Foxconn Group has signed a cooperation agreement with the provincial government of Hunan to build two new manufacturing and development bases in Changsha and Hengyang, respectively.

Nokia Siemens Networks, the international telecommunications hardware, software, and services company, has announced that it will deploy an IP Multimedia Subsystem core platform for China Mobile to offer IMS-based multimedia application services to the enterprise customers of this Chinese telecom operator.

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 [...]

Chinese Internet search engine firm Baidu.com and the School of International Business of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou have jointly announced the launch of an elective course in search engine marketing.

Shanda Interactive Entertainment has announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation with Hunan Broadcasting, Film and TV Group to invest CNY600 million to set up a joint venture for movies and television series projects.

Nokia's distributors have submitted a report to China's National Development and Reform Commission, State Administration of Taxation and State Administration for Industry and Commerce which alleges how Nokia has been involved in tax evasion and tax fraud in China.

Two months after its closure, Electrolux' refrigerator plant in Changsha has recently been acquired by Hunan Hualiang Electric Industry Appliances.

Due to discontent about Nokia's heavy fines on selling beyond agreed areas, 40 dealers in Jinan of Shandong province have jointly started a protest against Nokia and refuse to sell its handsets.

The "2009 Radio, Film and Television Development Report" has been published in Beijing by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television and the report states that China's total revenue from these industries, including financial subsidies, reached CNY166.721 billion in 2008, a year-on-year increase of 20.49%.

Alcatel-Lucent will soon deploy 3G WCDMA networks in 14 Chinese provinces and municipalities.

Gunilla Nordstrom, Electrolux's newly appointed China president, has announced that the company plans to close its refrigerator plant in Changsha, Hunan province, in March 2009.

Jiang Yong, vice president for Suning Appliance, said at a meeting held in Changsha, Hunan, that the company would maintain a rapid and stable growth in 2009 by opening at least 200 new electronics retail stores across China, of which at least 10 would be located in Hunan province.

According to Su Ming, director of the marketing department for Haier's air-conditioning products, the company will launch a CNY100 million special program to open 1,500 air-conditioner specialty stores across China during the 2009 air-conditioner year, which is from September 1 to August 31 next year.

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has signed a contract with China Unicom to upgrade its rechargeable mobile phone card system in China Unicom's headquarters and subsidiaries in Hunan and Fujian provinces.

Canon China has published a document via Zhejiang Provincial Consumers' Right Protection Commission, offering solutions to consumers in Zhejiang Province who have purchased the 19 types of problematic Canon cameras, but the company's behavior has caused consternation among consumers from other Chinese provinces who criticize Canon for discriminating against them by not providing them a [...]