The Shanghai government yesterday honored the city's 100 biggest overseas companes, including Tech-Com (Shanghai) Computer Co Ltd and Shanghai General Motors Co Ltd.

With a turnover of 99 billion yuan (US$14.6 billion) last year, Tech-Com, a Taiwan-based original equipmentmanufacturer of computers and their parts, came top of the list, while Shanghai General Motors was the No. 1 tax contributor for the city among overseas investors.

The combined revenue of the 100 biggest overseas firms, ranging from 4 billion yuan to 99 billion yuan, accounted for more than 40 percent of last year's total revenue of more than 30,000 overseas companies in Shanghai.

In the first six months, Shanghai's foreign direct investment has exceeded US$5.4 billion, up 4.1 percent from a year earlier.

Sha Hailin, chairman of the Shanghai Commission of Commerce, said overseas firms need to be further involved in revamp of Shanghai's economy, focusing more on the development of modern services and high technology.

• yesterday [´jestədi] n.&ad.昨天；前不久 (初中英语单词)
• computer [kəm´pju:tə] n.计算机；电子计算器 (初中英语单词)
• equipment [i´kwipmənt] n.装备，设备 (初中英语单词)
• manufacturer [,mænju´fæktʃərə] n.制造人；工厂主 (初中英语单词)
• investment [in´vestmənt] n.投资；(时间等)投入 (初中英语单词)
• commerce [´kɔmə:s] n.商业；社交；交流 (初中英语单词)
• economy [i´kɔnəmi] n.经济；机制；组织 (初中英语单词)
• billion [´biljən] num.万亿 (高中英语单词)
• revenue [´revinju:] n.税收；收入 (高中英语单词)
• commission [kə´miʃən] n.委任(状) vt.委任 (高中英语单词)
• overseas [,əuvə´si:z] ad.(向)海外 a.海外的 (英语六级单词)
• contributor [kən´tribjutə] n.贡献者；投稿人 (英语六级单词)