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Multinational Corporations Violating China's Environmental Laws and Regulations

by Jianqiang Liu on December 5, 2006
Over the last three years, the Chinese government has punished 33 multinational corporations for violating the nation’s environmental laws and regulations, according to Ma Jun, director of the nongovernmental Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs.

Chinese Government to Start "Buying Green"

by Ling Li on November 30, 2006
China’s Ministry of Finance and the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) have announced that starting in 2007, the nation’s central and provincial governments will prioritize their purchasing of environmentally friendly products and services.

China's "Green" Investment to Outpace GDP Growth

by Ling Li on November 7, 2006
China’s investment in environmental protection is projected to grow faster than the county’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to Jun Ma, Greater China chief economist with Deutsche Bank. By 2010, “green” investments will account for 1.6 percent of Chinese GDP, or 1.9 trillion yuan (US$242 billion), growing at an average rate of 16 percent a year until then.

China's Growth Rate Revised Upward, Heightening Concerns About Overinvestment, Trade Surplus, and Environmental Destruction

by Zijun Li on September 19, 2006
In its Asian Development Outlook 2006 Update, launched on September 6, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) revised upward its economic growth forecast for China for 2006, from 9.5 percent to 10.4 percent. The Bank also projected full-year growth for 2007 at 9.5 percent.

New Report Urges Global Companies to Turn Attention to China's Surging Consumer Class

by Zijun Li on July 20, 2006
Amidst consistently high economic growth, a visible consumer culture is emerging in urban China.

China Faces Employment Crisis; Recent Graduates, Rural Migrants Among Hardest Hit

by Zijun Li on June 29, 2006
Despite record-shattering economic growth rates and swift industrialization, a major jobs crisis is brewing in mainland China.

China Integrating "Green" Concepts into Olympic Venues

by Zijun Li on May 19, 2006
As Beijing moves forward with construction for the 2008 Summer Olympics, project developers are embracing state-of-the-art energy technologies as well as measures to save water and protect sensitive ecosystems.

China's Pharmaceutical Industry Lacks Innovation, Lags Behind

by Zijun Li on May 9, 2006
The gap between the Chinese and global pharmaceutical sectors has widened in recent years

China to Become Second Largest Tourism Economy within the Decade

by Zijun Li on May 2, 2006
As China’s tourism industry flourishes, the country is poised to become the world’s second largest travel and tourism economy after the United States by 2015, according to a new report from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

China Imposes Consumption Tax on Large Cars, Environmentally Un-sound Goods

by Zijun Li on March 23, 2006
Starting April 1, Chinese consumers who buy cars with engine capacities of more than four liters will be required to pay a consumption tax of 20 percent.
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