UN and Zeshan Foundation co-support launching of the Red Scarf
Beijing, China (28 November, 2008) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNICEF and the Zeshan Foundation (Hong Kong) co-sponsored an AIDS and multimedia exhibit and reception hosted by the Yuanfen New Media Art Space in Dashanzi (798 Art District). The exhibit features five [...]

Global petroleum company Total says that its talks with China National Offshore Oil Corp, one of the largest offshore oil companies in China, on liquid natural gas has entered its final stages and it expected that a final deal will be signed soon.

The Capital Philanthropy Federation has announced that December 3 will be Capital Philanthropy Day and it will hold public welfare activities on that day to promote charity undertakings in the city.

BP and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are to establish the Clean Energy Commercialisation Centre joint venture in Shanghai, with an investment of CNY500 million to exploit clean energy technologies developed by Chinese research institutions.

UNDP and Yahoo! partner to creatively utilize the reach of the internet
Beijing, China (November 27, 2008) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Yahoo! China have partnered together in an innovative partnership to increase access to HIV and AIDS information for Chinese internet users.
"UNDP continues to work with the private sector in [...]

The United Nations Development Programme and Yahoo! China are working together to increase increase HIV/AIDS awareness among internet users in China

A report released by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Commerce showed that one type of Nokia battery made by Sanyo was substandard.

The Chinese State Council AIDS Working Committee Office and the International Labor Organization have jointly initiated a program in Beijing aim at preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS among migrant workers.

PetroChina International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation, has signed a liquid natural gas supply deal with Shell.

The European Chamber Business Confidence Survey 2008, which was published by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, reports that most of the 250 EUCCC member companies in China are optimistic about the Chinese market and its future though they are facing more and more challenges.

Foxconn, one of the world's largest electronics OEMs, is said to be reducing staff without declaring the cuts.

In the fourth quarter of this year China will spend an additional CNY4.4 billion on setting up a fund to speed up education development in the middle and western parts of the country.

China's Jiangsu Province will spend more than CNY58.3 billion to treat the pollution of Taihu Lake according to a general plan initiated by National Development and Reform Commission and the relevent departments.

Ye Bingquan, director of Macau's Social Welfare Bureau, told the media that the SWB had started drafting relevant measures to offer economic support to the unemployed and poor.

The Beijing Municipal Labor and Social Security Bureau said that next year it would strengthen its efforts to encourage enterprises to hire the unemployed and various measures would be taken to make the hiring of the unemployed account for more than half of an enterprises' total hiring.