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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 backs renewable energy uptake in Cambodia

July 31, 2024 CEN_com 0

Chinese companies play important role in Cambodia’s solar development. In 2018, Hengtong Optic-Electric secured the rights to build the country’s second-largest solar farm, which has a capacity of 200MW. Additionally, late last year, the China Datang Corporation announced a $600 million investment in solar and wind projects in Cambodia. In April 2024 representatives of CHN Energy Investment Group Co. LTD, a Chinese state-owned energy company, met with the the Council […]

New university rankings up-end world research: Chinese universities hold 6 of top 10 spots

July 28, 2024 CEN_com 0

” tens of thousands of scientific and engineering journals are omitted by Western university ranking systems, especially those not written in the English language.” The Leiden University Center for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) has posted new university rankings that add open-data sources to the traditional list of top journals, which were previously the standard. Common university ranking systems carefully consider research reputation and scholarship, including real-world impact and application. […]

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 […]

China’s advanced satellites for climate, carbon monitoring now operational

July 26, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s atmospheric environment monitoring satellite and terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite have been officially put into operation, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday. Air pollution, greenhouse gases and forests among monitoring targets. During their in-orbit testing, these satellites demonstrated favorable application results across multiple areas, including ecological environment, forestry and grassland, geographic surveying, meteorology, agriculture and emergency disaster response, according to an official of the CNSA. The […]

BYD to construct a sodium-ion battery production base

July 25, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s BYD announced it will collaborate with the Xuzhou Economic Development Zone located in Jiangsu, China, to construct a sodium-ion battery production base, and the parties will also jointly establish the world’s largest micro-car sodium battery system supplier. The project marks BYD’s significant entry into the sodium-ion battery market, leveraging the technology’s potential for applications in EV and energy storage solutions. On November 18, 2023, the two parties formally signed […]

China innovates: World’s first dual-tower solar thermal plant for better efficiency

July 25, 2024 CEN_com 0

A Chinese power company is pioneering world-first technology by combining two endothermic solar towers to achieve a significant efficiency boost. China Media Group (CMG) released a video on Tuesday showing the impressive project near Guazhou County in Gansu Province. The two towers are each 200 meters tall with nearly 30,000 mirrors installed on the ground. The mirrors form two vast, overlapping circles that focus sunlight onto each tower. Like a […]

China builds world’s largest all-electric container ships

July 23, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s Ningbo Ocean Shipping commissioned a pair of all-electric container ships earlier this year, described as the first of their kind in China the largest in the world. Ningbo Ocean Shipping plans to maintain a feeder service with the vessel. The plan calls for routing between Ningbo Port and Zhapu, located to the north across Hangzhou Bay from the busy international seaport at Ningbo. Ningbo Ocean Shipping was established just over […]

Northwest China wetland becomes migratory bird heaven

July 23, 2024 CEN_com 0

Photo: A group of black storks gather at the Heihe Wetland National Nature Reserve in Zhangye, northwest China’s Gansu Province, October 5, 2023. With the implementation of enhanced ecological conservation measures, the Heihe Wetland National Nature Reserve in northwest China’s Gansu Province, is experiencing a remarkable boom in migratory bird populations, particularly the endangered black stork. The latest data from the reserve’s management bureau reveals that 82 black stork nests […]

China installing wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week

July 21, 2024 CEN_com 0

New figures show the pace of China’s clean energy transition is roughly the equivalent of installing five large-scale nuclear power plants worth of renewables every week. It’s installing at least 10 gigawatts of wind and solar generation capacity every fortnight. Tech Advocate reports: China, the world’s largest energy consumer, is making rapid strides in its transition to a low-carbon economy. In a bid to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels […]