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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.