Commenting on the desktop anti-piracy measure recently launched by Microsoft in China, Kingsoft says that although they too are harmed by pirated software, China-based Kingsoft will not copy Microsoft's mode and promises to continue to offer free WPS Office software to individual users.

Zhejiang Alipay Internet Technology, the online payment subsidiary of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group, has announced that its payment website will support Mozilla's Firefox browser, making Alipay one of the first Chinese online payment platforms to fully support non-Microsoft browsers.

Software outsourcing and information technology services provider Achievo Corporation, has been awarded ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification, the international standard for information security management, for its software development facilities in Tokyo, and Dalian.

China Security & Surveillance Technology has signed a distribution agreement with Mobotix AG, a worldwide manufacturer of digital, high-resolution and network-based video security systems.

DuPont says its partnerships with China's public and private sectors will help increase farm productivity in the country and increase total global supply of key agricultural products.

News from General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China is that AQSIQ and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China have jointly issued a notice asking that 13 types of information security products under eight categories undergo a mandatory certification.

China's first enterprise credit pre-warning system has been formally unveiled in Zhejiang Province by Zhejiang Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce.