Beijing-based textiles import and export trading platform, TexSources.com, is offering itself as a more effective alternative to established B2B websites such as Alibaba and Global Sources websites.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.com has announced that it has officially spun off Alibaba (China) Education Technology Company, informally known as "Ali-Institute", as a subsidiary company of Alibaba.com.

Alibaba.com, the business-to-business e-commerce company, is offering two new services to buyers and sellers — the Quality Supplier Program and the Gold Supplier Starter Pack — and is taking steps to protect its users intellectual property rights.

Taobao.com has confirmed that its vice president Huang Ruo, who was in charge of the B2C business of the company, will resign at the end of September 2008.

E-commerce company Alibaba.com has opened its fourth functional office outside mainland China in Taipei, Taiwan.