The Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of Guangzhou Municipality and China International Electronic Commerce Center have jointly launched Guangzhou's first state-level regional e-commerce platform called, simply, "Guangzhou International E-commerce Platform".

Inspur Group, one of China's biggest server manufacturers and server solutions providers, has signed a construction contract with the management committee of Jinan High-tech Industrial Development Zone to build a first-class semiconductor lighting research and production base in the next five to eight years.