China's State Administration of Taxation has published a notice on its official website stating the rights and obligations of the country's taxpayers.

The Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China formally goes into effect on June 1.

A new law becomes effective today in Hong Kong that can help stop dishonest retail practices and better protect the interests of consumers.

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.

Hong Kong's Food and Health Bureau has issued new requirements for nutrition labeling of foods and beverages.

Beijing Municipal Health Department has published a blacklist for the pharmaceutical sector, and 18 companies have been included on the list for business bribery.

The first e-waste recycling facility established by a foreign company in China has been put into operation with the unveiling of the Management Regulation on the Recycling and Treatment of Disposed Appliances and Electronics Products.

On Dec.10, 2007, the U.S. Department of Commerce made its preliminary countervailing determination on off-the-road tires from China, which determined that the Chinese enterprises involved enjoy many subsidies and a temporary countervailing duty shall be imposed upon them. The Chinese side has expressed strong dissatisfaction over and firm opposition to such a decision.

Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com has announced expansion of its agreement with the China Patent Information Center of the State Intellectual Property Office to supply authoritative and professional patent searching services for netizens, starting on January 1, 2008.

Representatives from Foxconn, one of the largest original equipment manufactures within the electronics industry, said at the Innovative National Construction and Intellectual Property Symposium that 90% of China's new patents are useless and should be canceled.