Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department reports there were thirty-five convictions recorded in July for breaches of anti-pollution legislation. Read More >

China Huaneng Group has formally released its annual social responsibility report, which claims to be the first ever released by one of the five major power groups in China. Read More >

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China says it welcomes the promulgation of China's new Anti-Monopoly Law. Read More >

Philips and the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint molecular medicine research program in Shanghai. Read More >

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is working to gauge the effects of organic pollutants across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by establishing 19 sites to measure environmental factors. Read More >

According to WWF, customs and the Frontier Service in the Primorskii province in the Russian Far East have reportedly seized a cache of illegal wildlife products bound for China. Read More >

Xiamen plans to set up three wind power stations which are expected to bring a total power capacity of 149,000kw to the city. Read More >

Xu Guihua, deputy director and secretary general of the Chinese Association for the Control of Tobacco, said at a meeting on the implementation of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, that China would completely ban tobacco advertisement and relevant promotions and sponsorships from January 2011. Read More >

China and Germany have signed a combined document for setting up two work teams for energy and environmental protection. Read More >

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed a financing agreement to support the development of China's coalbed methane resources, a cleaner, safer, and more efficient energy source than coal. Read More >

Carrefour China is involved in an anti-corruption campaign in China with eight managers from its Carrefour Beijing CCU outlet and seven staff from the fresh and raw food division of other Carrefour outlets in Beijing detained by the police over corruption charges. Read More >

Yemen's official news agency reports that Yemen's southern port city of Aden has sealed a batch of China-made toothpaste that contained excessive diethylene glycol. Read More >

Following the ban of a beauty show on a Chongqing television station, China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has now issued a circular, forbidding TV stations from participating in the planning, making or broadcasting of various shows involving plastic surgery or transsexual themes. Read More >

The Department of Industry and Commerce of Beijing's Dongcheng District has disclosed to local media that they have listed 533 online shopping websites, including Eachnet and Dangdang.com, as key targets of supervision. Read More >

Two pharmaceutical companies in China have been asked to stop operations after breaking environmental violations. Read More >