CSDN.net, which goes by a few English names including China Software Developer Network, has completed its latest financing project.

MiTalk, the instant messaging and social application from the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, has formed a partnership with Mface, a mobile social network in Southeast Asia, for the promotion of MiTalk throughout the entire Asian market.

Chinese Internet company Renren Inc. will adjust its organizational structure and business clusters, and establish an independent wireless business division.

Chinese social networking site Renren.com announced that it has reached a deal with Pinguo Technology, whose mobile photography software Camera360 will be able to use the location-based service system via the wireless open API interface of Renren.com.

Chinese social networking site Kaixin001.com recently published its software client for smart TV, which will be pre-installed on smart TV products manufactured by Samsung, Haier, and Hisense.

Sina.com's microblog service Weibo.com has fully closed its open platform private messaging interface to prevent third-party applications from sending private messages to Weibo users.

Social networking site Renren.com announced that it will work with Singapore game developer Nubee to jointly provide Nubee's Japan Life to users of Renren.com in China.

Chinese social networking site Kaixin001.com has launched its new version of homepage, which is the first major version change over its four-year operation.

Dajie.com and Sina's microblog service Weibo have formed a strategic cooperation partnership to develop an Internet workplace application for Sina microblog's individual and enterprise users.

China's State Council Information Office today issued updated draft guidelines for further strengthening government oversight of the Internet.

Chinese social networking site operator Renren.com has announced the launch of a new social travel platform Fengche.com, which has already been running for a few months.

The Chinese subsidiary of the Japanese social networking game platform operator DeNA has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Unicom's Wostore, and the two parties will jointly establish a Mobage games special zone for smartphones.

Chinese social shopping search engine B5M announced a USD7.1 million Series A investment round led by Oak Investment Partners and Giosis Holdings.

China Internet Network Information Center has published a new statistics report, stating that there were 250 million microblog users in China by the end of 2011, a year-on-year increase of 296%.

Chinese Internet company Tencent and China Network Television have jointly announced a strategic partnership for a comprehensive social media and microblogging cooperation.