According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, the entrepreneur confidence index in China increased to 120.1 in the third quarter of 2009: an increase of 9.9 points compared with that of previous quarter.

Guangdong province will certify door and window products by matching their energy-conservation characteristics to their proposed application.

Jiangsu province has issued a circular which states that 44 construction companies will be blacklisted from the Jiangsu market due to their delaying payment of workers' salaries.

Sichuan province has enacted a ruling on the penalties to be imposed on environmental violations, and the ruling states that construction companies can be fined up to CNY10,000 for disturbing residents at night.

The Urumqi Municipal Construction Commission has exposed 17 construction companies for being in arrears with salaries payments to migrant workers' salaries and required these companies to pay the arrears within a given deadline or to stop the construction of the projects concerned.

Up to one hundred construction workers gathered at Gome Capital's headquarters in Pengrun Building in Beijing, asking for salary payments.

Enterprises with pollutant emissions exceeding national or local standards will be exposed to the public, according to the Henan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau.