Sony announced in Beijing a new initiative, Sony Student Project Abroad (China), inviting high school students from China to visit Japan and learn about Japanese culture and society via a program that includes visiting Japanese enterprises and schools and staying in Japanese homes. Read More >

Green Net Garden, Guangzhou's first "green" netcafe, has formally opened at Yuexiu Community Service Center. Read More >

Sixty travel agencies from Yunan and Hainan, the two big tourism provinces in China, have voluntarily signed a travel convention in an effort to fight poor competitive practices. Read More >

China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the regulator in China's telecom sector, has published a list of 102 companies that have engaged in illegal operation of wireless value-added services. Read More >

Fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has stirred up strong dissatisfaction among Chinese intellectuals for using a traditional Chinese Taoist monk's image to advertise its chicken sandwich. Read More >

China Mobile has published the names of three new companies that will be punished because of failure to comply with telecom directives. Read More >

News from Xining Railway Public Security Department is that that Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company has revoked the ticket booking qualifications of four travel agencies in Qinghai Province. Read More >

Since 2002, China has immunised 11.1 million children in the country's poorest and most remote western and central provinces against hepatitis B, reducing their risk of developing a deadly and common liver cancer, according to an announcement made yesterday by the Chinese government and the GAVI Alliance, formerly called the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. Read More >

Liu Pengzhi, a member of the Beijing Political Consultative Committee, has submitted a proposal at this year's two sessions calling on netcafes to set time limits for teenagers playing games at netcafes. Read More >

Guangdong Charity Federation and Guangdong Red Cross have jointly issued a proposal to call for donations from all circles of the Chinese society to support recent disaster areas. Read More >

Greenpeace China has organised an exhibition in Hong Kong called "The Land Gives Me Rice, Rice Gives Me Life" to promote sustainable agriculture in Yunnan. Read More >

The U.S. Department of Labor has expressed support for the decision by the United States Trade Representative not to accept a petition filed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding workers' rights in China. Read More >

The 2007 Special Olympics World Games Executive Committee launched a series of public service announcements last week at the Beijing Millennium Monument. Read More >

From August 1 to November 30, quality supervision and inspection departments around China will inspect small food processing factories and workshops. Read More >

With the approval of China's Ministry of Culture, a unified KTV music storage system will be initiated on trial basis in Wuhan, Zhengzhou and Qingdao in an effort to regulate the music content of the KTV market. Read More >