Chinese electronics group Haier has signed an agreement with the government of Guyana to provide laptops for the "One Laptop Per Family" initiative of the country.

According to reports in Japanese local media, Haier Group will acquire Sanyo's white goods business from Panasonic.

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

During the U.S.- China Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, Chinese home appliances maker Haier Group and U.S.-based Honeywell signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development and promotion of low-emission, high energy-efficiency products and solutions.

Qingdao Haier, the Chinese home appliance and electronics maker, the company will build a new energy-saving refrigerator project via its wholly-owned subsidiary in Hefei.

According to reports in local media, the one-year-old home appliances trade-in policy, which was supposed to conclude at the end of May 2010, has been prolonged to the end of 2011 in Beijing, and the subsidy rates remain unchanged.

Chinese electronics and home appliances maker Qingdao Haier has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its operating revenue increased by 8.46% year-on-year to CNY33 billion; while its net profit increased by 49.64% to CNY1.149 billion.

Initiated by China Telecom, the operator of the CDMA2000 network in China, China's "CDMA2000 Mobile Phone Design and Development Industry Alliance" has been founded in Beijing with over 100 members, including mobile phone chip platform providers, mobile phone design companies, and brand manufacturers with independent development abilities.

China's Ministry of Education says that the networks of all China's schools shall be subject to monitoring and education departments at each level shall conduct regular checkups on these networks and guide the schools in installing green online filtering software to remove bad information.

The Green Dam Youth Escort software saga has reared its head again as an American firm has taken aim at Chinese computer manufacturers and the Chinese government in a new lawsuit in the United States.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published the list of the top 100 Chinese electronic information enterprises in 2009, with the telecom equipment maker Huawei topping the list with annual revenue of CNY122.7 billion.

Chinese home appliances maker Haier has announced that the company has become a major shareholder of the New Zealand's Fisher & Paykel Appliances via an equity financing program.

Chinese home appliances and electronics manufacturer Qingdao Haier has published its annual financial report for 2008 and states its performance increased despite the economic slowdown during the year, achieving net profit increase of nearly 20%.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has selected six PC makers, including Lenovo Group, Founder Technology, Tongfang, Haier, HP, and Dell, as its 3G netbook partners.

China has published the list of the designated computer brands in its subsidy scheme for rural assistance, in which, seven PC makers, including Asus and BenQ, are unfortunately not included.