The People's Bank of China has published a report saying that it has issued licenses for non-financial institutions to operate payment businesses to 27 companies, including Alipay.com.

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 [...]

Foreigners often complain that Chinese technology firms lack innovation, but a new initiative where non-Chinese technology companies have ganged up to fight China's Indigenous Innovation Product Accreditation Program shows that foreign companies appear to actually want to keep China away from ever innovating.

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.

The People's Bank of China has published a notice that requires all non-financial organizations engaged in payment and settlement businesses in China, including Internet platforms such as Alipay, to fully register under the new guidelines before July 31, 2009.

China's Web 2.0 community website Tianya.cn has launched a lottery sales platform, on which users can buy lottery tickets and withdraw lottery prizes via the Internet.

Sharp is jumping into the Chinese mobile video broadcasting sector with a new mobile TV tuner that supports China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting.

News from China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is that China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting will soon be put into commercial use on a trial basis in the three Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen and seven programs will be available free of charge during the trial use period.

According to Beijing Times, China will build a national government procurement management electronic trade system to realize electronic management on the approval, trade procedures and contract registration related to government procurement.