ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) privatisation

- China: The municipality of Shenzhen is preparing to open up the capital of five State enterprises to foreign investors. Four of these enterprises provide public services, namely, for electricity distribution, the SHENZHEN ENERGY GROUP (with capital opened up to 25%), SHENZHEN WATER GROUP for water (45%), SHENZHEN GAS GROUP for gas (24%), and SHENZEN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION for public transport services (45%). Majority control of these companies will, however, remain in Chinese hands, said...