U.S.-based SemiLEDs Corporation recently laid the foundation of a new USD350 million LED chip project, Xurui Optoelectronics, in Nanhai in Foshan, Guangdong province.

A group of 317 companies from the Nanhai District, Foshan in Guangdong, has signed a commitment letter with the local environment department on environmental protection.

Hong Kong-based Biopack Environmental Solutions Inc., a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of 100% biodegradable packaging products, has announced the initial sales of a water resistant or "coated" fish tray to one of the largest international food conglomerates in the world.

Tang Dan, the director of Guangdong Provincial Work Injury Rehabilitation Center, disclosed to local media at a recent meeting that Guangdong has provided vocational rehabilitation services to more than 4,000 employees suffering from work injuries and helped 78% of them return to work.

Guangdong province will certify door and window products by matching their energy-conservation characteristics to their proposed application.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce reports that in the first quarter of 2009 a total of 584 business bribery cases were uncovered, which was a decrease of 1.18% over the same period last year.

News from Guangdong Provincial Consumers' Commission is that five types of hair dye products, including some from Revlon, have been found to contain m-phenylenediamine, a listed carcinogen.

Guangdong province plans to take a number of measures related to social insurance to help companies ease the burden of the declining economy.

Chinese software provider Kingsoft plans to invest CNY1 billion to build a 96,000-square-meter headquarters and research center in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

AOC, one of the world's top Chinese monitor manufacturers, has announced plans to build a LCD module and LCD television plant in the flat-panel and LCD monitor industrial base in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong Province.