Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei has announced that it will help Pakistan Telecommunications, the largest comprehensive telecom operator in Pakistan, update its 3G commercial network.

Ren Zhengfei, president of Huawei, revealed in a new year's greeting letter to employees that the company realized sales of over USD30 billion in 2009, with sales income of USD21.5 billion.

Peking University and Beijing Development Area Company have jointly announced they will establish an upscale low-carbon industrial park research and development center in Beijing to act as a benchmark for the development and construction of upscale low-carbon industrial parks as well as the setting of relevant standards.

Fushi Copperweld, Inc., a global manufacturer of copper-clad bimetallic wire used in a variety of telecommunication, utility, transportation and other electrical applications, has announced that the company's subsidiary, Fushi International (Dalian) Bimetallic Cable Company, has been appointed to form and organize China's first ever composite conductor working group by the National Standardization Administration of China.

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, Taiwan's economic agencies will begin in July 2009 to discuss possibilities to lift limits on Taiwanese companies' investments in mainland China's high-end semiconductor industry.

U.S.-based Underwriters Laboratories, which known for the UL Mark, has announced that is opening a photovoltaic testing laboratory in Suzhou.

The Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Industry and Commerce has conducted an audit of the toothpaste products sold in Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang Province, and found that about a third of the toothpaste sold in the city was substandard.

Trace Laboratories, a supplier of independent testing, analysis, and qualification services, is opening a new test laboratory in Shanghai.

Ford Motor Company announced key executive appointments, effective April 1, within the senior leadership team of its Asia Pacific unit.

Attention all mobile phone manufacturers: are you adhering to China's new standards?