By the end of September 2011, there were 150 million registered users of mobile phone application stores in China, an increase of almost 50% compared with the previous quarter, according to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

China's B2B e-commerce group Alibaba and Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank have reached a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement to jointly provide services to small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as farmers in rural areas in China.

Chinese technology company Founder Technology has published its last semi-annual financial report before transferring its PC business to Acer.

AMD, global provider of innovative graphics, processors, and media solutions, has announced the launch of the Chinese version of its Activate website and its Activate Game development curriculum has been adopted by a Beijing middle school named Dandelion Middle School, which was specially started for children of migrant workers.

According to reports in local media, the one-year-old home appliances trade-in policy, which was supposed to conclude at the end of May 2010, has been prolonged to the end of 2011 in Beijing, and the subsidy rates remain unchanged.

Taobao.com, the Internet shopping subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it has started to deploy authorized offline stores to provide convenience to consumers who cannot shop online in China.

China's Ministry of Commerce has announced plans to cancel the eligibility of 24 previously selected enterprises, including well-known brands such as Amoi, Shinco, and Inspur, for the country's rural home appliances and electronics subsidy scheme.

Lenovo Group has published a corporate social responsibility report, which is said to be the second annual CSR report for the company.

China's first "barrier-free" e-commerce website, Leohe.com, was recently launched during the 6th China Information Accessibility Forum held in Beijing.

China Mobile and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China have signed an agreement to implement cooperation in various areas, including e-government, digital city development, and the upgrading of the existing urban management system to the TD-SCDMA network.

China Mobile Charity Foundation, the first fundraising foundation within China's telecommunications industry, has been unveiled in Beijing.

China Mobile Guangxi, a subsidiary of China Mobile, has just released a corporate social responsibility report.

China Mobile Sichuan and China Post have launched their first joint business hall in Li County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has signed a strategic framework agreement with China's Ministry of Agriculture for jointly promoting digital information development in China's rural areas.

Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province, has launched a program to train young people in China's rural areas on how to open online stores.