Chinese B2C e-commerce website 360buy.com announced that it has formed a strategic cooperation partnership with Nokia, and the two parties signed a CNY2 billion procurement agreement for 2013.

Chinese anti-virus software provider Rising signed a strategic cooperation agreement with General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China, to deploy an information security operating and maintenance management platform for the government agency.

From January to June 2012, China's mobile phone shipment reached over 190 million units, including 107 million 3G mobile phones, according to statistics released by China Academy of Telecommunication Research of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.

Suning.com, the Internet retail platform of the Chinese home appliances retailer Suning, has announced its open platform strategy, stating that it will fully open its data information, logistics and funding platforms.

Vimicro Corporation, a Chinese fabless chip company, announced a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the municipal government of Fuzhou for the development, manufacturing, and sales of Surveillance Video and Audio Coding-based security monitoring products in the city.

Chinese technology company Lenovo has signed an agreement with the municipal government of Wuhan and announced the founding of its new industrial base in the city.

Japanese electronic products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation reportedly plans to close its lithium battery plant in Kaizuka, Osaka, during the financial year 2012, and move the related production to Suzhou, near Shanghai, China.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its annual results for 2011, stating that sales in its listed company increased by 17.5% year-on-year to CNY59.821 billion, while its gross profit increased by 16% year-on-year to CNY10.859 billion.

Sony China has announced that Nobuki Kurita, president for Sony Marketing (Japan), has become the new president for Sony China, replacing Haruyasu Nagata who will be transferred back to the headquarters of the Japanese company.

Yu Chengdong, chairman for Huawei Device, said that the company is planning to ship 60 million smartphones in 2012.

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE has signed framework agreements with Qualcomm and Broadcom to buy wafers worth no less than USD5 billion from the two companies over the next few years.

Apple has reportedly put pressure on its Taiwanese OEM to make it stop manufacturing Asus' laptop product Zenbook, which looks like Apple's MacBook Air.

Amazon.cn has announced the formal launch of its new operating center in Tianjin, which is the B2C e-commerce retailer's eleventh operations center in China.

Amazon.cn, the Chinese branch of the American Internet retailer, has adjusted its delivery standards and will now charge a CNY5 delivery fee for any order under CNY29.

Chinese B2C e-commerce website 360buy.com has launched a new pick-up service along subway lines in Beijing, covering 20 stations on Line 5 and Line 10.