Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has announced that the company has set up a long-term development lab in Tokyo, Japan.

According to Chen Min, vice president of the Shenzhen-based PC company Hasee Computer, with the improvement of the cross-strait relationship, Hasee will enhance cooperation with Taiwan and the company is considering setting up a research and development center on the island.

Offshore software development company VanceInfo Technologies Inc. will deploy an outsourced development center for China Merchants Bank.

IBM plans to expand its research center in Taiwan despite the economic crisis, and it will recruit 150 new employees for the research center over the next three years.

Software outsourcing and information technology services provider Achievo Corporation, has been awarded ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification, the international standard for information security management, for its software development facilities in Tokyo, and Dalian.

Woven Systems has opened a new software development center in Beijing to add critical product development and quality assurance testing resources.

U.S.-based, Heelys, a youth sports lifestyle company, announced the opening of its first China representative office in Qingdao.

CSOFT has opened its Shanghai office to maximize its ability to meet the globalization requirements of multinational companies seeking multilingual localization, testing and outsourced software development.