The contract research organization Sundia Meditech has been addressing concerns that the Shanghai 2010 World Expo may have an impact on the customs clearance status of CROs, especially CROs in the Shanghai area.

The pharmaceutical contract research organization Sundia MediTech Company and two other CRO companies based in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai report that the customs clearance time for CRO shipments has been shortened from three days to one day on average after implementing Express Customs Clearance on a trial basis a month ago.

In a recent operation codenamed "Intruder", officers from the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau raided five shops in Tsuen Wan and Sham Shui Po and, for the first time, seized eight portable electronic game consoles with circumvention devices and 16 memory cards loaded with pirated games, with a total value of HKD13,500.

China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has awarded inspection-free qualification for nine Lenovo exported PC products.

UPS is moving its intra-Asia air hub from the Philippines to Shenzhen in China's thriving Pearl River Delta to reduce transit times across Asia.

The Economic Operation Division of China's Ministry of Information Industry has reduced the tariff rate of some of imported electronic products following the implementation of the zero tariff for 256 products on January 1, 2005.

FedEx Express announced the expansion of its customer portfolio of services with the launch of FedEx International Economy service in ten Asia Pacific markets.