Article: China: Wenzhou goes all out to boost exports.

Byline: shiv03

It was 10:30 p.m., the usual bedtime for many in Wenzhou, a coastal city in East China's Zhejiang Province. For Ye Xiaoqiong, a business manager with an international trade firm, work had just started.

Sitting in the quiet study at her home, she browsed new garment designs prompted out on the screen of the LCD display. Through the software Skype, Ye discussed "face-to-face " with a New York-based importer on design alterations.

Describing her work at a recent interview with Xinhua, Ye said, "Here we have an eight -hour time difference with the United States. I moved the office to my home to engage in zero time-gap working. It ...

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