Chinese home appliances manufacturer Midea has signed an agreement with the government of Jingzhou and will invest an additional CNY400 million to expand its refrigerator production base in the city.

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".

South Korean LCD manufacturer LG Display has announced that it will invest over USD3 billion to build a Guangzhou-based LCD flat-panel plant, which will be the company's first LCD flat-panel factory in China.

Beijing-based Foton Automobile Company has signed a sales contract with Taiwan Chengyun Automobile Company to provide 75 Euro V hybrid buses.

Executives from the Chinese Internet search engine Baidu talked over the past weekend with striking workers who protested against the company's salary cuts and its new sales commission policies.

Industrial gas provider Praxair (China) Investment Company has set up a joint venture in Guangzhou with the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation; and this is the first alliance between the two companies.

As part of its pursuit of opportunities to meet China's growing demand for clean energy, Navajo Wind Energy Corporation has signed a joint venture partnership agreement for a 50% interest in the CSRI Xuzhou Nantung wind farm project.

Tests conducted in China on many brands of shampoo claiming to make people's hair black have shown that these so-called shampoos are actually hair dyes and they contain harmful chemicals such as phenylenediamine.

FedEx has updated the schedule of operations for its new Asia-Pacific Hub at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in southern China.

A recent survey published by China Electronic Chamber of Commerce Consumer Electronic Product Investigation Office shows that the failure rate of the digital cameras sold in China reached 12.9%.