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by Ling Li on December 12, 2006 In November, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in cooperation with China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges under the Ministry of Commerce, initiated a four-year project on “Green Poverty Reduction in China.”
by Hua Zhang on November 23, 2006 China has slid down the annual Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), a measure of a country’s climate protection efforts, due to its rising emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). China ranked 29th out of 53 countries in 2006 but...
by Ling Li on October 26, 2006 The Hurun Report, a luxury business magazine known for its annual surveys of China’s wealthiest citizens, recently released its 2006 China Energy Rich List, which ranks the wealth generated from the nation’s booming energy sector.
by Yingling Liu on October 5, 2006 Power authorities recently renovated the 249 lamps lining Beijing’s famous Tian’anmen Square and adjacent Chang’an Street, replacing incandescent and mercury bulbs with energy-efficient electrode-less discharge ones.
by Yingling Liu on September 21, 2006 China’s first heating and cooling system to use seawater pumps is under construction in the northeast coastal city of Dalian and will begin operation this winter.
by Yingling Liu on September 7, 2006 Over the next decade, China plans to invest 800 million RMB (US $100 million) in the development of methane gas hydrate—so-called “combustible ice”—to meet its rising energy demand and alleviate heavy dependence on fossil fuels.
by Zijun Li on August 17, 2006 In the first half of 2006, China’s energy intensity (the amount of energy required for every dollar produced in the economy) climbed 0.8 percent above the corresponding period last year.
by Yingling Liu on August 10, 2006 China’s solar giant Suntech Power Co. Ltd. announced on August 2 that it was acquiring the Japanese photovoltaic (PV) company MSK.
by Yingling Liu on July 13, 2006 A subsidiary of China National Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Corporation recently reached a deal with the government of southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to construct a 200,000-ton cassava ethanol plant in the capital Nanning.
by Zijun Li on July 4, 2006 Chinese developers unveiled the world’s first full-permanent magnetic levitation (Maglev) wind power generator at the Wind Power Asia Exhibition 2006 held June 28 in Beijing.
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