Environment, Biodiversity & Pollution~

China Updates Biodiversity Strategy

March 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China Releases Updated Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan for 2023-2030 China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the China Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2023-2030) on January 18, 2024. This plan outlines a road map for biodiversity conservation in the coming years, aligning with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This marks the third biodiversity conservation strategy and action plan China has ever issued. The first, the China Biodiversity […]

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 […]

Xiamen solution & global marine governance

March 1, 2024 CEN_com 0

‘Xiamen solution’ exemplifies harmonious coexistence between man and nature, contributes to global marine governance Decoding a ‘Beautiful China’ GT Editor’s Note: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that the environment concerns the well-being of people in all countries. During his inspections, Xi has always paid great attention to ecosystems, spanning from cities to […]

China-built solar train in Argentina

February 22, 2024 CEN_com 0

China-built solar tourist light rail to operate in the Argentine Andes Jujuy Province in Argentina inaugurated the only solar train in Latin America in early-December, 2023. China, India and Australia already have solar trains in operation. The Argentine rail service is powered by an extensive set of lithium batteries, has two passenger cars designed to carry between 72 and 388 passengers, and will officially open to national and international tourism by […]

South China Sea impacts global climate

February 22, 2024 CEN_com 0

The continued warming in the South China Sea is likely to lead to increased precipitation in South Asia and East Asia and affect global weather Climate  change  in  the  South  China  Sea  and  its  surrounding  areas could have “profound impacts” on  both  local and  global  climate patterns, a new study has found. The South China Sea, located in the eastern part of Southeast Asia, is a partially enclosed sea surrounded by […]

New pumped hydro storage soars in China

February 18, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s construction of pumped hydro storage capacity increased dramatically in the last year, with capacity under construction reaching 167GW, up from 120GW a year earlier, with investment in hydopower pumped storage in 2023 increasing 38% year on year to reach $47 billion USD. This growth is illustrated in the figure below, which shows pumped hydro capacity under construction or in earlier stages of development at the end of 2023. Data from Global Energy Monitor […]

China’s Jiaolong ocean submersible

February 18, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s Jiaolong ocean submersible joins China’s 83rd ocean expedition China’s first independently developed manned submersible, Jiaolong, has arrived with its mother ship Shenhai Yihao (Deep Sea No. 1) in the hydrothermal area of the south Atlantic for the country’s 83rd ocean expedition, the China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA) announced on Saturday. With a variety of conventional environmental survey equipment, the submersible is expected to carry out 46 dives during the voyage for marine […]

New Fukushima radioactive water leak

February 18, 2024 CEN_com 0

Latest Fukushima radioactive water leak part of pattern of repeated accidents at plant – China An accident in Fukushima once again demonstrates the deep-rooted problems of disorder and chaos in the internal management of Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). Japan has the responsibility to promptly and fully disclose information about the incident in a transparent manner and provide responsible explanations, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Thursday, after Japanese […]

Siberian Tiger Kills Amur Leopard in NE China

February 18, 2024 CEN_com 0

Siberian Tiger Kills Amur Leopard in Northeast China National Park Wildlife experts describe this clash between the two endangered species in China’s Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park bordering Russia as highly unusual, given the rarity of tigers encountering the more agile and cautious leopards in the wild In the heart of northeast China’s dense forests, wildlife researchers are working to unravel a rare yet violent encounter between two endangered […]