Eight Chinese ministries and commissions, including Ministry of Environmental Protection, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Supervision, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, State Administration For Industry & Commerce, State Administration of Work Safety and State Electricity Regulatory Commission, will together launch a special environmental action this July. Read More >

More than 50 Chinese websites, including xinhuanet.com and people.com.cn, have held an activity in Beijing, calling on Chinese Internet service providers to jointly welcome the Beijing Olympic Games by setting up a new online ethos. Read More >

Chinese media has more rumors that Focus Wireless, a subsidiary of Focus Media, will soon disband and dismiss most of its employees as a result of the wireless spam incident in March this year. Read More >

To help ease employment pressures, Chinese electronics retailer D.Phone says it will give priority to recruiting college graduates and laid-off workers. Read More >

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank have signed an agreement to collaborate to support energy-saving projects that will help reduce 3.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in China annually. Read More >

United Nations Development Programme, China International Centre for Economic and Technical Exchanges under Ministry of Commerce and Yunnan Metallurgical General Company joined forces in a unique partnership that brings together development experiences of an international agency, support from the government, and commitment of Chinese enterprises to promote sustainable development in China. Read More >

IBM China has made a response to the labor dispute in China, saying that it continued to provide economic and medical assistance to the employee after his submission of an application for resignation, but it has not made any comment on the judgment made by Shanghai Pudong New Zone Labor Arbitration Commission which asked it to fulfill the labor contract with the Chinese employee and pay him CNY57332 in compensation. Read More >

China Textile Industry Association released "Outline of China Textile & Garment Enterprises CSR Report" and "China Textile & Garment Enterprises CSR Annual Report 2007″ at the press conference held recently in Beijing. Read More >

Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian and Director of National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Ping together signed an order that "National List of Dangerous Wastes" will come into effect on August 1, 2008, and the original list issued on January 4, 1998 will be abolished at the same time. Read More >

Wang Qishan, vice premier of China, says that the most prominent achievement of the Fourth Sino-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue is that China and the U.S. have expanded cooperation in energy and environmental sectors. Read More >

During a press conference, the Liaoning Bureau of Local Taxation released a list of enterprises that failed to pay social insurance premiums for employees. Read More >

According to Beijing Municipal Traffic Commission, Beijing will ban vehicles with even and odd-numbered license plates on alternate days from July 20 to September 20 to help improve air quality for the Olympic Games. During this period, 45% of total vehicles will be off the road. Read More >

A national transport sector energy saving and emission reduction work video conference was held in Beijing on June 18 to help delineate targets for emissions reduction. Read More >

According to Chen Weiliang, president of Foxconn International, Foxconn will move its factories from Shenzhen to northern Chinese provinces such as Hebei and Shanxi where the average salary is more than 60% lower than that of Shenzhen, to save costs. Read More >

Starting July 1, Beijing will implement the new medical insurance reimbursement standards. Read More >