Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank says it will lend CNY20 billion over the next three years to support the growth of 3,000 small and medium enterprises in Chongqing. Read More >

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

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. Read More >

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. Read More >

The Civil Affairs Department of the Tibetan Autonomous Region plans to invest CNY29.85 million to build a new children's welfare center to meet the increasing demand of orphaned and disabled children. Read More >

The Federation of Trade Unions of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province is making preparations for the trial implementation of a corporate social responsibility standard. Read More >

Chinese instant messaging and online game company Tencent, which is currently in a dispute with a number of its ex-employees over non-compete clauses in their contracts that are allegedly invalid, has published a corporate citizenship and social responsibility report to celebrate its tenth anniversary. Read More >

Cargill China, part the U.S. based provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services group, has received the U.S. Secretary of State's 2008 Award for Corporate Excellence. Read More >

Bayer CropScience has signed a memorandum of understanding on technological cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to work together on agricultural research, seeking ways for the development of agricultural products and global marketing. Read More >

The Industrial Bank Company has officially announced that it will adopt Equator Principles, reportedly the first financial institution in China to do so. Read More >

China Merchants Bank and Jet Li, the founder of One Foundation, announced at the 2008 China Global Philanthropy Forum that the two parties will issue an affinity card — the CMB One Foundation Affinity Card. Read More >

Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce company, is taking steps to protect its users' intellectual property rights. Read More >