Hefei Municipal Charity Association says that from this year on they will launch a Donation Day activity in November each year in order to integrate the local charity resources.

Kanglemeijiamei Supermarket in Beijing's Liangxiang area has been found selling expired Yili brand milk at a discounted price.

Carrefour, the largest retailer in Europe and the second largest retailer in the world, is planning to set up a green shopping mall on the 4th ring road in Beijing before 2008.

Starbucks has launched the Starbucks Teachers' Scholarship program with China's Soong Ching Ling Foundation and with the assistance from Give2Asia, which was started by the Asia Foundation.

The Bayer Group says it is continuing its activities to improve its greenhouse gas performance and welcomes the goal of current government negotiations in Nairobi to achieve a successful global climate protection policy once the commitment period defined in the Kyoto Protocol has come to its conclusion in 2012.

More than 1,000 underprivileged children will enjoy a happier Christmas this year thanks to the Changing Young Lives Foundation who with the generous support of the public has exceeded its target of raising over 1,000 Christmas presents for disadvantaged youngsters living in Hong Kong.

Following previously reported news of problematic crabs and turbot fish, another aquatic product has been found to have health risks. Eleven samples of mandarin fish have been found to contain poisonous chemical malachite green dye in Hong Kong.