Chinese electronics retailers Dazhong and Gome have announced that they have launched mobile phone trade-in activities in Beijing, offering a buy-back of up to CNY200.

Taiwanese mobile phone brand Altek has announced its entry into the Chinese electronics retail chain Gome, making it the second Taiwanese mobile phone brand available in mainland China market, following Dopod.

Taobao.com, the Internet shopping subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it will cooperate with Lenovo, China Telecom, and TCL to launch three types of customized mobile phone products, which are expected to be put into the market at the beginning of 2010.

French retail giant Carrefour and China Unicom Guangdong branch have formed a strategic alliance and signed a cooperative agreement.

China Mobile will officially launch its mobile phone application online store in mid-August 2009 to encourage development and downloads of mobile phone software in China.

Youa, Chinese search engine company Baidu.com's online shopping platform, has announced that China Telecom Beijing has opened an official flagship store on its website, focusing on 3G mobile products.