According to the Chinese search engine company Baidu.com, it has signed a strategic cooperative agreement with the electronics retailer Suning to jointly explore China's home appliances B2C market.

Alipay, one of the largest independent third-party payment service providers in China, has formally reached an agreement with Marui Company, one of the oldest department stores in Japan.

The global consumer products giant Procter & Gamble has opened an online store on the Chinese Internet shopping website Taobao.com, marking the company's debut into China's Internet marketing sector.

Beijing Municipal Business Commission has issued a circular which encourages retailers to set up online stores and virtual featured commercial streets, and to increase the number of categories of goods offered based on the offline stores.

Japanese casual clothing brand Uniqlo has announced in Shanghai that the company has entered into strategic partnership with the Chinese online retail website Taobao.com, a subsidiary of the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba, to open its Chinese Internet flagship store on Taobao.com.

Following the lead of other e-commerce companies such as Taobao.com, Youa.baidu.com, the Internet shopping platform launched by Baidu, has closed 15 stores for selling fake goods.