People.cn opens in Hong Kong

Chinese state-owned news website says branch is important to globalization. People.cn Company, Ltd last week opened its Hong Kong branch at Harbour Grand. President and Editor-in-Chief Liao Hong said the Hong Kong branch is an important step in the company's globalization plans and will assist People.cn evolve into a first-class website. He said the branch will build a network bridge between the mainland and Hong Kong. The company is determined to actively serve Hong Kong, and intends to be a new window to present Hong Kong to the mainland and the world. Liao said that Hong Kong is the world's the world's information and wisdom center apart from its role as a major financial and trade center. Hong Kong gathers elites and has ideas and initiatives for the mainland and the world to learn from, he pointed out. Besides Hong Kong, the company has 29 branches in the mainland and subsidiaries in Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, London, Moscow, Johannesburg and Sydney. People.cn engages mainly in government information services, Internet advertising, ISP services, opinion research, mobile value-added and technical services.