China's National Development and Reform Commission has signed a two-year agreement with Japan-based Hitachi on the implementation of a small and medium enterprise energy-saving and emission reduction demonstration program. Read More >

The Standardization Administration of China has published three plastic bag standards which will be formally enacted on June 1, 2008. Read More >

The Beijing Urban Construction Group has announced plans to set up an environmental investment company with Beijing Urban Construction Group Road & Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. Read More >

Hong Kong plans an accelerated tax deduction for environment-friendly facilities as part of its Revenue Bill 2008. Read More >

Wang Hualiang, vice mayor of Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, has told local media that the city is building an environmental protection public service Internet platform in China. Read More >

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China has published a list of unqualified food imported in January and February this year and a total of 593 food items, including Pringles and Coca-Cola, have appeared on the list. Read More >

The State Post Bureau of China has issued a circular, asking all the post offices across the country not to mail any liquids during the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. Read More >

According to a representative from Beijing Geology and Mineral Prospecting and Developing Bureau, BGMPDB is filing an application with the Beijing Municipal Government on the construction of underground reservoirs to store water. Read More >

China's Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ministry of Agriculture have jointly issued a circular, asking the burning of straw, grass and leaves to be banned in Beijing and its surrounding areas from May to September to ensure the air quality during the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. Read More >

According to Yunan Provincial Education Department, Yunnan has established cooperation with more than 200 universities from over 50 countries across the world to promote international educational cooperation and exchange and improve its international education level. Read More >

Commit, a Chinese TD-SCDMA chip manufacturer which may face bankruptcy because of a loss of capital, has announced plans to stop business operations and pay off the defaulted salaries and travel expenses to its employees. Read More >

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, a joint stock limited company in China, has published its Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2007, which is the third annual CSR report published by the company. Read More >

The National Bureau of Statistics of China says a nationwide sampling survey on 68000 rural households in 31 provinces of China indicated that per capita cash income of farmers reached RMB1,494 in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 18.5%. Read More >

Unions in Canada are upset that the olympians part of Team Canada are wearing clothing manufactured in China. Read More >

By Kevin Jones and Stan Abrams
We all saw this coming. Since last year, there have been countless articles and commentaries about China's new employment law, so by now employers should have already implemented new labor regimes without further incident and employees should be quite satisfied. Right? Read More >

To protect the endangered golden monkey, Yunnan Province has started the construction of a Dian Golden Monkey International Study Center, which will be the first of its kind in China. Read More >

Embattled Chinese technology company UTStarcom says it has reached a final settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States regarding an investigation of the company's financial disclosures during prior reporting periods, and the CEO has managed to get away with hardly any punishment. Read More >