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Reducing ground-layer ozone pollution will significantly increase East Asia grain yield: Chinese scientists Published 2022/02/13 Rising pollution from surface or ground ozone (O3) – technically, ozone in the “boundary layer” of the troposhere – is having a devastating impact on agriculture in East Asia, causing a crop production loss of nearly $63 billion annually, which may exacerbate food insecurity and health risk in the region. Ground ozone, a greenhouse gas […]

Published 2022/02/09 With over 150 countries and international organizations participating in the Belt and Road, the initiative will be built into a more open and innovative one. Compared with nine years ago, when the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first proposed, the current international landscape has greatly changed with both favorable and unfavorable factors popping up for cooperation on the initiative. More and more countries are now supporting and […]

Published 2022/02/07 China outlined a modern comprehensive transportation system over the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period in a circular rissued on Jan 18, 2022. According to the circular, by 2025, China will have generally realized integrated transportation development, achieved breakthroughs in pursuing intelligent and green transportation, and made prominent improvements in overall capability, service quality and efficiency of the transportation sector. By that time, China will have made a further […]

Geothermal green heating part of China’s decarbonization plans Published 2022/01/27 China is adopting geothermal because geothermal district heating is by far the most economic means of heating available … It also answers China’s fundamental policy of carbon neutrality and combating air pollution.” CITY OF XIAN GEOTHERMAL DISTRICT HEATING The city of Xian’s geothermal district heating in Shaanxi Province China serves as an example of the country’s decarbonization plans. China’s commitment […]

China and UN Food & Agriculture Organization agree to implement South-South Cooperation – Phase 3 Published 2022/01/20 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Chinese Government officially launching Phase III of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme. The agreement marks the official launch of Phase III of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme after China’s announcement of an additional $50 million in […]

Published 2022/01/17 On 4 January 2022 China’s CGTN media network posted a short video announcing that a team of Chinese scientists has arrived at the Zhongshan Station and the Great Wall Station to conduct the 38th expedition in Antarctica to carry out scientific research. In this post we provide background information on China’s Antarctic Program and the Antarctic Treaty System, of which China is a consultative party to the Treaty. […]

Published 2022/01/12 Data collected for a study conducted by researchers from 14 institutes in China, the United States and Italy, published 11 January 2022 in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, has found that 2021 was the hottest for the world’s oceans in recorded human history. They researchers found that the upper 2,000 meters in all oceans last year absorbed a greater amount of heat than the previous record set just […]

Published 2021/12/31 Photo: Shidaowan Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Shandong province of east China – high-temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant demonstration project The state-run China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced on December 20, 2021 that at the Shidaowan Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Shandong province of east China, the world’s first High Temperature gas cooled Reactor of Pebble bed Module (HTR-PM) is now connected to the grid. It is the first […]

Published 2021/12/30 Singapore and China reached 14 deals at Wednesday’s (Dec 29, 2021) Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation meeting, the biggest haul in recent years from this high-level platform set up in 2004. Among them are these agreements: URBAN GOVERNANCE Singapore’s Ministry of National Development (MND) and China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue sharing knowledge and experience on urban […]