Japanese television maker Hitachi may reduce its TV business on the Chinese mainland and cut up to 2,000 employees.

Information from the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese electronics company Hitachi unveils that the company will appoint Nobuyuki Ohno as executive director and chairman of the board of directors of Hitachi China, effective from April 1, 2009.

China's National Development and Reform Commission has signed a two-year agreement with Japan-based Hitachi on the implementation of a small and medium enterprise energy-saving and emission reduction demonstration program.