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Mitigating global food waste: does China provide lessons to rest of the world?

February 23, 2022 CEN_com 0

The Chinese government has been firm and proactive in addressing the issue of food wastage in the country. The adoption of pertinent measures such as the Clean Plate Campaign spearheaded by President Xi Jinping, an initiative which seeks to mitigate food wastage and promote food security, and the passing of the anti-food waste law in 2021 at the session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee are all germane actions that […]

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China outlines tasks to advance rural vitalization in 2022

February 23, 2022 CEN_com 0

China unveiled its “No. 1 central document” for 2022 on Tuesday, outlining key tasks to comprehensively push forward rural vitalization this year. As the first policy statement released by China’s central authorities each year, the document is seen as an indicator of policy priorities. Work on agriculture and rural areas has been high on the agenda for 19 consecutive years since 2004. The document called for efforts to stabilize and […]

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‘Seawater rice’ could feed 80 million Chinese

February 20, 2022 CEN_com 0

New salt-tolerant rice strains have been developed by Chinese scientists in the hope of ensuring food security that’s been threatened by rising sea levels. Test fields in Tianjin recorded a yield of 4.6 metric tons per acre last year, higher than the national average for production of standard rice varieties. Jinghai district in northern China is hardly a rice-growing paradise. Located along the coast of the Bohai Sea, over half […]

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Understanding China’s latest guidelines for greening the Belt and Road

February 16, 2022 CEN_com 0

The latest guidelines are another important milestone towards greening China’s overseas projects and investments. They are – to our knowledge – the most comprehensive document by any country regulator to guide environmental management of overseas projects by either public or private companies. This January, less than six months after publishing the “Green development guidelines for overseas investment and cooperation”, China’s ministries of commerce and of ecology and environment issued another set of recommendations with […]

Worst drought in 60 years hits China’s Guangdong province: influenced by climate change

February 13, 2022 CEN_com 0

Guangdong province receives plenty of rainfall, but rapid economic growth and climate change are nevertheless causing an emerging problem. In late December last year (2021) the Chinese news outlet Caixin reported that multiple major Guangdong cities had issued warnings to residents that they may face a water shortage as the southern province has been struck with its biggest drought since 1979. Technology hub Shenzhen has mobilized emergency response resources to […]

The Green Belt and Road Initiative

February 13, 2022 CEN_com 0

A China-led effort, greening of the Belt and Road Initiative involves development projects aligned with the 2030 UNSDG goals that also present climate action-positive investment opportunities. Since it was first proposed in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has taken on many forms. A clear-eyed strategy to connect Asia with Africa and Europe via land and maritime networks, the BRI’s primary goals are regional integration and stimulating trade and […]

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Reducing surface layer ozone pollution could significantly increase wheat yield in East Asia: study

February 13, 2022 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers have discovered that halving the ground level ozone pollution dose could increase wheat yields by more than 20 percent, the Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday. The climbing concentration of surface ozone pollution hinders crop growth and reduces yields, according to the report. The researchers from the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology worked in cooperation with nine other institutions to assess […]

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China plans regional caps to conserve water

February 12, 2022 CEN_com 0

The country’s per capita water resources are less than one-third of the global average. China plans to develop a stricter water conservation framework by introducing regional usage caps and water rights trading schemes amid depleting resources, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. In a notice Tuesday, the ministry said that specifying regional water availability caps would be high on its agenda, and be used as a basis to define initial water access rights […]

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China set to further low-carbon push

February 12, 2022 CEN_com 0

New measures in pipeline to boost non-fossil energy’s role in promoting green transition China’s nonfossil energy will not only meet the country’s incremental energy demand but also replace fossil fuel stocks on a large scale by 2030, authorities said on Thursday. A statement jointly released by the National Energy Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission on Thursday said China will come up with an integrated institution and policy […]

China is winning the battle against air pollution

February 11, 2022 CEN_com 0

National air pollution action plans devised by China have seen significant reductions in pollution levels and associated health risks. Air pollution levels in the main Chinese cities at the beginning of the 1980s were almost exactly at the level of London at the height of the Industrial Revolution in 1890. In response to London’s Great Smog of 1952, the United Kingdom introduced the first air pollution law in the world […]