A group of 317 companies from the Nanhai District, Foshan in Guangdong, has signed a commitment letter with the local environment department on environmental protection.

Beijing-based environmental company Sound Group has won a bid for water treatment in Saudi Arabia and this is reported to be the first time that a Chinese environmental company has ever provided environmental services outside of China.

Suzhou Deylon Textiles Co., Ltd, a large joint venture specializing in the manufacturing of Arab headscarves, has passed the field audits carried out by the Swiss Textile Testing Institute TESTEX for the certification of Oeko-Tex Standard 1000.