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ShanghaiExpat Expands Its 'Guanxi'

2008-08-05 20:12 3240


SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- As one of the most active website for expats’ living in China, ShanghaiExpat announced today a cooperation with “Guanxi,” the first and only English mobile city Guide in China. The cooperation will undoubtedly bring greater convenience to the thousands of expats living in Shanghai.

ShanghaiExpat is an open Internet platform which comprises all the information about living and working in Shanghai for expats’ query. By hosting regular events and activities, ShanghaiExpat is devoted to building and maintaining a high quality expat community in Shanghai, covering the area of relocation, shopping, study and work, etc.

Guanxi, a service of mInfo Inc., is the only English mobile city guide which serves expats in China. It allows users to SMS keywords in English, Mandarin, or Pin Yin to search locations in cities right across China. You could even search the weather forecast for the next 24 hours through the Guanxi service. It has proven very helpful to expats living in China.

Through the cooperation, subscribers can send their keywords or venue names to Guanxi (106695882929) to find out the address and telephone number. For example, when you find a restaurant on the ShanghaiExpat website, you can send the venue name to ‘Guanxi’ directly to get address information in both English and Chinese.

Furthermore, ShanghaiExpat will hold a number of different events each year. Guanxi users will be applicable to receive event coupons embedded in the ShanghaiExpat’ SMS; in addition, you could enjoy one months’ free service of Guanxi once you register as a new member of ShanghaiExpat. Guanxi will also ensure that you never miss any interesting events because Guanxi will remind you prior the event kicking-off.

About mInfo Inc.

mInfo Inc. is the leading provider of mobile search services to China’s 600 million wireless subscribers and the leading provider of mobile

pull-advertising solutions for branded and SME advertisers throughout China. mInfo operates both the Ming (1066958866) and Guanxi(TM) (106695882929) brands of search services. mInfo delivers instant answers and mobile internet content on dozens of types of life-oriented search categories, and its services are available nationwide on all four major carriers in China via SMS, WAP, Instant Messenger, and embedded clients. mInfo’s mobile search services are based on patent-pending natural language and personalization technologies, making its services truly intuitive to use and its search results highly relevant. mInfo was founded in early 2005 and headquartered in Shanghai, with offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Seattle.

About ShanghaiExpat

ShanghaiExpat is an online and offline community consisting of expats and non-expats dedicated to living and working together here in Shanghai. Shanghaiexpat.com is the centerpiece of this community and is the leading English language online source for information for and about expatriate life in Shanghai. The website has almost 50,000 registered members and over three million page views per month. By hosting regular events and activities, ShanghaiExpat is devoted to building and maintaining a quality community in Shanghai.

Source: mInfo Inc.
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