GE Sensing and Inspection Technologies and SGS-CSTC, a Chinese joint venture formed by SGS group, are collaborating on a joint non-destructive testing application center in Shanghai.

According to Fu Mengxi, vice president for Wal-Mart (China) Investment Co., Ltd., the company will open a new Sam's Club in Pudong, Shanghai in 2009.

Following its announcement in May 2008, UPS has begun construction of its new intra-Asia air hub at Shenzhen International Airport.

GKN Driveline Torque Technology has started volume production of transmission differentials for major domestic and overseas vehicle manufacturers at its new wholly-owned facility in Pudong, Shanghai, China.

Haixiang Wang, business development director for GKN Driveline's GKN Group in China, said the company will build a 44,000-square-meter plant scheduled to open during the first half of 2009 in Wuhan.

French business leaders have come together in Shanghai's Pudong area to welcome France's ILOG into the new Pudong Software Park.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, has started production on Shanghai's first 12-inch wafer fab.