News Briefs 　　* The State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision has found that commercial houses in some localities in China are short of floor space. 　　* The Ministry of Labor and Social Security has set up pilot projects in over 80 cities in China to codify the labor force market 　　* Jiangxi Province pumped over 20 billion yuan this year into infrastructure construction involving traffic, energy and telecommunications. 　　* Heilongjiang Province this year injected 38 billion yuan into infrastructure construction involving farming, forestry, urban facilities, environment, urban-rural grid retooling, grain storage warehouses and housing. 　　* Xining city in Qinghai Province has allocated 30000 mu of farmland to grow vegetables for Hongkong under a contract between Hongkong and the Xining municipal government. 　　* Shanghai prohibits minibus driving. 　　* Hangzhou city has recently formed an Emergency Command center to cope with an assortment of accidents and natural disasters. Economicnews 1999-02-25 Page2 Full Story in Chinese