesday, 11. 18. 2008  –  Category: News in Brief

Nearly 80% of Shantou exporters will benefit from the central government’s new policy to raise export drawback paid on 3,770 types of products, according to the Shantou Evening Post.
The Ministry of Finance announced the types of products and the increased range of drawback on Nov.17th, which emphasized on labor-intensive products and mechanical and electrical products [...]

78b Yuan Deals Signed At Expo

Friday, 11. 14. 2008  –  Category: News in Brief

120 investment projects were signed at the first East Guangdong Overseas Chinese Expo and Shantou Trade Fair yesterday, reaching 78 billion yuan.
Investments in Shantou, which mostly involved energy and infrastructures projects, reached 24.9 billion yuan, accounting for almost one-third of the total deals.
Source from:
Guangdong News

First East Guangdong Overseas Chinese Exposition

Monday, 11. 10. 2008  –  Category: News in Brief

The first East Guangdong Overseas Chinese Exposition is being held on Nov.10-Nov.12 in Shantou. Directed by the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Office, Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang, Shanwei collaborate to hold this exposition. About 3000 Chinese from China and other 40 countries and areas presented at this exposition.
According to the government officials, there are over 20 million Chaoshan [...]