Global Economics Southwards Shift

March 19, 2024 CEN_com 0

This article is reprinted from the Shanghai-based The China Academy. As the countries of the Global North have faced prolonged declining economic growth, countries of the Global South, especially in Asia, have displayed a higher economic growth trajectory over the past thirty years. As can be seen in Figure 39, at the end of the Cold War in 1993, the Global North accounted for 57.2% of the global GDP (PPP), […]

Three Zones Environmental Guidelines

March 18, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s New ‘Three Zones’ for Environmental Protection Guidelines (UPDATED) Further information on the China’s Guidelines on region-specific environmental management has been provided on March 18, 2024 by Ying Xue from the China Ecological Civilization newsletter on Substack. The newsletter reports that the guidelines, titled “关于加强生态环境分区管控的意见” Guidelines on Strengthening Ecological Environment Zoning Management and Control, provide for three categories of zones. The first category is “生态环境优先保护单元” or Ecological Environment Protection Priority Zone, which will be determined by […]

China Has Half of World’s Top AI Researchers

March 13, 2024 CEN_com 0

China Produces Nearly Half of World’s Top AI Researchers Who Increasingly Choose to Stay Home In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), China has emerged as a dominant force, with its AI talent pool expanding significantly in recent years. According to the latest findings from the Global AI Talent Tracker 2.0, China has seen a remarkable rise in the number of top-tier AI researchers, solidifying its position as […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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, […]

Why food security is a top priority for China

February 25, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s leaders and policymakers regard food security as a “top national priority” (国之大者). At the recent Central Rural Work Conference in Beijing, China, held on December 18-19, 2023, and convened by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the challenges and current situation of the “three rurals” (agriculture, rural areas, and farmers) was discussed, with special attention paid to the country’s food security.  This comes amid the growing importance placed on food security by Xi […]