Chinese online recruitment and classified ad service 51job Inc. says it has mutually agreed to terminate its business alliance agreement with Japan's Recruit Co. Ltd.

While most electronics companies are busy cutting staff, Chinese electronics retailer Gome announced plans to hire 20,000 migrant workers for its four subsidiaries in China.

With rivals Zhaopin.com and ChinaHR.com posting bad financial results for last year, Chinese online recruitment company 51job Inc. now reveals that its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008 and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, show the financial crisis is truly hurting job websites in China.

The computer production plant in Apodaca, a city in northeastern Mexico, has formally been put into production for China's leading PC maker Lenovo.

Chinese online recruitment website 51job.com (JOBS) announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2008 ended September 30, 2008 and said it had total revenues of CNY209.0 million, a 5.1% decline from the third quarter of 2007.

Chinese instant messaging and online game company Tencent has announced plans to launch a new talent strategy called "Large platform, great accomplishment" to attract talents in top Chinese companies to enhance Tencent's human resource power.

Chinese software and game provider Kingsoft has just launched its largest recruitment plan since being listed in Hong Kong on October 9, 2007.

Chinese online recruitment website 51job.com (JOBS) says its total revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 increased by only 4.5% from the beginning of this year.

A survey targeted at 52 Japanese companies operating in China shows that two-thirds of these companies are respected by less than 10% of the respondents.

Chinese Internet recruitment provider 51job.com (JOBS) says total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 increased 24.8% over the fourth quarter 2006 to CNY213.6 million as it announced unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter of 2007 and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.