H share offers start rolling into place

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China's Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway and Tianijin Pipe are preparing for overseas listings. US investment bank Bear Stearns has been appointed as an adviser to Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway which is planning a listing in both Hong Kong and the US. Proceeds from the sale will be invested in equipment for the express railway between Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Seamless pipe maker Tianijin Pipe has been given government funding worth 4 billion yuan to help finance its US offering. It will invest in a 500,000 t/y steel pipe production line, set to be built by 1997.

Steel Pipe & Tubing, Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel, Offices of Other Holding Companies, Railroad Holding Companies, Management, Pipe industry, Pipe and tube industry, Steel products, Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, Tianijin Pipe

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New Year for China shares

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China is planning a fourth batch of privatisations, involving an overseas listing in 1997 for 38 new state-owned companies. Most of these will be floated in Hong Kong, but there will probably also be flotations in London, New York, Sydney and Tokyo. The companies cover areas including communications, power, electronics and chemicals, and are based in China's more developed southern and eastern coastal regions. They include Three Nine Pharmaceutical Co, Guizhou Wujiang Hydropower Development Corp and China Eastern.

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Boost to China B shares

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The Shenzhen B share market in China has been boosted by several listings from larger companies, including Weifu Fuel Injection Company and Jiangling Motors Corporation. Robert Bosch of Germany is to take 16.2% of Weifu's B shares, and it will have a 50% stake in a joint venture, China National Engine Management System Co, to make engine control systems.

Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Stock-exchange, Stock exchanges, Robert Bosch GmbH

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