According to The Youth Times, Hangzhou Beingmate Group will take the lead in China by being the first to offer an 18-month breast-feeding leave for its female workers to ensure the health of both the workers and their newborn babies.

Taobao.com, the Internet shopping subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it has started to deploy offline authorized stores to provide convenience to consumers who do not wish to shop online.

Chinese Internet shopping platform Taobao.com has confirmed that the company has set up a subsidiary in Beijing, and Wu Yongming, former general manager for Alimama.com, will be general manager for this new branch.

Alisoft, the software subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce giant Alibaba, has announced that the company will initially invest over CNY100 million to set up a cloud computing center in Nanjing, Jiangsu and to invest more in the next few years to promote the e-commerce applications development of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises.

Chinese consumer electronics distributor China 3C Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Jinhua Baofa Logistic Ltd., a logistic company in eastern China, through its subsidiaries Zhejiang Yong Xin Digital Technology Co., Ltd. and Yiwu Yong Xin Communication.

According to the decision announced by the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou, the Korean electronics maker Samsung has been ordered to pay CNY50 million compensation to the Zhejiang-based Holley Communications for infringing the patent of Holley's GSM/CDMA dual-mode handsets.

Fuyang-based Flying Eagle is in conflict with U.S.-based Epic Kayaks, which is co-owned by Olympic gold medalist Greg Barton, over the relocation of molds belonging to Epic.

The Automation and Drives Group of Siemens China has extended its portfolio by acquiring low-voltage control component manufacturer Shanghai APT.

According to a quick poll of top global buyers from Fortune 500 companies by Alibaba.com, China remains the world's top supplier despite rising production costs.

Kung fu star Jet Li and Alibaba CEO Jack Ma called on Chinese businesses and individuals to make a difference using a variety of means, the pair said Saturday at the Second APEC Business Advisory Council SME Summit in Hangzhou.