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China now country with most Natural World Heritage sites

August 8, 2024 CEN_com 0

New Chinese inclusions in World Heritage List known for ‘valuable, vulnerable ecosystems’. After around seven years of preparation, China’s Badain Jaran Desert – Towers of Sand and Lakes has finally been included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Another addition to the list is the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the coast of the Yellow Sea – Bohai Gulf (Phase II), which are distinguished for their role as “valuable and vulnerable ecosystems,” […]

China holds polluters liable to restore environment

August 8, 2024 CEN_com 0

Restorative justice approach adopted to enhance ecological governance. China has adopted a restorative justice approach to handling environmental pollution cases as part of efforts to enhance its ecological governance system, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said on Monday August 5, 2024. In the first half of this year, 1,597 individuals were prosecuted in 668 cases for environmental pollution offenses, according to the top procuratorate. It said that environmental pollution crimes present […]

China-Thailand Joint Laboratory for Climate and Marine Ecosystems

August 5, 2024 CEN_com 0

Thailand and China have much cooperation and interests in common in the areas of marine conservation and disaster prevention. This is particularly evident in the establishment in June 2013 of the China-Thailand Joint Laboratory for Climate and Marine Ecosystems in Phuket, Thailand. MODEL OF INTERNATIONAL MARINE COOPERATION The China-Thailand Joint Laboratory has become a model of international marine cooperation, Thai marine experts told Xinhua in a recent interview. Tipamat Upanoi, director of Phuket Marine Biological Center, […]

Timor-Leste: China to support green development and livelihood improvement

August 5, 2024 CEN_com 0

China has pledged to strengthen cooperation with Timor-Leste in green development – in areas such agriculture and fisheries, health, water conservancy, energy, education and poverty reduction, tourism, and digital economy. Dr José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, embarked on a state visit to the People’s Republic of China from 28 – 31 July 2024, during which he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Timor-Leste and China committed to […]

‘Trash hunt’: Chinese tourists transform into guardians of scenic beauty

August 5, 2024 CEN_com 0

“Reduce, reuse, recycle,” are the three Rs that waste environmental activists have underscored. Recently, this idea came to life in China at the Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang, Northwest China’s Gansu Province. With the tourist season in full swing, Dunhuang’s iconic scenic spot has been bustling with visitors – around 20,000 a day since July. But with this influx, the challenge of managing waste has become more […]

China expands energy storage capacity to utilize more renewables

August 5, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s energy storage capacity is expanding to facilitate the utilization of growing renewable power amid the country’s efforts to advance its green energy transition. China’s installed new-type energy storage capacity had reached 44.44 gigawatts by of the end of June, expanding 40 percent compared with the end of last year, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Wednesday. Lithium-ion batteries accounted for 97 percent of China’s new-type energy storage capacity […]

From national to world scenery – China’s World Heritage Sites

August 5, 2024 CEN_com 0

World Heritage promotes mutual learning among civilizations. The Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage promulgated in 1972 was a global landmark event for UNESCO, aimed at exploring cultural teleology and universal values with culture as the starting point. The Convention mainly stipulates the definition of cultural and natural heritage, as well as measures for national and international protection of cultural and natural heritage. It also specifies […]

China’s 3rd Plenum Resolution and Ecological Civilization

July 30, 2024 CEN_com 0

What did China’s 3rd Plenum Resolution say about Ecological Civilization? China Ecological Civilization newsletter regularly reports on Chinese government documents with importance to ecological civilization. Its latest report is on the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization. It’s a long title. But the core is simple — improving ecological civilization construction related mechanisms. The Resolution is a […]

Wuhan residents pioneer winning formula for rooftop solar

July 27, 2024 CEN_com 0

A rooftop solar project in China suggests community emissions-reduction work must benefit everybody to succeed. China’s housing regulations are such that the roof of an apartment block is communally owned by all residents. That means there must be unanimous agreement to install solar panels there, making this a far more complicated undertaking than doing the same atop a public, commercial or agricultural building. The Jianshe apartment complex in Wuhan’s Beihu subdistrict is […]