An online transaction security information website, 365anfang.com, has been formally launched in China.

Chinese online auction website Taobao.com has formally launched a public welfare channel and a public welfare fund account.

Sun Danyong, a 25-year old employee in Shenzhen of Foxconn, the manufacturer for Apple's iPhone, has committed suicide reportedly over mistreatment he received after a iPhone prototype was lost.

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.

HSBC China has published its 2008 corporate social responsibility report detailing its activities on the Chinese mainland.

By ChinaCSR.com Editors
As goes the global economic downturn, so goes funding for corporate expenditures deemed non-essential, such as some corporate social responsibility programs. Many are put on hold until an institution regains financial footing, and in China, CSR program managers are worried about losing traction for their initiatives in China.

The Board of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. has established a Corporate Social Responsibility committee chaired by the chief executive to oversee the further development of CSR within the company, and has retained the Business Environment Council as its CSR consultant.