The General Office of the State Council of China has published the list of the first batch of pilot regions and cities for the convergence of three networks, including the telecom network, the Internet network, and the broadcasting network.

China's Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Environmental Protection have jointly published a "Home Appliances Trade-in Promotion Program", stating that from June 1, 2010, the policy will be launched in 19 additional provinces and cities, in addition to the existing nine pilot provinces and cities, and the implementation period of the policy [...]

McAfee's "Q4 Threats Report", issued today, shows that China is not the sole origin for zombie computer hacking attacks at the same time as Chinese authorities trumpet the arrest of a hacking gang.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has signed a strategic framework agreement with the provincial government of Hubei to improve the information level and to boost the electronic information industry of the province.

China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre has reported that six Internet access providers were giving users access to websites that contained pornographic and vulgar content.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has announced plans to invest CNY20 million in Guangxi in the next three years to realize TD-SCDMA network coverage in all prefecture-level cities in the region.

To set up a long-term effective system for the management of Internet information, China's Hubei province now plans to promote the real-name system for users wishing to create websites and blogs.

Alipay, the Internet payment subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has published its latest statistics and states that by the end of February 2009, the number of its registered users reached 150 million, accounting for about 50% of the total number of Chinese netizens.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced that 18 Chinese mobile service providers that had irregular operation activities have been ordered to suspend their operations.

China Netcom (CN), one of the fixed line telecom service providers in China, has started a new program to hop into the Internet video market by signing agreements with eight media agents and content providers as strategic partners for the program.