As the first batch of designated targets, ten Chinese mainland news websites will get listed in the A-share market in China.

Xia Xiaohui, deputy general manager of China Network Television (CNTV), revealed during an Internet economy development forum in the Yangtze River Delta that CNTV.cn and CCTV.com will be merged at the end of May 2010 and CCTV.com will become a sub-brand of CNTV.cn.

According to information from the press office of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, to meet local people's demands for Internet, the region started to reopen 27 widely used and popular websites from February 6, 2010.

According to local media reports, rival Chinese video websites Youku.com and Tudou.com have formed an alliance and jointly launched a new online video joint broadcast model, sharing the copyright of each other's exclusive videos.

Over a hundred websites from China have jointly released the "China Internet Industry Copyright Self-discipline Manifesto" in Beijing.

Chinese video website Youku.com is riding the Chinese online video bubble with an announcement that it has just completed its latest round of financing and gained USD40 million from private equity firms.

CCTV.com and Phoenixtv.com have together formed an alliance for the protection of the copyrights of online video programs in China.

CCTV.com, the official website for China Central Television, has sued Chinese Web portal Tom.com for illegal broadcasting of the 2009 Spring Festival Gala and asked the defendant for CNY1 million in compensation.

Microsoft has published a list of websites that are not compatible with its new browser product Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate and nearly all Chinese mainstream websites are included in the list.

CCTV.com, the official website of China Central Television, has been sued by the Beijing-based Qiusuo Hengda Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. for illegal broadcasting of a TV series.