According to information from foreign domain name registration service providers, China Internet Network Information Center has required these providers to suspend new registrations for .CN website domain names.

China Internet Network Information Center has published the latest report on China's Internet development, which states by the end of 2008, the number of Internet users in China had reached 298 million, a year-on-year increase of 41.9%.

According to Anti-Phishing Alliance of China, by October 30, 2008 it had suspended the domain names of more than 300 Chinese phishing websites with the help of the anti-phishing system based on the .CN domain names.

Chinese Internet search engine Baidu (BIDU) has announced that the company has completed adjustments to its e-commerce platform and it will now accept up to 10,000 applications for beta testers.

According to the 22nd report on China's Internet development released by the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of Chinese netizens have reached 253 million, making China number one around the world.

China Netcom (CN), one of the fixed line telecom service providers in China, has started a new program to hop into the Internet video market by signing agreements with eight media agents and content providers as strategic partners for the program.

Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com (BIDU) has signed a deal with China Netcom to provide search results on pages when users accidentally mistype or visit incorrect website URLs.

China Netcom's annual results for 2007 have been announced, showing the company generated CNY84 billion in revenues from continuing operations.

Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com (BIDU) and China Netcom have jointly launched an SMS search service.