China-based SORL Auto Parts, a manufacturer and distributor of commercial vehicle air brake systems as well as related auto parts, has said that it has hosted foreign delegations from Brazil, India, Russia, and the USA in recent weeks to tour its factory.

Chinese B2B e-commerce company Alibaba has announced that it has set up a partnership with Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute to jointly promote the e-commerce business among small and medium-sized enterprises in Macau.

According to the latest statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's software export reached USD4.93 billion in the first four months of 2009, a year-on-year increase of 48.2%.

According to the statistics from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's mobile phone output decreased by 11.2% year-on-year in the first two months of 2009 and its mobile phone exports decreased by 17.2% during the same period, the largest decline over the past few years.

According to Jack Ma, CEO of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, to help attract small companies in North America to export more goods to China, the company is now seeking cooperative partners in the United States and it has started discussions with companies such as Google, eBay, Yahoo, and Microsoft.

According to a directive from the Beijing Drug Administration, starting from June 2010, both Chinese-made and imported cosmetics should be marked with all their ingredients and products that fail to meet the requirement will be suspended from the Chinese market.

According to the latest statistics from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the accumulated revenue of China's software businesses reached CNY697.73 billion in the first 11 months of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 30.8%.

China-based webshops will be able to sell goods on eBay directly to export customers using services provided by MyStarU.com subsidiary, Panyu M&M Import Export Company.

Yingli Green Energy, a Chinese vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturer, has entered into a new long-term polysilicon supply agreement with German company Wacker Chemie AG.

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%.