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JP Morgan Chase & Co's head of China research and strategy Frank Gong is "a thinker who can organize ideas logically, a psychologist who knows what the market is thinking, an actor who has the emotional skills to move his audience and an athlete who is energetic"- four principles Gong used to help the firm win the "Best Research Team in China" award for the fourth time. Page 2

Multinational companies are intensifying efforts to integrate into the growing wind energy industry in China. Page 3

New mainland listings may get the green light as early as this month, prompting worries that a flood of new shares could dampen the recent stock market rally, but analysts said the long-term outlook for a continued uptrend remains intact. Page 4

China's household paper industry has not been hurt by the global economic slowdown, with firms using a variety of tactics to get a greater share of the lucrative market. Page 5

It's a dilemma for consumer electronics companies - cutting marketing expenses during an economic slowdown while maintaining revenue and consumer loyalty. But Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia seems to have found a good solution by turning to the Internet. Page 6

China's shipyards continue to scrape along with continuing declines in new business and growing risk of cancelled orders. Page 7

Few IT products gain great favor with consumers when everyone is holding tightly onto their cash. But netbooks have had market success even as the economic downturn reduced spending by both commercial and retail customers. Page 7

It ought to have come as a surprise to Xu Jingnan when his name found its way onto Forbes Chinese edition's 2009 China Charity List, as he never intended it to be there. But Xu's reaction to this was characteristically understated, with the CEO of leading domestic sportswear brand Peak noting charity is part and parcel of the firm's social responsibilities. Page 8

A power plant in Erdos projected to use 200,000 tons of branches from sand willow trees annually has been in commercial operation since February. It is designed to generate 30 mW of electricity and eliminate an estimated 260,000 tons of CO2 emissions yearly. Page 10

China is likely to complete its mandated emission cuts of major pollutants ahead of schedule, said the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The country's 11th Five-Year Plan goal was to reduce chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide emission by 10 percent between 2006 and 2010.

Signaling a recovery in employment, 3.65 million urban residents found new jobs in the first four months of the year, according to an executive meeting of the State Council resided over by Premier Wen Jiabao last week.

(China Daily 06/08/2009 page1)