Month: October 2021

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New draft of wetlands protection law strengthens conservation and increases fines for damage to wetlands

October 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

China has a total wetland area of 53.6 million hectares, ranking it the largest in Asia and fourth in the world. Due to consistent protection efforts, China’s wetlands grew by about 202,600 hectares from 2016 to 2020. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration report that more than half of the country’s wetlands are now being conserved. The scope of protected wetlands and the responsibilities of township authorities are specified in […]

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Chinese mining companies adopt new geothermal technologies to cut carbon emissions

October 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

Iron tailings, traditionally an industrial waste, can now play a role in environmental protection. In northeast China’s Jilin Province, more than 70 hectares of saline-alkali soil have been transformed into fertile land that can produce 7,500 kg of rice per hectare with the help of iron tailings. “We make use of the unique physical and chemical characteristics of iron tailings to improve the soil quality,” said Xiong Hongqi, deputy general […]

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How does China’s National Park system work?

October 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

National parks came into existence over a century ago in order to improve the protection of valuable natural landscapes in countries worldwide. But the management of the parks involves more than ecology. “The essence of national parks is a form of land management,” according to Cao Yue, assistant professor from the Institute for National Parks of Tsinghua University. So the construction and management of a national park will look very […]

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UNESCO and China: Building the eco-civilization that leaves no one behind

October 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

“Etiquette and culture are learned after people’s granary becomes full. Honor and shame are distinguished when the folks have enough to eat and wear.” The words from the ancient Chinese statesman and philosopher, Guan Zhong, living in the Spring and Autumn Period about 2,700 years ago, demonstrate the Chinese philosophical wisdom in discerning the linkage between material abundance and social progress. Since China resumed its rightful place in the United […]

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China makes progress in solid waste treatment

October 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — China has made progress in preventing solid waste pollution, said a report on the enforcement of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste. All provincial-level regions in China have made their plans to advance waste sorting, stated the report submitted to the ongoing session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee for review. Waste sorting covered nearly 95 percent […]

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China vows closer ties with Pacific Island countries on environment

October 24, 2021 CEN_com 0

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that China is willing to work with Pacific Island countries for a closer comprehensive strategic partnership. Wang made the remarks while chairing the first China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting via video link. Wang said the relations between China and Pacific Island countries have set a good example of friendly exchanges, solidarity and cooperation between countries of different regions, sizes and systems. […]

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Cuba now officially part of the Belt and Road Energy Alliance

October 24, 2021 CEN_com 0

Cuba has officially joined the Alliance for Energy of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a project to build an international mega-platform for cooperation and exchange under the principle of shared profit. The announcement was issued by the Cuban Foreign Ministry in a statement this Monday, October 18, 2021. During the second ministerial conference of the international platform, the Alliance for Energy of the Belt and Road project, the […]

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Tibet in Western media vs the real Tibet on the ground

October 23, 2021 CEN_com 0

#ChinaChat Miao Xiaojuan, host of the China Chat program on New China TV, talks with two American experts who visited Tibet – Shaun Rein (of China Market Research Group) and David Blair (of Centre for China and Globalization). Together the two visitors share their firsthand experiences on the trip, delve deeper into Western views of the region, and aim to separate fact from fiction. What they have to say is […]

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5G autopilot buses on trial in Zhengzhou, China

October 23, 2021 CEN_com 0

The Zhengzhou Bus Repair Plant was established in 1963 and today is China’s largest bus and coach manufacturer. The Yutong Bus company has a global market share of 15%, and 30% share of the China bus market. The business focuses on the production of all electric (NEV) and hybrid electric buses. It supplies these buses world wide, including Mexico, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Chile, Yutong buses has been shipped buses to over […]

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China issues guideline on green development in urban, rural areas

October 22, 2021 CEN_com 0

The general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have issued a guideline underpinning green development in urban and rural areas. The guideline sets a target that by 2025 the institutional mechanisms and policy systems for green development in urban and rural areas will be basically established. The country will also make substantial progress on the green transformation of construction and solidly advance carbon […]