China Watch
by Yingling Liu on March 13, 2007 The recent agreement between China’s top forestry authority and one of the nation’s biggest energy giants to develop biofuels plantations in the southwest reflects rising Chinese attention to non-fossil energy sources. But the excitement may come at great environmental loss...
by Ling Li on March 8, 2007 At the opening of the National People’s Congress on Monday, the Chinese government vowed to stick to its goal of reducing energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20 percent by 2010, despite failing to meet last year’s annual target.
by Ling Li on March 6, 2007 A multibillion-dollar channel to be completed this year aims to transfer water over hundreds of kilometers from China’s Yangtze River to the North China Plain, bringing Beijing an extra 1.2 billion cubic meters of water a year to address its worsening water scarcity.
by Hujun Li on March 1, 2007 “Climate negotiations are the most important international negotiations after the WTO.” At least this is what Ji Zou, a professor of environmental economics at the People’s University of China in Beijing, believes. In the summer of 2000, Zhou, then 39, received an official letter from China’s Office of the National Coordination Committee on Climate Change (ONCCCC) inviting him to join the country’s climate delegation.
by Ling Li on February 27, 2007 Earlier this month, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Water Resources, and Ministry of Construction jointly released a water-saving plan to cut the nation’s water use per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20 percent within five years.
by Feng Yun on February 22, 2007 The Chinese government has prepared an official national plan to improve the country’s ability to respond to climate change, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planning body.
by Ke Zhang on February 20, 2007 Starting in 2008, China will expand its recent Regional Permit Restriction to provinces nationwide in an effort to push them to achieve pollution reduction goals
by Ling Li on February 15, 2007 Early this month, the Chinese government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a joint carbon finance project that would use carbon trades in China’s less-developed regions to help reach the UN Millennium Development Goals, including poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability.
by Jianxiang Yang on February 13, 2007 After years of short supply, China achieved a balance in its electricity production and consumption in mid-2006. The relief, however, is temporary. Concerns over supply remain high as the booming economy leads to ever-higher demand, while capacity is insufficient with limited or dwindling energy resources.
by Yingling Liu on February 8, 2007 The State Council, China’s parliament, recently endorsed a plan to accelerate closure of the nation’s smaller coal-fired power plants.
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