Following the re-establishment of its Beijing research and development center in 2009, Yahoo has recently set up its seventh research institute in Beijing.

With a total investment of CNY700 million, Microsoft China's new science and technology park in Shanghai, reportedly Microsoft's first comprehensive development and technology service park outside the U.S., was officially put into operation last week.

Hong Kong Science Park will soon be home to new research into cloud computing technology.

Inspur Group, parent of Inspur International Limited, has announced that it has acquired the Xi'an research and development center of the German-based memory chip maker Qimonda AG for CNY30 million.

China's first professional academic institution that focuses on the systematic and theoretical research of Internet management and information society law has been started at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has announced that the company has set up a long-term development lab in Tokyo, Japan.

According to Chen Min, vice president of the Shenzhen-based PC company Hasee Computer, with the improvement of the cross-strait relationship, Hasee will enhance cooperation with Taiwan and the company is considering setting up a research and development center on the island.

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision has announced that it will cooperate with Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry to develop a cloud computer software plan, which will be launched in June 2009.

According to an insider, the international Internet giant Yahoo has set up a global research and development center in Beijing, which is reportedly an important turning point forYahoo's worldwide Internet strategy.

ExxonMobil Chemical has started construction of a new technology center in Shanghai that will be operational in 2010.

After China Telecom and China Unicom published their statistics for January 2009, another major Chinese telecommunications operator, China Mobile, has now also released its operating statistics.

Are you a technology executive looking for work? IBM plans to expand its research center in Taiwan despite the economic crisis and it will recruit 150 new employees for the research center over the next three years.

Chinese online game operator Giant Interactive Group has announced plans to start an overall salary increase, in which the average increase rate of all employees is 14% and the highest can reach 30%.

Huawei Technologies has announced that it is cooperating with Intel to build a WiMAX interoperability testing laboratory in Beijing.

The global financial crisis has hit Intel, as the company announced it will shift some assembly and test facilities from Shanghai to Chengdu, a move that will affect about 2,000 Intel employees in Shanghai.