Baoding-based Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, a vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturer, has signed a sales agreement with Payom Solar AG, a leading PV rooftop system specialist based in Germany, to supply 51 MW of PV modules to Payom in 2010.

China and South Korea have jointly launched an economic and trade cooperation online initiative to provide comprehensive and timely information services to enterprises aiming at information technology exchanges and cooperation in both countries.

Sinovac Biotech, a Chinese provider of biopharmaceutical products, has signed an agreement with Boryung Pharmaceutical Company, a Korean manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, to collaborate on marketing efforts and possible H1N1 vaccine supply to the South Korean government.

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.

Baoding-based Yingli Green Energy, has signed an agreement to supply U.S. distributed power company Recurrent Energy with crystalline photovoltaic modules through to 2012 for use in Recurrent Energy's distributed solar projects.

International sports apparel maker Nike has announced plans to invest USD99 million to build a new distribution center in the Taicang Economic Development Area, Jiangsu, to reinforce its future development in China.

Yingli Green Energy, a Chinese vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturer, has entered into a new long-term polysilicon supply agreement with German company Wacker Chemie AG.

Zhongpin, a major Chinese exporter of meat and food products, has commenced production at its new meat facility in Changge City, Henan Province — increasing its annual production capacity for prepared meat products by 114%.

While the world economy is heading to the toilet and Chinese manufacturers are preparing to feel the pinch because their overseas buyers will have no cash, Alibaba.com is hoping a new round of international advertising will maintain its growth with helping connect Chinese suppliers with foreign customers.

After five-months of negotiation, HP has signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Chongqing Municipality to build a computer manufacturing plant — the company's second computer plant in China following the plant in Shanghai.