Chinese home appliance maker Midea has announced its 2010 performance report, stating that due to the optimization of its product structure and sales increase, its operating revenue increased by 57.70% year-over-year to CNY74.559 billion and its net profit increased by 69% year-over-year to CNY3.127 billion.

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.

China's Ministry of Commerce has recently published the latest performance statistics for the country's rural home appliances and electronics subsidy scheme and stated that by October 31, 2009, the total sales within the scheme had reached CNY50.842 billion.

TCL Group has published its electronics and appliances sales report for July 2009.

Two months after its closure, Electrolux' refrigerator plant in Changsha has recently been acquired by Hunan Hualiang Electric Industry Appliances.

Home appliances giant Whirlpool has announced plans to adjust its manufacturing business in China and will close its washing machine plant, cutting 600 jobs.

Chinese home appliances maker Midea has published its financial report for 2008, which states that its revenue increased by 28.77% year-on-year to CNY45.3 billion while its net profit decreased by 14.78% year-on-year to CNY1.03 billion.

Gunilla Nordstrom, Electrolux's newly appointed China president, has announced that the company plans to close its refrigerator plant in Changsha, Hunan province, in March 2009.

Samsung has opened its first appliances experience store in China in the Suning Taipingzhuang branch in Beijing.

Midea Group has announced plans to cut up to 10% of the jobs in its washing machine and refrigerator sectors in China.

Along with China Electronic Energy Saving Technology Association and China Quality Management Association For Electronics Industry, Chinese mobile phone retail chain D.Phone has announced in Beijing that it will join the "Green E-Campaign" for e-waste recycling and begin receiving e-waste from consumers at its over 1200 chain stores across China.