Microsoft has signed an anti-piracy agreement with HP and Samsung to ensure the installation of genuine Windows and Office software on their PCs sold in the Chinese market.

China HP's Printing and Personal systems group unveiled a new quality and service system which focuses on ensuring better product quality.

Microsoft China has announced that it has sued ten Chinese computer dealers for pre-installation of pirated Microsoft software on sold PCs.

More than 170 consumers from China have jointly filed an appeal, requesting the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China to conduct an investigation on the laptop computers made by HP and ordering the company to recall all of its substandard laptop products.

Foreign media cite a report from the United Nations Environment Programme saying that by 2020, the volume of IT related electronic waste products will be four times of that of 2007 and China and India will be the main source of toxic e-waste.

China's Ministry of Education says that the networks of all China's schools shall be subject to monitoring and education departments at each level shall conduct regular checkups on these networks and guide the schools in installing green online filtering software to remove bad information.

Lin Jialai, the vice director of the China Association for Poverty Alleviation and Development, proposed at a donation ceremony that Chinese companies and individuals donate unused computers to schools in the rural areas.