Three major IT companies — Apple, HP, and Dell — are conducting an investigation into the working conditions of Foxconn following a series of suicides happened in the Shenzhen factory of this Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer.

Mobile phone giant Nokia has signed an agreement with China Talent Group saying that Nokia will provide jobs to 500 migrant workers in China after they receive professional training at CTG.

Nokia's distributors have submitted a report to China's National Development and Reform Commission, State Administration of Taxation and State Administration for Industry and Commerce which alleges how Nokia has been involved in tax evasion and tax fraud in China.

Mobile phone giant Nokia has announced that it will cut 1,700 jobs globally and the that company's operation in China could also be affected.

A report released by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Commerce showed that one type of Nokia battery made by Sanyo was substandard.

Nokia, together with the China Youth Development Foundation, has granted Nokia College Scholarships at Huazhong Normal University to 40 students with good academic performance and poor families.

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.