China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published new security and advertising provisions for regulating the Internet information service market, effective March 15, 2012.

The B2C e-commerce website Dangdang.com reportedly plans to launch a new e-book business channel in the second half of December 2011.

Chinese mobile browser developer UCWeb has officially established a new subsidiary in New Delhi, India, and the company launched its latest UCWeb 8.0 version for Android in the country.

Chinese application service provider UC will sue Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant, for alleged unfair competitive practices.

Chinese anti-virus software provider Rising has announced that its first Internet client product, Rising security browser, has started beta tests.

Chinese Internet security software provider Qihoo 360 and social networking site Renren.com have jointly announced that the two parties have formed a strategic partnership for Internet security and open platform cooperation in China.

Chinese Internet browser company Maxthon has announced the establishment of its U.S. branch in Silicon Valley, focusing on the technical research and marketing of its software.

Chinese technology company UC has announced that it has teamed with the National Software and Integrated Circuit Public Service Platform in the establishment of the first national mobile Internet application innovation center in China.

According to a document submitted by Qihoo 360 to the U.S. supervision organization, the Chinese Internet security company plans to launch its initial public offering in New York Stock Exchange, with the share code of QIHU.

Norwegian mobile Internet browser provider Opera Software ASA has announced plans to set up a joint venture with the Chinese mobile phone dealer Telling Telecom Development Company, aiming to develop a customized mobile browser platform for the Chinese market.

Kingsoft Network, the Chinese company established by the merger of Kingsoft Internet Security Software Holdings Limited and Keniu Network, has announced plans to invest CNY30 million in a project named "Cloud Shield", and it will formally open the API of its cloud security platform to partners.

Tsinghua University and Mozilla China have jointly developed a new Internet browser product that is specially designed for IPv6.

Huawei Device, a subsidiary of the telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies, and the Internet company Tencent have reached strategic cooperation; and the first project jointly developed by the two parties — HiQQ smartphone — has been officially launched.

Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com has announced the official launch of the new 2.0 edition of its Sogou browser.

With Google's prospects in China greatly diminished, search engine rival Baidu has seized the opportunity to push its online supremacy higher with the unveiling of an enhanced translation tool.