Day: September 28, 2010

Nestled in the leafy, quiet streets surrounding Beijing’s Workers Stadium precinct, Hotel G is a stylish, funky and intimate option when it comes to selecting designer boutique hotel accommodation in the Chinese capital.

Inspired by the retro chic of the 1960’s, Hotel G accommodates a niche market of design-conscious, sophisticated young professionals, entrepreneurs, celebrities and socialites and boasts a striking entrance and façade which transforms into an explosion of coloured lights by night.

A recently commissioned Victorian Government market research report “Opportunities for the Victorian Aerospace and Aviation Industries in China” has revealed immediate and potentially significant opportunities for Victorian companies as China’s aerospace and aviation services industries commercialise and become internationally competitive.

The report describes immediate opportunities in all aspects of civil aviation manufacture, infrastructure and training for Victorian companies, as well as in development of aerospace technologies and data synthesis technologies.

Moving and storing artworks from anywhere in the world always has its challenges, but it can be even more challenging when moving objects to and from and within China. In 2009,
Crown Worldwide officially opened its climate and humidity controlled art vaults and special private show room in Shanghai – adding to the business’s already world-renowned reputation for packing, transporting and storing fine works of art.

An Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy workshop to be held in Shanghai in October, aims to tap into China’s growing philanthropic community.
As China becomes increasingly wealthy, flush with the success and wealth generated over the last 35 or so years of trading with the West, we have seen a recent transformation in the level of social investment, corporate responsibility and philanthropy taking place in China.

The Australian National University is one of three Australian universities to make the 2010 Shanghai Jiao Tong world university ranking’s top 100.

ANU retained its 59th ranking, followed by the University of Melbourne which jumped from 75th place to 62nd place and the University of Sydney which also improved its standing from 94 to 92.

ALLEN JACK+COTTIER has won the contract for a mixed-use development design in Suqian City, China.

The contract is to design a mixed development on the east bank of the Grand Canal in Suqian City, Jiangsu province, China. The development includes a five-star hotel, serviced apartments, villas, retail and golf course.

The Grand Canal, linking Hangzhou in the south with Beijing in the north, is the\ longest canal in the world, covering 1776 km, and one of the oldest, dating back to the 5th century BC. The design, submitted in conjunction with ASA Architects, uses the Grand Canal as its design source. An artificial channel draws water from the Grand Canal into the site forming a major axis which leads directly to the grand atrium of the hotel.