Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd. has signed a gases supply contract with Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., an affiliate of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation.

A new report by Business for Social Responsibility says that companies working directly with factory managers to equip suppliers with skills, knowledge and systems to take ownership of corporate social responsibility issues are more effective in addressing persistent issues such as labor standards violations, environmental degradation, and poor health and safety protection.

French engineering giant Alstom has signed a contract worth over EUR200 million with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company for the engineering and procurement of the complete turbine island for the nuclear power plant to be built in Taishan, Guangdong.

Vehicle buyers in China are another step closer to experiencing what their US counterparts have been raving about for the past year: the hot-selling Buick Enclave luxury crossover.

A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd., has announced that it has completed the construction of the first phase of its wind turbine production facility in Shenyang.

Praxair China, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., has signed a contract to supply liquid nitrogen and an advanced nitrogen cooling system to Jiangsu Defeng Pharmaceutical & Chemical Co., Ltd.

China's "Technical Requirement For Environmental Labelling Products – Kitchen Furniture" was brought into effect on July 1, 2008.

Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation has announced that its subsidiary Kiwa Shandong has received approval documents from the Ministry of Commerce of the People' s Republic of China, allowing it to wholesale other companies' fertilizer products.

Hong Kong plans an accelerated tax deduction for environment-friendly facilities as part of its Revenue Bill 2008.

China's National Development and Reform Commission has signed a two-year agreement with Japan-based Hitachi on the implementation of a small and medium enterprise energy-saving and emission reduction demonstration program.