The Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of Guangzhou Municipality and China International Electronic Commerce Center have jointly launched Guangzhou's first state-level regional e-commerce platform called, simply, "Guangzhou International E-commerce Platform".

Netherlands company Koninklijke Ten Cate nv has opened a new factory for geosynthetic materials near the city of Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

Rohm and Haas announced a price increase for all products sold in the Asia-Pacific Region to the adhesives, plastic additives, textiles, non-woven, graphic arts, paper and leather industries.