The Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Dongguan Municipal Government have signed a cooperation agreement to help Dongguan's Hong Kong firms to deal with the financial crisis.

Just days after Chinese Internet travel website Ctrip.com proudly released its corporate social responsibility report for 2008, and days before the frenetic week-long Chinese Lunar New Year travel season begins, a Chinese consumer has made a big splash in local media with his complaint that Ctrip.com is selling dubious air insurance policies online.

Sixty-one medical institutions in Beijing have been punished for distributing false and misleading advertisements.

The Chinese province of Shandong is taking a proactive role in integrating corporate social responsibility into its appraisal of famous brands, urging companies to fulfill their social responsibilities and improve the quality of famous brand products.

Beijing No. 1 Secondary Court has ordered three Chinese companies to pay more than CNY21.16 million in compensation to German-based bus manufacturer Neoplan for design patent infringement.

The Hotel Equatorial Shanghai entertained 170 senior citizens from Jing’an district for a new year's lunch to celebrate the Year of the Ox. Zhang Bao Hua, board chairman, and William Hall, general manager of the Hotel Equatorial, were on hand to wish all the senior citizens a Happy New Year.

Nanchang Municipal City Appearance and Environment Management Bureau has signed an agreement with Hong Kong-based Baimashi Green Energy Investment Company to build a waste-burning power plant in Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi.