Chinese Internet company Sohu.com has announced plans to build a new research and development center in Wuhan, Hubei province, and it will set up a joint laboratory in collaboration with Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Chinese auto maker Dongfeng Motor Group has announced that it will invest CNY3 billion over the next five years to fund its new-energy car strategy.

Wuhan in Hubei province plans to promulgate a new law to protect the rights of people suffering from mental disorders and of people affected by the extreme behavior of mental patients.

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.

Companies can breathe a sigh of relief as police in Hubei province have recently taken down the Black Hawk Safety Net, a hacker training website that publicly provides illegal computer programs to its members.

A Nanjing-based supermarket chain Suguo undertook to keep its undertaking of "no layoffs, no salary reduction" at the same time as it announced that its sales increased by 10% to CNY33 billion in 2009, despite the global economic crisis.

The agricultural departments of six provinces in central China have jointly signed an agreement on the quality and safety of farm products, and they will also set up a mechanism to mutually report the on supervision of agricultural products to determine the root cause of substandard products.