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2005-April-18 Searching the nearest restaurant on Baidu.com

Soon Beijing internet users can input "Food & Beverage" in the search box and click "search",Baidu.com will return the nearest restaurant according to the user's IP.

Global IPv6 Summit in China 2005

Time: April 4-6, 2005
Venue: Beijing International Convention Center
Host: IPv6 FORUM
Directed: CNGI Expert Committee
Highlights:
1. The summit will adopt the world smallest RFID chip in its audience managing system.
2. The biggest IPv6 ShowNet in China
3. IPv6 Toturials
4. Representatives from ITU, ICANN, ISOC, IETF

Visit http://www.ipv6.net.cn to Keep an close on Global IPv6 Summit in China 2005.

2005-4 China's First E-Signature Law

China's first e-signature law went into effect on April 1, reports eNet. The law was recognized as China's first law in informatization.

2005-3 GAPP To Decrease Audio Visual And Electronic Publication VAT By 4%

The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) will decrease value added tax on audio visual products and electronic publications from 17 percent to 13 percent.

2005-3 Baidu Signs MOU With Shanda

Chinese search engine Baidu and online game operater Shanda announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to become "strategic partners" according to a ChinaByte report on Thursday.

2005-3 Alibaba Launches Keyword Paid Ranking Service

Chinese B2B portal Alibaba announced the launch of a keyword paid ranking service for Trustpass members on Thursday, eNet reports. According to Alibaba, Trustpass members can pay to have their company listed.

2005-3: Dot CN domain registered by foreign companies

According to CNNIC, lots of foreign companies are registering their brand-related CN domain names.
Panasonic registered 102 cn domains, coming on the heel, Volkswagon brought 67 .CN domains.

CSE Notes: It shows the foreign companies are making a long run plan in China. CSE can help design and register your .CN domain name for you.

2005-3: Hongkong listed No 1 on Nielsen//NetRatings' listing for internet user's online time

According the report newly released by Nielsen//NetRatings, among the 12 countries where the research performed, American internet users spend an average time close to 14 hours per day online, Hongkong internet users spend the longest time online, about 22 hours per day.

2005-3: Chinese search engine market to consolidate

By Liu Baijia (China Daily)

Search engine service providers launched a new round of attacks in the fiercely competing market yesterday - moves which could close the final stage of consolidations.

Baidu.com, the country's biggest search engine service provider, on Thursday held a Most Searched Brand and Entreprenuer award with Rupert Hoogewerf, CEO of EuroMoney China, trying to boost its influence among business leaders and young people.

Robin Li, CEO of Baidu, believed that with the searches of interested brands or entrepreneurs, people will find out their stories and spread the entrepreneurial spirit.

Baidu also released its hard disk search software on February 28, aiming to expand its search services from web search to hard disk search.

Zhongsou.com, another major player in the market, also released its desktop search software NetPig 3.0 version on Thursday.

"Desktop search has become a trend in the market, but who will be the leader in the market?" queried Chen Pei, president of Beijing-based Zhongsou.

He believed the development of search engine technology has entered the third generation, which has search results both on the web and computer hard disks and provides customized search services.

The Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com also upgraded its search engine website Sougou.com on February 25 - and vowed to become the leading search engine service provider in the country.

The US giant Yahoo!'s Chinese operation also said it would aim to become the biggest player in two years.

Henry Yang, president of the Internet industry research company Shanghai iResearch Co Ltd, believed the moves and remarks of companies like Baidu, Zhongsou, Sohu, and Yahoo! China reflect the intensity of the competition in the search engine market, which is almost fully consolidated.

"The market consolidation is almost done and the positions of some leaders are well established, so naturally some smaller players would seek other means to put themselves under the spotlight," said Yang.

According to an iResearch report on the Chinese search engine market, the business grew to 1.2 billion yuan (US$145 million) in 2004 with a 74 per cent year-on-year growth rate.

Baidu, Google and search services by Yahoo! China were the top three most popular search engines in 2004 with almost 85 per cent of the usage.

Yang pointed out that the technical barriers to the business are already quite high and the positions of a few major players are quite established, so small and medium players are facing mounting difficulties.

He said new technologies, such as desktop search software by Zhongsou and My Search software by 8848.com will bring some uncertainties to the competition in the market, but it will be very difficult for a new player to emerge just with new technologies.