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MIIT Establishes 3G Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (Jul 4)
Li Yizhong, minister of the new Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China, says the ministry has established a 3G inter-ministerial coordination group to promote the commercial test and ensure the success of TD-SCDMA. Li says that the ministry should actively promote the commercial test of TD-SCDMA, further reform the telecommunication system, and carry out [...]


Chinese Gaming Firm Launches Publishing Division (Jul 4)
Chinese online game company Shanda (SNDA) says it has started a new business unit called Shanda Literature Limited to focus on publishing original reader-generated literary works. Xiaoqiang Hou, CEO of Shanda Literature, said, "Shanda Literature will bring together the most talented writers in Chinese online literature. An important driver of new growth is the potential to [...]


New Professional Data Center Unveiled In Beijing (Jul 3)
Beijing Data Center of Centrin, one of the largest and the most advanced professional data center in China, has been unveiled and put into operation in Beijing's Yizhuang Economic-Technological Development Zone. BDCC mainly provides information system site resource services; production center operations and hosting services; catastrophe assistance; and sustainable management services for such industry clients as [...]


Dell To Increase Store Number To 3,000 In China (Jul 3)
According to Min Yida, president of Dell Greater China, Dell has 1,800 direct shops in China and the company hopes to increase the number to 3,000 by the end of 2008. Min is quoted by local media as saying that Dell has done a lot to change its business model over the last year in China. [...]


Online Chinese Shops Need License From August (Jul 3)
According to the e-commerce supervision and management regulation released by Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce on its website, from August 1, 2008, profit-making online shops from Beijing should get a business license before starting operation. However, the regulation also says that nonprofit online shops that aim at selling or exchanging personal use items do not [...]


COO Of Star Group Joins Alibaba (Jul 3)
Alibaba Group has announced that Zhang Wei, the former COO of Star Group China, formally joined Alibaba Group. According to Cai Chongxin, CFO of Alibaba, Zhang Wei will be senior vice president and in charge of the strategic investment department of the group. Her main responsibilities will be to help Alibaba and its subsidiaries evaluate trends [...]


China Yahoo Apologizes To Qihu360 For Improper Competition In China (Jul 2)
Alibaba's subsidiary China Yahoo has for the first time made an apology to Qihu360 for the improper competitive practices its service Yahoo! Assistant has brought to Qihu360. China Yahoo has made the apology on its home page, saying that "Beijing Alibaba Information Technology Co., Ltd and www.3721.com have executed improper competition to Beijing Sanji Wuxian Network [...]


Four Chinese Companies Punished For Selling Fake NEC Keyboards (Jul 2)
Beijing No. 1 Secondary People's Court has sentenced four Chinese companies, including Beijing Shiji Yuehua Technology Development Center, to pay CNY1.15 million in compensation to Nippon Electric Company Limit for making and selling fake keyboards with the latter's brand. In November 2006, Zhuhai Department of Industry and Commerce issued a punishment to Zhuhai Yuehua Electronics Company [...]


China Formally Launches New MIIT (Jul 2)
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was silently, formally launched on June 29 to replace the old Ministry of Information Industry. The launch ceremony of the new agency was a low-key affair, with none of the ministers or directors attending, let alone media. The whole ceremony was said to have lasted for only 20 minutes, [...]


Ku6.com Becomes Partner Of CCTV.com For Olympic Coverage (Jul 2)
Chinese online video website Ku6.com signed a contract with CCTV.com on July 1, 2008 to launch an Olympic service plan. With this contract, Ku6.com becomes the only video website that has cooperated with CCTV.com in Olympic program order services. This order service will be launched during the Olympic Games. Li Shanyou, president and CEO of Ku6.com, says [...]