Li Zujiao, president of Green China, has denied that the magazine's staff took CNY10,000 hush money from Hebaoganhe Coal Mine and has asked the General Administration of Press and Publications not to impose a three month publication ban on the magazine. Read More >

The Beijing authorities are soliciting public opinion on a new rule on implementing the national law on the protection of rights and interests of women. Read More >

Beijing Municipal Social Relief Affairs Management Center has announced that they will enhance their relief efforts and take major action across the city to help wanderers and beggars come in out of the cold. Read More >

The China National Development and Reform Commission has published the fourth issue of its energy efficiency labeling catalog, which says that six kinds of home appliances should be sold with energy efficiency labels. Read More >

China E-commerce Info Tech Company has sued Microsoft for patent infringement because of the use of RSS within its Vista operating system. Read More >

The China Audio-Video Copyright Association has submitted complaints to seven courts in Beijing, naming 100 KTV outlets including The Same Song, In The Mood Of Love and Hi-5 as defendants in the copyright cases. Read More >

According to the 2007 China Anti-money Laundering Report released by the People's Bank of China, 4,533 financial institutions were subject to on-site inspection by the central bank, and 350 of these were punished for infringements of the regulations with the total fines amounting to CNY26.52 million. Read More >

Huawei Technologies, a well-known Chinese telecom company, has been accused of illegally employing a large number of Chinese workers in India without proper work permits and not paying income tax to the Indian Government. Read More >

Hong Lei, the webmaster of Tomatolei.com and writer of Windows XP Tomato Edition, is reported to have been taken into custody by the Suzhou Public Security Bureau. Read More >

China's Ministry of Environmental Protection and the China Real Estate and Housing Research Association held a press conference in Beijing to cover the "Technical Requirement for Environmental Labelling Products — Building Decoration Engineering" which will be brought into effect on September 1, 2008. Read More >

Food and pharmaceutical industries in Guangdong are planning to formulate the first local standards for corporate sociel responsibility throughout the Chinese province. Read More >

Since June 1 when the plastic bag ban was officially implemented, whether restaurants should be included in the ban or not has been scrutinized both in the media and in government agencies. Read More >