Chinese home appliances and electronics maker Haier has started the construction of a new project in Foshan Sanshui Industrial Park, Guangdong.

Cloud computing has received a boost as the southern Chinese city of Foshan initiates a new program to expand its own services.

With a total investment of USD350 million, U.S.-based SemiLEDs Corporation's new LED chip project named Xurui Optoelectronics has recently laid its foundation in Nanhai in Foshan, Guangdong province.

According to a Chinese TD-SCDMA equipment provider, China Mobile will launch its third round 3G wireless network equipment tender on March 16, 2009.

Fujitsu China, the Chinese subsidiary of the Japan-headquartered IT service provider Fujitsu, has signed a strategic cooperative memorandum with the government of Nanhai district, Foshan, Guangdong province, to build a financial data center in the area to promote cooperation in the Pearl River Delta.

China's State Council has announced that it approves China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to start the issuing of 3G licenses and it will continue to support the development and promotion of the Chinese-made TD-SCDMA wireless technology.

China Unicom (CHU) has started the deployment of its WCDMA trial networks and it plans to set up the networks first in seven Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Foshan, Liuzhou, Zhengzhou, Baoding and Wuxi.

AOC, one of the world's top Chinese monitor manufacturers, has announced plans to build a LCD module and LCD television plant in the flat-panel and LCD monitor industrial base in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong Province.

According to Guangdong Information Industry Department, Guangdong is planning the first wireless city group in China and people in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan and Dongguan might soon by able to surf the Internet with a unified wireless network.

Chinese search engine provider Baidu.com (BIDU) has announced plans to make adjustments on its direct-selling framework in southern China.

According to Chinabyte.com, Cisco (CSCO) and Motorola (MOT) may enter Guangdong's Foshan Innovation Industry Park as RFID solution providers.