Month: December 2021

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Beijing to see end of heavy air pollution by 2025

December 9, 2021 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Dec. 8, 2021 (Xinhua) — Beijing will basically see no heavy pollution days by 2025, with other environmental quality indicators to be steadily improved, said an ecological environment protection plan released on Wednesday. The capital will strive to keep the average PM2.5 concentration within 35 micrograms per cubic meter by 2025, according to the Ecological and Environmental Protection Plan for Beijing (2021-2025). The plan emphasizes a holistic approach to […]

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Egypt, China establish joint lab for smart agriculture

December 9, 2021 CEN_com 0

Egyptian and Chinese scientific research institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint laboratory for smart agriculture, the Chinese Embassy in Egypt said in a statement on Wednesday. The agreement, which calls for establishing a joint lab for smart agriculture cooperation, as well as executing important cooperative research projects, holding scientific seminars and conferences, and exchanging visits of professors, lecturers, and students between Egypt and China, was […]

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China-built Moscow metro stations open to traffic: “landmark for Sino-Russian friendship”

December 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday via video link launched a new section of the Moscow Metro, part of which was built by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC). CRCC constructed a 5.4-km line, which consists of three stations and nine tunnels, as part of the 70-km Third Interchange Circuit of the Moscow Metro. It was the first time for Russia to introduce a Chinese enterprise in its metro construction, […]

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Across China: A “zero-carbon” winter with nuclear heating

December 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

JINAN, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Despite the winter chill gaining pace in Haiyang City of east China’s Shandong Province, Li Jianmin is unworried thanks to the green heating plants at his home. “The temperature inside is quite stable, and the heating bill is low,” said Li, a local resident. On Nov. 9 this year, the city bid farewell to the coal-burning days with the launch of its nuclear heating project, […]

North Korea increases green energy – fosters energy partnership with China

December 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

In 2017 North Korea generated 55 percent of its total electricity from hydroelectric plants (with the remaining 45 percent coming from fossil fuels). Thus the socialist country already displays a national reliance on renewable energy. The North Korean leadership wants to further develop renewable energy production sources, including wind and solar power. However, the weakness of the economy under the onslaught of US-inspired sanctions, has led analysts to suggest that t he […]

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Cuba and China strengthen ties through the Belt and Road strategy

December 7, 2021 CEN_com 0

Cuba it should be remembered was the first Latin American country to establish diplomatic relations with China back in 1960. Sixty-one years after that union, both nations continue to collaborate with each other in the fight against hegemonism and unilateralism, the use of force, and violation of international laws. Today, the two countries have a new reason for rapprochement; the Chinese project of the Belt and Road, which once again […]

China’s Lenovo offers opportunities for volunteers to work from a remote island while helping environmental projects

December 7, 2021 CEN_com 0

Chinese tech brand Lenovo is launching the “Work for Humankind” project, in partnership with the NGO, Island Conservation, at a large UNESCO ecological reserve which is part of the Juan Fernandez archipelago, 600 km off the coast of Chile. SANTIAGO, Dec 7 — A paradisiacal island located off the coast of Chile is ready to welcome remote workers from all over the world. These individuals will need to be environmentally […]

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Research reveals possible genetic ‘exchange’ between Covid-19 Omicron variant and common-cold virus

December 6, 2021 CEN_com 0

The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus – possibly one that causes the common cold – present in the same infected cells, according to researchers. This genetic sequence does not appear in any earlier versions of the coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, but is ubiquitous in many other viruses including those […]

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Shenzhen: Chinese city with 16,000 electric buses and 22,000 electric taxis

December 6, 2021 CEN_com 0

Shared by China Environment News  VIDEO 21:14 This 21 minute video episode is overflowing with positivity as it visits Shenzhen, China – a world-leading city in which the drive to go electric has resulted in 16,000 electric buses and 22,000 electric taxis. The commitment to convert city transport to a sustaninable system is simply astounding, with incredibly well thought out infrastructure and facilities to support the switch to electric. The video […]

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Chinese Experience: Helping to save the Aral Sea

December 6, 2021 CEN_com 0

The Aral Sea has a grand history in Kazakhstan and the Central Asian region and was once one of the four largest lakes in the world, covering 68,380 square kilomters with Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the south. Its name means “Island Sea” as this water body is surrounded by the forbidding deserts and dry steppes. As many are aware, Soviet irrigation projects begun in the 1960s and […]