Starting tomorrow and lasting for three days, GoIndustry DoveBid will be hosting an inaugural online auction for Motorola in China to rid the company of a large quantity of mobile telecom test equipment used by Motorola in its Hangzhou facility.

Just days after announcing new initiatives in Hangzhou, Taiwan media reports that Microsoft will cut more than 300 jobs in the Chinese mainland and more than 10 jobs in Taiwan in the second round of its staff reduction.

Microsoft China has announced that it has signed a three-year strategic cooperation memorandum with the Hangzhou municipal government and the company will set up its first cloud computer center in Hangzhou.

The Chinese B2B e-commerce platform Toocle.cn of NetSun has announced that its joint venture co-founded with China Telecom has been formally established in Hangzhou.

According to the information from the headquarters of the Jiangsu-based Five Star Appliance, which was acquired by the American electronics giant Best Buy, the company has signed an agreement with Apple to become its first-tier distributor.

Wireless broadband firm ChinaTel Group Inc. says it will deploy a high speed wireless broadband telecommunications network across 29 cities in China by the end of this year.

IBM Software Group has published its China strategy in 2009 and stated it will build more software parks and industry labs.

Chinese electronics chain department store Buynow has announced plans to accelerate its deployment plans in 2009 with the company planning to open at least five large IT stores in such cities as Beijing, Shanghai, and Qingdao.

Chinese online auction website Taobao.com has started construction of its new headquarters, Taobao City in the Yuhang district of Hangzhou, and the project will cost about CNY1.36 billion.
Taobao City is planned as the new office building of Taobao.com, which is a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. The construction of the Taobao City will reportedly [...]

Chinese consumer electronics distributor China 3C Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Jinhua Baofa Logistic Ltd., a logistic company in eastern China, through its subsidiaries Zhejiang Yong Xin Digital Technology Co., Ltd. and Yiwu Yong Xin Communication.

According to the decision announced by the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou, the Korean electronics maker Samsung has been ordered to pay CNY50 million compensation to the Zhejiang-based Holley Communications for infringing the patent of Holley's GSM/CDMA dual-mode handsets.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced plans to invest CNY300 million in the newly merged Yahoo (YAHOO) Koubei Company in 2009 to develop the lifestyle services business of the company.

Shen Jianming, vice president for Alibaba Group and vice president for Yahoo (YHOO) China, told local media that she has resigned her positions and officially departed from Alibaba Group.

The Chinese technology products retailer Buynow has announced the opening of a flagship store at Yuexiu Shopping Square, which is also its first chain store in the Chinese capital, providing consumer electronics to local residents.

Chinese electronics distributor China 3C Group has signed a deal with department store chain operator China Intime Group to have China 3C open its first mobile phone retail counter in Intime's LiQun Department Store in Hangzhou.