The scheduled opening of the new Silk Market next week is to be postponed until the end of this month. Meanwhile a second invitation for investors in the new market will be issued. 

The new Silk Market is located at the corner of Xiushui East Road and Jianguomen Wai Road. It will have 8 floors, three of them underground, housing over a thousand stands and several hundred parking spaces.

The old Silk Market will be closed for safety reasons.

(CRIENGLISH.com January 4, 2005)