Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba announced that it has appointed Jonathan Lu the new chief executive officer of Alibaba Group, effective May 10, 2013.

During the Chinese New Year week-long holiday, the number of short messages sent via China Mobile's network saw an increase, although the growth slowed: the volume of multimedia messages and data services increased significantly with 105% data traffic growth year over year.

Chinese third-party Internet payment service provider Alipay.com has published its report showing that the mobile payment service developed rapidly in China in 2012 with 546% year-on-year growth by trading value; and the number of people who used this service increased by 223%.

Young Chinese workers making components for Apple's devices have been returned to their parents, according to Apple's latest sustainability report.

Statistics published by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China showed that by the end of November 2012, China had 1.104 billion mobile phone users, including 220 million 3G users.

Huawei Investment Holdings Limited has invested CNY11,691 in the purchase of a 1,900-mu piece of land in Dongguan, Guangdong, to build Huawei Device's manufacturing research headquarters.

By paying only USD60 million, Apple appears to have gained the upper hand in a trademark dispute against a Chinese technology company.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning has published a report, stating that the company's net profit for 2011 will realize a year-on-year increase of between 20% and 25%, and it plans to open over 400 new chain stores in 2012.

China Unicom has completed its first cloud computing procurement project, and four manufacturers won the bidding for various aspects of the project.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has signed cooperating agreements with five mobile phone retail channel providers in Guangdong.

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

Hon Hai Precision Industry plans to invest USD25 million to set up a new panel plant in Huangjiang Yuyuan Industry Park, Dongguan, Guangdong, to expand its panel business.

Ericsson has acquired Guangdong Nortel Telecommunication Equipment Company for USD50 Million.

Microsoft's search engine product Bing has formed an alliance with Shenzhen Winhi.net to jointly promote Bing in China.

Chinese portal website Sina.com has published its first white paper targeting the Chinese microblog market.