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Business -- January 3, 2005
- 88 laws, regulations take effect
- Auto market sees rebound from price war to technology competition
- Beijing sets up SARS alarm system
- Beijing gets loan for environmental construction
- Beijing reaps US$9b in financial revenue
- China tax revenue a big rise
- Economic census enters registration phase
- Foreign-funded companies in Shanghai set trade record
- Foreign tourists to China jump by 20%
- Number of self-employed tops 100 million in China
- Overseas investment grows steadily in Shanghai
- Philippine tourism projects to go ahead despite tsunami threat
- Report shows Chinese consumers more satisfied with auto sector
- Russia orders oil pipeline to Pacific
- Shanghai subways transport record passengers in 2004
- Total deposits in Hong Kong up 3.9 percent
- World Bank to commit more aid for tsunami reconstruction