|
Beijing to improve service for 2008 Olympics
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-31 18:52 The Chinese capital Beijing
aims to increase 500 community chain laundries and 1,000 convenient supermarkets
and stores in the next three years in a bid to upgrade its retail sales and
catering service quality.
This is part of the municipal government's efforts to make preparations for
the 2008 Olympic Games to be hosted by the city, Beijing-based Economic Daily
reported on Sunday.
In line with the plan, 55 large and medium-sized shopping centers,
supermarkets and franchisers in the city will be renovated to make it easy for
disabled persons to enter and depart, the report said.
Meanwhile, service quality and standard in retail sales, catering and service
sectors will be improved to better protect the rights of consumers.
Besides, 90 percent of the employees in the above-mentioned industries are
required to take part in English-learning classes to help facilitate
communications with foreigners in the future.
The city will also focus efforts on constructing and improving 10 famous
streets, including the Wangfujin street, a downtown shopping center, the
Shichahai street, well-known for pubs, and the Liulichang street, a famous
cultural shopping center featuringa wealth of antiques, paintings, calligraphy
scrolls by prestigious artists and eminent scholars.
|
 | | | Coal mine flooding traps 102 in Guangdong | | |  | | | New Silk Road Model Look beauty pageant | | |  | | | Two killed in landslide | | |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Today's
Top News |
|
|
|
Top China
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
