About 482 travel agencies in Shanghai has passed a national inspection of year 2000 by the National Tourism Administration and four others were suspended to pass, Labor Daily reported today. About 8,605 agencies out of the country's a total of 8,933 travel agencies participated the annual inspection. About 170 agencies were closed for their substandard business and anther 551 were ordered for immediate improvement.

(Eastday.com.cn 06/16/2001)