Guangzhou will stop selling cigarettes for one day on May 31, the World No Tobacco Day.

Zhong Shanshan, president of Nongfu Spring, told First Financial Daily that to support the earthquake relief of the disaster areas in Sichuan, Nongfu Spring will invest RMB300 million to build a mineral water factory in these areas.

Elion Chemical Industry Company in Inner Mongolia says it will virtually eliminate its wastewater discharge to the Yellow River using an advanced water reuse and wastewater evaporation system from GE Water & Process Technologies.

China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has fined Guangdong Power Grid Corporation RMB200,000 and asked it to stop using the two construction projects in Maoming and Zhanjiang that were built without approval and put into operation without undergoing relevant environmental inspections.

In response to the Chinese government's call for green consumption, 263.net has joined hands with Mei Lian Mei Supermarket to provide environmentally-friendly bags free of charge to consumers.

Shanghai JC Mandarin Hotel donated RMB270,717.26 to Shanghai Red Cross, which was the hotel's 15% service charge and part of the staff salary from May 19 to 21. Xie Lijuan, president of Shanghai Red Cross, received the check from Xie Xiaoyun, deputy general manager of Shanghai JC Mandarin Hotel Co., Ltd, and hotel manager Rodney [...]

Judy Wang, public relations director in China for Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, says the May 12 earthquake was felt most strongly by Shangri-La Hotels in Chengdu, Wuhan and Xi'an.