China's Ganji.com and 55tuan.com have jointly announced that 55tuan.com has become the operator of Ganji.com's group buying business.

Chinese group buying website Meituan.com has announced that its sales in March 2012 saw a record high of CNY301.587 million.

IBM and the Chinese collective buying website Lashou.com have jointly announced that IBM will provide its leading enterprise resource planning services to Lashou.com.

Chinese Internet portal NetEase.com has launched a new coupon platform, Quan.163.com, marking its latest online move following the unveiling of its recent lottery and insurance e-commerce businesses.

Chinese group buying website Meituan.com announced that Gan Jiawei, former vice president of Alibaba.com, will join the company as its new chief operating officer.

The China Internet Network Information Center has published a report on the activities of Chinese group buying users for 2011 in Beijing, stating that by June 2011, there were 42.2 million online group buying users in China, an increase of 125% compared with six months ago.

The Chinese tea leaf B2C e-commerce platform Maimaicha.com, which is operated by Shandong Huaxia Chalian, has announced that it has completed its A-round financing and gained nearly CNY100 million investments from four organizations in China.

Chinese social networking site Kaixin001.com has announced that its group buying business, which it previously operated on its own, will transform to a third-party cooperation model.

The world's search engine giant Google has launched the group buying search service in China, marking its formal entry into the saturated Chinese e-commerce market.

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

Chinese group buying navigation website Tuan800.com has published a report covering statistics for May 2011, stating that Meituan.com ranked first in China with sales of CNY75.2 million.

Chinese social networking site Renren.com and Japanese human resources and Japanese media group Recruit Company Ltd. have reached an agreement to jointly establish a marriage-oriented social media platform in China.

China's Shanda has announced its launch a new navigation site, Tuan.sdo.com, for group buying websites.

Chinese lifestyle information website Ganji.com has launched a new collective buying product, which will first cooperate with Womai.com owned by COFCO Group in providing group buying deals in Beijing.