U.S.-based SemiLEDs Corporation recently laid the foundation of a new USD350 million LED chip project, Xurui Optoelectronics, in Nanhai in Foshan, Guangdong province.

According to The Youth Times, Hangzhou Beingmate Group will take the lead in China by being the first to offer an 18-month breast-feeding leave for its female workers to ensure the health of both the workers and their newborn babies.

The Washington, D.C.-based law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP,has opened an office in Beijing, to provide advice to international companies on the legal and regulatory developments that affect their businesses.

ShengdaTech Inc., a manufacturer of nano-precipitated calcium carbonate, has announced that the first phase of its new NPCC facility in Zibo, Shandong, is operating at its peak capacity of 60,000 metric tons per annum.

Shanghai ChemPartner, a China-based contract research organization and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ShangPharma, has announced that its animal facility has received full accreditation from the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International.

Toshiba subsidiary Toshiba Semiconductor (Wuxi) Company Ltd. has signed an agreement with Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics Company Ltd. on the establishment of an assembly and test joint venture in China.

China's "shanzhai" mobile phone manufacturers are planning to bring their production facilities to India to gain recognition of India's huge mobile phone market and obtain legal status for their products in India.

Foreign media cite a report from the United Nations Environment Programme saying that by 2010, the volume of IT related electronic waste products will be four times of that of 2007 and China and India will be the main source of toxic e-waste.

China Valves Technology, a metal valve manufacturer, has signed a strategic cooperation frame agreement with Dongfang Electric Corporation, which is reportedly the largest manufacturer of power generating equipment and contractor for power station projects in the world.

Sinovac Biotech, a China-based vaccine manufacturer, has announced that its subsidiary, Sinovac Beijing, has completed its acquisition of buildings and land use rights for an extension of its production capacity.