Workers at Lotte China Food Company in Beijing went on strike on August 16, 2010, to demand better pay.

U.S.-based cement firm W. R. Grace & Co. has opened a new manufacturing facility in Chongqing.

Looking to encourage more interactive films and online games companies, Beijing is reportedly planning the city's first 3D technology park in Changping district and the feasibility report will be launched before the end of this year.

Vincent Tong, spokesperson of the Taiwan-based original equipment manufacturer Foxconn, has confirmed to the media that to ease the pressure brought by labor cost increases, the company will relocate its major production lines from Shenzhen to Langfang in Hebei.

China's Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Environmental Protection have jointly published a "Home Appliances Trade-in Promotion Program", stating that from June 1, 2010, the policy will be launched in 19 additional provinces and cities, in addition to the existing nine pilot provinces and cities, and the implementation period of the policy [...]

According to reports in local media, the one-year-old home appliances trade-in policy, which was supposed to conclude at the end of May 2010, has been prolonged to the end of 2011 in Beijing, and the subsidy rates remain unchanged.

More than ten people, all of whom were reported to be former employees of Philips, gathered outside Philips' Beijing office last month to demand that the company pay full social insurance contributions.

For Russians looking to do more business in Greater China, Hong Kong Airlines will launch a new international direct route to Moscow on June 30, 2010.

Peking University and Beijing Development Area Company have jointly announced they will establish an upscale low-carbon industrial park research and development center in Beijing to act as a benchmark for the development and construction of upscale low-carbon industrial parks as well as the setting of relevant standards.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo has announced that it has signed an information technology strategic framework agreement with the government of Turkmenistan to provide comprehensive information services to the country.