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Rest in Peace, Zheng Wentai: Ecological restorer dies in Hainan aged 77

April 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

Zheng Wentai transformed tens of thousands of acres of barren land into a green paradise in Xionglong, south China’s island province of Hainan. An overseas Chinese returnee who had dedicated his life to ecological restoration, Zheng Wentaidied at the age of 77 on Tuesday, 29 March 2022. Born in Indonesia in 1945, Zheng returned to China in 1964. He started his career in the early 1980s as a real estate developer […]

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Thousands of endangered Chinese sturgeon released into Yangtze

March 28, 2022 CEN_com 0

Agricultural authorities released 5,100 Chinese sturgeon into the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei province, on Saturday to restore the fish’s population and improve the river’s ecosystem. Previous releases have also occurred, including in April 2021, when a total of 10,000 captive-bred Chinese sturgeon were released into the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to help restore the fish’s wild population. Yichang is located at the junction of the river’s upper […]

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Trends in China’s renewable electricity generation technology: an industry view

March 27, 2022 CEN_com 0

Note: This video is shared for its informational content. No promotions or representations for or on behalf of the company are intended. Mr. Luan Guangfu of Chint Solar Zhejiang Company Ltd (CHINT)** gave a speech at an international marketing forum about the current situation and future trends of China’s renewable electricity generation technology. CHINT Solar was contracted by the China-Central and Eastern Europe Investment Cooperation Fund (China-CEE Fund) to supply and install […]

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Why is the US neglected in the global origins-tracing of COVID-19?

March 18, 2022 CEN_com 0

In late December 2019, Wuhan, capital city of the Hubei Province of China, was the first to report a pneumonia never seen before that spread rapidly locally. Before that, an unexplained pneumonia, which is also rare, broke out swiftly in the US. Over the past two years, there have been many different theories and assumptions on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The connection between the two bizarre outbreaks in […]

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Chinese scientists explain how bats facilitate virus transmission

March 15, 2022 CEN_com 0

KUNMING, March 14 Chinese researchers have found that an immunosuppressive protein concentrated in the bat salivary glands could help the animal facilitate virus transmission. Bats are increasingly considered potential reservoirs of many viruses that cause zoonotic diseases through spillovers to other animals and humans. However, scientists have a limited understanding of the factors contributing to virus shedding from bats. According to researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology under the […]

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China builds photovoltaic green hydrogen plant in Xinjiang

March 15, 2022 CEN_com 0

In Dec 2021, the China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) launched China’s first 10,000-ton photovoltaic green hydrogen plant in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday, which is expected to produce of 20,000 tons of green hydrogen each year. Sinopec, the largest oil refiner of China, will carry out the world-class project in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang with an investment of nearly three billion yuan (about 470 million U.S. […]

China starts work on final unit for largest joint China-Russia nuclear energy project

March 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

The Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu Province, is the largest Chinese Russian joint venture ever, and will become the world’s largest nuclear power plant upon completion. A decade in the making, it will help China reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce cheaper and safe energy. Construction of the No.8 unit of the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, the last reactor unit of China and Russia’s largest nuclear […]

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Five models of peasant engagement in rural environmental protection – rural revitalization in China

February 28, 2022 CEN_com 0

Context The Central Document No. 1, released on 22 February proposed promoting green development of rural agriculture and further implementing the five-year action plan to improve the rural living environment by 2025. Participation of the peasants determines the effectiveness of these goals. However, according to Wang Xiaoli and He Jianying, at present, peasants have a low level of participation in and low motivation for environmental governance. Summary The authors summarize […]

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Gut bacteria make panda a chubby bamboo eater: Chinese zoologists’ find

February 27, 2022 CEN_com 0

It’s perhaps a sad story for those trying to lose weight. The giant panda stays a rotund figure despite being almost a vegetarian. Now, Chinese zoologists have found out why. The study published on Wednesday in the journal, Cell Reports, revealed that changes in the gut microbiota, the bacteria living in the gut, may play a part. The colony of a kind of probiotics expands in the season when nutritious […]

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Wildfires to increase by 50% by 2100: warns UN Environment Programme

February 27, 2022 CEN_com 0

Due to climate change and changes in land use, wildfires are predicted to rise by up to 14 percent by 2030, 30 percent by 2050 and 50 percent by the end of the century, according to a report published on Wednesday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal. The report, “Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires,” says that wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating.” […]