Chinese telecom operator China Mobile and the Ministry of Education of China have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to jointly promote greater online uses for education.

Eight Chinese administrations, including the Ministry of Culture, Central Civilization Office, and the Ministry of Education, have jointly issued an implementation plan to launch a new project to enable parents to supervise their children who play online games.

China's Ministry of Education says that the networks of all China's schools shall be subject to monitoring and education departments at each level shall conduct regular checkups on these networks and guide the schools in installing green online filtering software to remove bad information.

China's Ministry of Education is piloting an initiative known as the Blue Fire Program at the Science and Technology Park of Changshu University of Science.

China's Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Council Information Office have jointly issued a circular which says that "green" software will be provided to primary and middle schools around the country to help them purify their online environments.

In cooperation with China's Ministry of Education, Autodesk has launched China Student Design Community to provide free digital design tools to Chinese students.

John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco (CSCO), has announced in Beijing Cisco's development plan in China.

Sun Microsystems (SUN) has signed a three-year deal with China's Ministry of Education to train integrated circuit talent for China and promote the development of the industry.