China's business press carried the following stories on Friday. China.org.cn has not checked the stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Google manager joins Baidu—the Beijing News

Wang Jin, former deputy head of Google China's Shanghai R&D Center, is to take up a post at Baidu, the largest Chinese-language search engine and Google's biggest rival in China.

Wang Jin will be in charge of general management and team-building for Baidu's R&D section. He will effectively fill the gap left when former chief technology officer Li Yinan resigned from Baidu to join China Mobile in January.

Before Wang joined Google China in 2000, he worked at Oracle, Alibaba and eBay.

Google China confirmed the departure of Wang Jin, but declined to comment. Baidu could not be reached for comment.

Fiat won't display at Beijing auto show—China Business News

Fiat, the Italian automaker will not take part in the 10th Beijing Auto Show due to kick off on April 23, because of a deadlock in talks on a joint venture project.

"Fiat is pushing for the approval of a joint venture project in China, and its current business in China still depends on imports," said a staff member at Fiat China. "There is no immediate need to market its brand at such auto shows before it is able to localize its car manufacturing in China."

The Italian auto maker has been on the hunt for a new Chinese partner since it terminated a joint venture with Nanjing Automobile Corporation in late 2007.

Almost all the major auto makers, including Volkswagen, GM and Toyota, will display at Beijing Auto Show. They see Beijing as the most important auto show after Detroit and Geneva as China has emerged as the world's largest auto market.

Evergreen to spend US$5.4 billion on 100-ship order—21st centurial Business Herald

Taipei-based Evergreen Marine Corp., the world's fifth-largest shipping line has announced a plan to buy 100 new ships to replenish its 149-ship fleet. The order is thought to be the biggest in the history of the ship-building industry.

Zhang Rongfa, chairman and founder of the company, revealed the plan in an interview with the Japanese press in early April.

Evergreen will hold talks with ship-builders in South Korea, China, Japan and Taiwan. Delivery dates for the new ships are yet to be decided.