Rich Human Resource
Shanghai is one of the cities with richest human resources and advantage talents in China. According to the statistics, there are 45 universities, 13 senior professional technical institutes and 3 1 continuous colleges in Shanghai.
In addition, Shanghai's human resource market attracts lots of talents coming to Shanghai annually, which makes Shanghai enjoy competitive talent costs. Comparing with US, the cost of R&D project is only about 115 of that in US. Therefore, the companies like GM from US, Volkswagen from Germany and Bell from Belgium set up their R&D centers in Shanghai one after another.
Satisfactory Office and Living Environment
Staffs from overseas, HK, Macao and Taiwan who work in Shanghai can easily find various apartments meeting their various demands. In the CBD areas of Shanghai, the office buildings with complete modern facilities are very suitable for the needs of setting up representative offices for all kinds of companies. Most of the office buildings in Shanghai are located in the areas of Hongqiao Economic Development Zone, Pudong Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone, Nanjing Road, Huaihai Road etc.
World Famous Cultural Relics and Sightseeing Spots
As a historical city, by the end of 2003, there had been 16 state key protectives, 114 city key protective relics, 29 historic memorial spots and 14 protective spots in Shanghai. Among the relics and spots, the more than 1000-year-old Longhua Ancient Temple, the Three Kingdoms period built-in Jing'an Ancient Temple, the worldwide-known Jade Buddha Temple, the famous eastern china's Garden Yu Garden, Songjiang Square Pagoda and Songjiang Zuibai Pond are the representatives, retaining the historic relics and preserving the typical Chinese garden elites, which originated in the Dynasties of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing.
Since the beginning of 1990s, many well-known functional buildings have been erected in succession to form a fascinating modem city's scenery, as well as to become the new sightseeing in Shanghai. The buildings are: the People's Square named the city green lung, the Oriental Pearl Broadcasting & Television Tower creating 10 world records, the Sinmao Mansion, the highest building in China, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, the Shanghai Museum, the Shanghai Grand Theater and the Shanghai City Plan Exhibition Hall, etc.
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