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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Clear targets for realizing Beautiful China

March 5, 2024 CEN_com 0

In the first weeks of this year, China’s central government issued a policy document clarifying what is meant by building a “Beautiful China” (2024 Guidelines to comprehensively promote the development of a Beautiful China), which set out a broad range of environmental targets through 2035 and even beyond. In a recent article for China Daily Global, Dimitri de Boer, special adviser of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, commented […]

US war on China electric cars

March 5, 2024 CEN_com 0

US regime’s war on Chinese electric cars has begun The Biden administration has announced that it’s launching a probe into Chinese “smart cars,” vowing to protect the American automobile industry. As is conventional, the White House branded the cars a “national security threat” and claimed, baselessly, that they can transmit data back to China. Of course, any seasoned and good-faith observer should know that the rhetoric of “national security threats” is always used as a justifying premise, […]

China Baihetan hydro dam world’s 2nd largest

March 3, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s Baihetan Dam 2nd largest hydropower station in world The Baihetan hydropower project is a 16GW hydroelectric facility on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in south-west China. It is the world’s second biggest power station in terms of generating capacity after the Three Gorges Dam. The Dam project entered its full operation period as it was delivered to China Yangzte Power Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of […]

China builds 1st onshore modular reactor

March 3, 2024 CEN_com 0

The world’s first onshore commercial modular pressurized water reactor, Linglong One, completed its final stage of construction in Hainan province, according to reports. The Linglong One, also known as the ACP100, a small modular reactor (SMR), and was the first SMR to be approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2016. Each unit has power generating capacity of 125 megawatts (MW). The reactor was designed in China. It was designed […]

China and Iran renewable energy cooperation

March 2, 2024 CEN_com 0

Iran, located on the new Eurasian land-bridge of the Silk Road Economic Belt as well as the China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor, is an important point along the “Belt and Road”. In January 2016, China and Iran established a comprehensive strategic partnership and signed “the Memorandum of Understanding on Jointly Promoting Construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road”. The formal BRI MoU was […]

China & Pacific Is. climate justice ideals

February 27, 2024 CEN_com 0

Climate experts, officials from China, Pacific Island states call for justice, cooperation at post-COP28 era Experts and government officials from China and the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) shared their research and commitments via a recent forum, bolstering cooperation in the pursuit of climate justice and equitable solutions to the pressing challenges of climate change in the wake of the recently concluded COP28 in Dubai, UAE, where the first global stocktake […]

China Gives Cuba 20 Solar Farms

February 26, 2024 CEN_com 0

China Donates More Than 20 Solar Power Parks to Cuba The provinces of Villa Clara, Ciego de Avila and Holguin are currently installing three photovoltaic parks donated by China. The installation of these photovoltaic parks is a significant step towards reducing Cuba’s dependence on fossil fuels and embracing renewable energy sources. It showcases the commitment of both China and Cuba towards a greener and more sustainable future. The Chinese donation, […]