An online vote to select outstanding multinational companies for their innovation practices kicked off on Monday.

The activity is designed to select best practice in business innovation, talent development and contribution to local community of multinational companies in Shanghai.

The online vote will last one month and 40 winners will be selected according to the public vote and evaluations of an expert panel.

People can visit http://t.cn/RLgoU2b to vote on Shanghai Daily. They can also visit http://t.cn/RLgpECc to vote on Eastday.com.

The result will be announced at a forum on the development of multinational companies in Shanghai in October.

The activity is co-organized by Eastday.com and Shanghai Daily under the guidance of  the Shanghai Municipal Information Office and Shanghai Commission of Commerce.