In 2011 it opened a food processing plant in Anhui Province and built a research and development center and corporate offices in Shanghai.

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Estee Lauder has opened a gleaming new multi-million-dollar research and development center in Shanghai.

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Meanwhile engineers at BYD's research and development center in Shanghai are working on rechargeable batteries that can be used in future generations of electric vehicles and electric hybrids.

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It also is setting up a research-and-development center in Shanghai.

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