Chinese meat and food processing company Zhongpin Inc. has received two payments totaling CNY21.4 million in cash subsidies from the Chinese government to help it expand its production capacity.

News from the website of China's Ministry of Commerce is that Mofcom has initiated an anti-dumping investigation on the import of certain iron or steel fasteners manufactured in the European Union.

The European Union has passed a new dictate on toy safety which reportedly has listed Chinese toy makers as the main target of supervision as the "Made in China" toys have taken up the majority of Europe's toy market.

The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization has published a report on the settlement of the automotive component disputes between China and the three parties of the United States, the European Union, and Canada.

Zhongpin, a major Chinese exporter of meat and food products, has commenced production at its new meat facility in Changge City, Henan Province — increasing its annual production capacity for prepared meat products by 114%.

Zhongpin is currently constructing a new production facility with an annual capacity of 28,800 metric tons of prepared meat products at Zhongpin Industrial Park, located in Changge City, Henan Province.

To regulate the export order of eight kinds of monitored textile products which will be exported to the European Union, China's Ministry of Commerce has released the "Notice on Verification of Export Permits of Some Textiles Exported to European Union".