Shanghai has initiated a free flu vaccination program for the city's key people in the health, government, and security sectors.

According to the Rule on the Implementation of Collection of Individual Income Tax issued by State Administration of Taxation, subsidies that a company offers to its employees, including transportation subsidy and communications subsidy, are all subject to personal income tax after a certain amount is deducted as a public affairs cost.

The United Nations Environment Programme has released a report which praises Shanghai for its efforts in organizing an environmentally-friendly 2010 World Expo.

China's New Energy Automobile Manufacturers and Products Access Management Rule, which was published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on June 25, 2009, was formally enacted on July 1, 2009.

Novozymes and its Chinese partner COFCO have entered into a partnership with Chinese oil and energy company Sinopec to develop bio-ethanol from agricultural waste.

Despite the slowing global economy and planned employee lay-offs around the world, German industrial giant Siemens has announced that it intends to invest considerably more in China than it had previously planned.

China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction has decided that September 22 is the Car Free Day for cities in China.