China: climate change legislation

March 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China needs to speed up climate change legislation, says NPC deputy A national legislator has called for legislation tackling climate change to be accelerated to help achieve the country’s ambitious climate targets. The legislation and the establishment of a legal system for reducing carbon emissions are an urgent necessity for the country to achieve its climate targets, said Zhang Tianren, a deputy to the National People’s Congress. China aims to […]

China must speed up climate change legislation

March 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China needs to speed up climate change legislation, says NPC deputy A national legislator has called for legislation tackling climate change to be accelerated to help achieve the country’s ambitious climate targets. The legislation and the establishment of a legal system for reducing carbon emissions are an urgent necessity for the country to achieve its climate targets, said Zhang Tianren, a deputy to the National People’s Congress. China aims to […]

China Has Half of World’s Top AI Researchers

March 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China Produces Nearly Half of World’s Top AI Researchers Who Increasingly Choose to Stay Home In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), China has emerged as a dominant force, with its AI talent pool expanding significantly in recent years. According to the latest findings from the Global AI Talent Tracker 2.0, China has seen a remarkable rise in the number of top-tier AI researchers, solidifying its position as […]

China Produces Half of World’s Top AI Researchers

March 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China Produces Nearly Half of World’s Top AI Researchers Who Increasingly Choose to Stay Home In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), China has emerged as a dominant force, with its AI talent pool expanding significantly in recent years. According to the latest findings from the Global AI Talent Tracker 2.0, China has seen a remarkable rise in the number of top-tier AI researchers, solidifying its position as […]

China Industry Policy spurs Green economy

March 11, 2024 CEN_com 0

How China’s Industrial Policy is accelerating its Green Tech economy’s growth This video from Channel News Asia (7 min) looks at what drives China’s highly successful industrial policy in the green technology sector. “Sichuan houses the largest clean energy industrial cluster – and it’s a result of industrial policy. Local government officials carefully select the companies to complement the industrial chain, creating an ‘assembly line’ where an upstream company’s products […]

How China’s Industrial Policy is accelerating its Green Tech economy’s growth

March 11, 2024 CEN_com 0

This video from Channel News Asia (7 min) looks at what drives China’s highly successful industrial policy in the green technology sector. “Sichuan houses the largest clean energy industrial cluster – and it’s a result of industrial policy. Local government officials carefully select the companies to complement the industrial chain, creating an ‘assembly line’ where an upstream company’s products will feed into a downstream company’s needs in a neighbouring city.” […]

The growing menace of wildfires

March 10, 2024 CEN_com 0

Under the background of global warming, exposure to wildfire is a growing public health concern worldwide.Wildfires are posing a growing danger, particularly in the US and Canada in North America, and in the Mediterranean region in Europe. Parts of China and many other countries have also experienced more intense wildfires. Wildfire events in southwestern China have resulted in catastrophic loss of property and human life. China’s CGTN America recently shared […]

Push to globalize China’s seed industry

March 9, 2024 CEN_com 0

Beijing’s pledge to keep China’s “rice bowl” firmly in the hands of its people has been backed with numerous actions, including the protection of arable land, expansion of farming acreage and more widespread use of technology. The South China Morning Post points out that seed industry is deemed to be “strategic and fundamental”, and the vitalisation of seeds is a major feature of the country’s quest to ensure its food security. It […]

Call for stronger push to globalize China’s seed industry

March 9, 2024 CEN_com 0

Beijing’s pledge to keep China’s “rice bowl” firmly in the hands of its people has been backed with numerous actions, including the protection of arable land, expansion of farming acreage and more widespread use of technology. The South China Morning Post points out that seed industry is deemed to be “strategic and fundamental”, and the vitalisation of seeds is a major feature of the country’s quest to ensure its food security. It […]

China government ecological work report

March 6, 2024 CEN_com 0

Key points related to ecological civilization in Chinese government 2024 work report Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a government work report on behalf of the State Council at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress on Tuesday morning, March 5,2024.  China’s annual “two sessions,” a highly anticipated event on the country’s political calendar, began on Monday. “Two sessions” is the short phrase of the annual sessions […]