Currently, WCBN, in both Chinese and English, provides data on Chinese enterprises and corporations in over 20 countries and regions. Under its expansion plan, WCBN is expected to cover 100,000 companies worldwide by the end of 1999. The idea for the WCBN first arose in 1993, when Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew suggested at the Second World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention in Hong Kong that networking of ethnic Chinese businesses worldwide be made efficient by providing data on these businesses through the Internet. The online networking platform is now hosted on SPH's website AsiaOne, one of Asia's most popular destinations on the Internet. Main features of WCBN WCBN integrates trade opportunities, business data, news, and E-mail into a single platform.
Users have easy and fast access to the database through entering key search words or topics.
Business people around the world can count on WCBN for a continuous information feed delivering historical and descriptive data. While providing an abundance of business data, WCBN is also intended to evolve into a platform for E-commerce activities and virtual business communities. All Rights Reserved.