AMSTERDAM – Denmark earns the biggest share of its national revenue from producing windmills and other clean technologies, the United States is rapidly expanding its clean-tech sector, but no country can match China’s pace of growth,…
Category: Environment
DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan, May 4 (Xinhua) — A new specialized center for giant panda rescue and disease prevention broke ground for construction on Wednesday in Dujiangyan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Upon completion, the facility will…
WUHAN – Although renowned as the “land of a thousand lakes”, central China’s Hubei province has been plagued by a lingering spring drought, which has impacted grain production and disrupted the area’s supply of drinking…
The Japanese earthquake will impact Asia in terms of international trade, foreign direct investment and supply chains, Gerald Lyons said lately at Asia House in London. “Small and open economies in Asia are incredibly volatile…
China’s chief negotiator to UN climate change talks said here on Tuesday that the country is drafting a special law dedicated to climate change and will explore a low carbon development path suitable to China….
China’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday that “extremely low levels” of radioactive isotope iodine-131 had been detected in various kinds of vegetables in 12 provincial regions. The radioactive isotope was found in spinach, asparagus, lettuce,…
With China’s ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions for a greener economy during the 12th five-year plan period from 2011 to 2015, new energy industries are becoming even more significant than in the past. These…
China will launch a development plan in energy-saving and the new-energy vehicle industry to make the country a leader in the sector over the next 10 years, with government funding of 100 billion yuan ($15.28…
Small amounts of radioactive iodine-131 have been detected in the air in 31 of China’s provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. Radioactive cesium has been detected in 21. Iodine has also been found in spinach produced…
Zhang Gongli was delighted to see blue skies and white clouds again in his hometown, a small village in east China’s Anhui province. He and his village, Qiugang in Bengbu City, became famous because of…