Finish what you started

A bridge that cost 3 million yuan to build is torn down just as it nears completion in Chizhou, Anhui Province. Photo :CFP A costly bridge that was recently torn down in East China’s Anhui…

Heavy rain forces 16,000 to evacuate in south China

More than 16,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes Wednesday as torrential rains pelted parts of south Guangdong Province, local flood control authorities said. Heavy rains unleashed by summer monsoons started to pound the…

China placing priority on biotechnology

  A company exhibits biodiesel fuel at an expo held in Beijing. From 2011 to 2015, the biotechnology industry is expected to generate 1 million jobs and reduce emissions of the most common pollutants by…

China mulls policies to boost seawater desalination

China’s economic planner is mulling policies that would boost the development of seawater desalination facilities in order to supplement the country’s supply of freshwater. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), together with 11 other…

Warning over rising geological disasters

BEIJING – China, the nation worst hit by geological disasters such as earthquakes and landslides, is bracing for even more in the future, the Ministry of Land and Resources warned on Tuesday. “China is facing…

4 hydropower dams to rise on Jinsha River

CHINA is building four hydroelectric dams on the Jinsha River, the headwaters of the Yangtze River, with a combined generating capacity double that of the Three Gorges Dam. The four hydro stations with a total…

An Overview of China’s Renewable Energy Market

Jun. 16 – China’s renewable energy development, financially immense, is part of the state government’s long-term domestic diversification and self-sufficiency strategy. The country’s renewable energy market grew by 15.5 percent year-on-year in 2010 to US$20.5…