During the Chinese New Year week-long holiday, the number of short messages sent via China Mobile's network saw an increase, although the growth slowed: the volume of multimedia messages and data services increased significantly with 105% data traffic growth year over year.

South Korea's Samsung has announced plans to invest USD1.7 billion to expand the production capacity of its plant in Kunshan, Jiangsu province.

In 2012, China's nationwide home appliances rural project subsidy scheme, excluding provinces and cities like Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, and Qingdao, achieved sales of 79.913 million units, a year-on-year increase of 22.6%; and the total sales value was CNY214.52 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18.8%.

Statistics published by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China showed that by the end of November 2012, China had 1.104 billion mobile phone users, including 220 million 3G users.

Microsoft recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the municipal government of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, announcing that the company will invest CNY300 million to build a new technical support center in the city over the next three years.

The9 announced that its interactive TV network subsidiary 9iplaytv.com had reached agreement with Beijing Gehua CATV Network to launch a gaming platform for high-definition interactive TV users.

U.S.-based Best Buy has had a difficult time promoting its electronics retail brand in China, and now the company is trying a new business strategy. The strategy was just unveiled in Nanjing, Jiangsu province: the company stated that it will return to the Chinese market via its Best Buy Mobile brand.

According to information from the Office of Taiwan Affairs of Huaian, Jiangsu province, the new Apple components production line invested by Foxconn will complete construction in the city in October 2012.

Mecox Lane Limited, operator of the Chinese apparel and accessories e-commerce website M18.com, has announced plans to open its logistics platform and share it with other e-commerce operators in the country.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning has published a report, stating that the company's net profit for 2011 will realize a year-on-year increase of between 20% and 25%, and it plans to open over 400 new chain stores in 2012.

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has announced that it has decided to establish its largest call center, which will have 20,000 seats, in Huaian, Jiangsu province.

China Unicom has completed its first cloud computing procurement project, and four manufacturers won the bidding for various aspects of the project.

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Samsung Electronics, the world's largest LCD panel manufacturer by revenue, has announced that it will invest about USD500 million to build a new joint venture in Suzhou for the production of 7.5-generation panels.

Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has broken ground on its new China manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang.