A report from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics reveals that by the end of 2008, there was a total of 225.42 million migrant workers in China, and about 5.8% of these had been affected by wage arrears.

Recently Guangdong Provincial Consumers' Commission exposed five kinds of hair dye as containing harmful chemicals; now Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration has reported that six more hair dye products, made by five companies, have been found to contain m-Phenylenediamine, a chemical that can cause cancer.

Long-distance education website Chinaedu.com, an affiliate of Hongcheng Education Group, has donated eight sets of educational resources to the Spring Rain Project and launched eleven aid stations to assist in education in rural areas of China.

China's Ministry of Health has asked medical institutions at various levels across the country to stop the use of Xiangdan Injection made by Tianrun Pharmaceutial Company with the series number of 080524 as the drug is reported to have caused serious side effects on patients.

Chinese online auction website Taobao.com has announced it will join forces with Zhejiang Provincial Department for Industry and Commerce to implement a pilot market access mechanism for the procurement of health food.

An insider has disclosed to the local media that the Nanjing Branch of China Mobile, one of the largest mobile communications service providers in China, was found during a national audit to be involved in illegal charges of up to CNY30 million.

Hong Kong, China (March 27, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Senior legal and compliance executives from Credit Suisse, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Baker Hughes, Norinco and J.P. Morgan will be discussing how to overcome heightened screening and sanctions compliance challenges at The C5 Group/American Conference Institute's Asia Forum on Economic Sanctions & OFAC Compliance, scheduled [...]