Microsoft China has announced plans to bring Dalian into its "urban development" plan and it will set up a new branch in the city in May 2011.

The General Office of the State Council of China has published the list of the first batch of pilot regions and cities for the convergence of three networks, including the telecom network, the Internet network, and the broadcasting network.

Qingdao Haier, the Chinese home appliance and electronics maker, the company will build a new energy-saving refrigerator project via its wholly-owned subsidiary in Hefei.

The B2B2C joint venture established by the Chinese search engine company Baidu and the Japanese e-commerce operator Rakuten has announced that it has formally adopted the Chinese name "Le Ku Tian" as the brand name of its online service platform Rakuten.com.cn, which is currently opened to e-commerce vendors for registration.

The world's leading technology company IBM has launched its Global Business Services in Qingdao, Shandong province, to provide strategic consulting services to Qingdao and the surrounding areas by integrating IBM's worldwide advantageous resources.

Chinese electronics and home appliances maker Qingdao Haier has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its operating revenue increased by 8.46% year-on-year to CNY33 billion; while its net profit increased by 49.64% to CNY1.149 billion.

Qingdao Hisense Electric Company Limited has published its financial report for the third quarter of 2009 and states its net profit from July to September 2009 increased by 179.94% year-over-year to CNY142 million.

According to decisions recently announced by Qingdao Intermediate People's Court, China Unicom Qingdao and Tsingtao Osun Network Technique Company were punished for hijacking traffic from other commercial websites.

Chinese home appliances and electronics manufacturer Qingdao Haier has published its annual financial report for 2008 and states its performance increased despite the economic slowdown during the year, achieving net profit increase of nearly 20%.

China Netcom, one of the major telecommunications service providers in China, has announced plans to sell five of its affiliated star-rated hotels in the coming months.

China Mobile says its TD-SCDMA networks in 10 Chinese cities have covered 95% of the areas covered by 2G networks, of which, the TD-SCDMA signal has covered all areas within the fifth ring road area of Beijing.

Wireless broadband firm ChinaTel Group Inc. says it will deploy a high speed wireless broadband telecommunications network across 29 cities in China by the end of this year.

China Unicom's Shanghai branch has gained 100,000 mobile phone numbers with the 186 prefix for its WCDMA business due to open commercially on May 17, 2009.

The situation has been less than perfect in recent days at Chinese online game company Perfect World (PWRD) as it now fights rumors that its CEO is planning to depart the company.

Chinese electronics chain department store Buynow has announced plans to accelerate its deployment plans in 2009 with the company planning to open at least five large IT stores in such cities as Beijing, Shanghai, and Qingdao.