According to a report released by the global environmental organization Greenpeace, the U.S.-based retail giant Wal-Mart has been selling genetically modified rice in China.

The latest survey published by China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine shows that up to 30% of the furniture products sold in China market are substandard.

Environmental Carnival, the first environmental education themed park in China, will open free in Shanghai on November 7 and 8, 2009.

The China Foundation For Human Rights Development has launched a public welfare program of free public bicycles in Beijing to promote the nation's efforts in building an energy-saving and environmentally-friendly society.

Chengdu, the capital city of China's Sichuan province, has included the drafting of a new rule dedicated to the protection of women's rights into its legislation plan.

Operating similarly to micro-enterprises, China's first chain village inns will open in May 2009 in Dujiangyan, Sichuan.

L'Oreal, a global cosmetics and beauty product providers, has joined forces with major hairdressers across the country to launch its Hairdressing Anti-AIDS Ambassador Program in Beijing as part of this year's World AIDS Day.