From January to August 2011, China manufactured 699 million mobile phones, an increase of 19.3% from last year according to latest statistics released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

According to the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council of China, starting from January 27, 2011, the import tax of some information technology products, including computers and video camcorders, has been lowered from 20% to 10%.

According to statistics on the official website of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's electronic manufacturing industry grew by 17.7% year-on-year in May 2010; and the output of mobile phones in the country increased by 36.7% year-on-year in the first five months of 2010.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has stated on its website that during the first quarter of 2010, China's software industry maintained stable development, with significant increase of revenue from the service sector.

Following its acquisition of the Japanese electronics retailer Laox, the Chinese electronics retailer Suning has announced plans to introduce its China outlets to more Japanese-made products.

Chinese B2B e-commerce company Alibaba has announced that it has set up a partnership with Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute to jointly promote the e-commerce business among small and medium-sized enterprises in Macau.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced from January to July 2009 the accumulated imports and exports of the electronics sector decreased by 23.3% year-on-year to USD387.053 billion.

According to the statistics from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's mobile phone output decreased by 11.2% year-on-year in the first two months of 2009 and its mobile phone exports decreased by 17.2% during the same period, the largest decline over the past few years.

According to Jack Ma, CEO of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, to help and attract small companies in North America to export more goods to China, the company is now seeking cooperative partners in the United States and it has started discussions with companies such as Google, eBay, Yahoo, and Microsoft.

Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba.com says this week it opened an office in Taipei, its fourth office outside mainland China.

The Chinese invented noodles and then exported them to Italy, and now Italy has one more thing to add to its list of Chinese imports: TD-SCDMA.

According to Japanese media, SoftBank has included 10,000 Chinese companies in its supplier list to expand the e-commerce of the office supplies sector of its subsidiary.