Apr 19, 2009 – CRD Chairman Ya-Qin Zhang participated in this year's Boao Forum for Asia held from 17-19 April, 2009 in the southern province of Hainan. The forum attracted more than 1,600 high-level officials, academic scholars and business leaders from around the world to discuss how Asian countries can work together to offset the worst of the global financial crisis.

REDMOND – Feb 19, 2009 – With approximately 650 million subscribers, China is the largest mobile market in the world. With that sizable opportunity as a backdrop, Microsoft is working to understand the way that Chinese culture shapes the ability to effectively market mobile devices.

May 6, 2008 - Microsoft China today broke ground on a revolutionary new environmentally-efficient campus that symbolizes the next phase of growth for the Microsoft China Research and Development Group (CRD).

February 23, 2008 - During a ceremony at Peking University, Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang corporate vice-president of Microsoft and chairman of Microsoft China R&D Group, was honored as one of just 10 "Top Ten Technology Talents" in China.

1 October 2009 - On 22 September, five executives from Microsoft headquarters started their one-week visit with the China team of Server & Tools Business. One of the hot topics discussed that week was how long it would take this China R&D team to evolve into a world-class team.

July 9, 2009 - During the past year, I have written two articles on cloud computing where I shared my view with friends in the industry and press about the relationship between "Cloud" and "Client" and the trends of "Cloud Computing". In the third article on "Cloud+Client" computing, I will focus on a discussion of the trends of client, the direction of technology evolution, application areas for products and the changes of the application environment.

Jun 30, 2009 - Steve Shihadeh, vice president – Sales, Product Management & Services of Microsoft Health Solutions and Dr. Hong-Jiang Zhang, chief technology officer of Microsoft China Research and Development Group (CRD) discuss how Microsoft and in particular, the ATC team, contributes to the development of global healthcare IT and its localization in China.

June 17, 2009 - This year, the Microsoft Asia Center for Hardware (MACH) will celebrate its fifth anniversary - truly an important occasion. This team in Southern China has become an important task force for hardware innovation and product development worldwide.