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

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. Read More >

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. Read More >

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. Read More >

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. Read More >

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 Khoo.

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. Read More >

Dongfang Electric, one of the government-owned companies in China that suffered the most from Sichuan earthquake, has signed a power generation deal valued at about RMB4.5 billion with China Huaneng Group, one of the largest power suppliers in China. Read More >

Zheng Jie, president and general manager of China Mobile's Shanghai subsidiary, completed a 200-meter relay of the Olympic torch on May 23 heralded by a cheering team made up of Shanghai Mobile's employees and members of Shanghai Cancer Recovery Club. Read More >

Xu Luode, president of China UnionPay, says that China UnionPay will actively fulfill its mission and undertake its corporate social responsibilities by taking effective measures to help people in the earthquake area rebuild their homes. Read More >

The Hoi Tak Hotel, Xinjiang says its donation activity for earthquake relief began on May 14, 2008, and will continue to May 31, 2008. Staff started to donate on May 13 and the hotel set a donation box at the lobby, and from May 14 to May 31, the hotel will donate 5% of consumption from every guest to the victims of the recent Sichuan earthquake. All the donations will relayed to the Red Cross of Xinjiang, then remitted to the quake zone.

Super 8 China has donated RMB100,000 and the staff from Super 8 China additionally donated over RMB20,000 for the Sichuan area impacted by the recent earthquake and aftershocks. Read More >

Hong Kong has published the "Air Pollution Control (Fuel Restriction) (Amendment) Regulations" to add restrictions on the use of liquid fuels to control the emission of sulphur dioxide, a major pollutant responsible for respiratory illness. Read More >

Boeing and Shenzhen Airlines launched a "Flight of Hope" on May 24 to deliver supplies to China's earthquake area. Read More >

To help smokers successfully quit smoking, Yunnan Province will set up an outpatient program for smoking cessation. Read More >