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BEIJING - China's largest offshore oil producer Cnooc plans to nearly double its annual imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2020, company President Fu Chengyu said on Friday. The company is expected to import 30 million tons of LNG in 2020, said Fu. The company is expected ...
It is imperative that China establish a carbon finance system to participate in international carbon trading and strive for its say in the pricing system, experts attending a forum said, discussing how China should develop its own low carbon economy. Carbon finance, which refers ...
BEIJING - China's largest power grid operator State Grid on Monday said it plans to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 10.5 billion tons over the next ten years by using smart grid technologies. This will contribute more than 20 percent to the Chinese government's goal of ...
China, the world's second-biggest fuel user, is seeking overseas partners to help build fourth- generation nuclear reactors to meet rising clean-energy demand. China National Nuclear Corp has started an "experimental program for the fast-reactor technology for commercial use," ...
BEIJING - Steelcase, a global leader in office furniture manufacturing, which opened its largest Asian factory in Guangdong province in March, says it is committing itself to a more sustainable future for China. Created in 1912 in Michigan in the United States, the company is now ...
BEIJING: The United States wants to work with China to expand the global economy and promote the development of the green economy, said a US Commerce Department official Wednesday in Beijing. Cameron Kerry, General Counsel of the US Department of Commerce, said at a news briefing ...
Society must begin to make recycling a regular part of life, officials say BEIJING - The country loses about 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) each year due to the lack of recycling programs that would reuse urban rubbish, experts said on Tuesday. "Rubbish is a resource, as long as ...
BEIJING - The World Bank has approved a loan of $100 million dollars to support an environment project in south China's Nanning city, the bank's China office said Wednesday. The Nanning Urban Environment Project, with a total investment of $254 million dollars, will help the ...
BEIJING - A stronger partnership between China and Europe on innovative clean technologies is needed to make up for the imperfect UN forum on climate change, a senior Italian negotiator has said. In an exclusive interview with China Daily, Corrado Clini, director general of the ...
China must starts building big hydropower projects soon, or fail the clean energy development targets for 2020, China's top energy official said, supporting industry calls for fast project approvals. "For new hydropower projects to play a role in China's move toward energy saving ...
Only 1 million hybrids and 25,000 battery electric vehicles will be sold globally this year We hear a lot of talk these days about the "green economy"- and the automotive industry is certainly a big part of that - but the market for "green cars" is driven far more by government ...
BEIJING - Provincial governments and key enterprises which fail to realize the year's missions in environmental protection and emission cut will be punished as the Chinese central government is taking a tougher stance towards improving the country's environment. "Evaluation ...
BEIJING - China will launch its first flight using aviation biofuel this year after signing an agreement with US aviation giant Boeing on Wednesday. At a signing ceremony for eight green energy deals between China and the US, Boeing agreed to cooperate on the launch with carrier ...
BEIJING - China will launch its first flight using aviation biofuel this year after signing an agreement with US aviation giant Boeing on Wednesday. At a signing ceremony for eight green energy deals between China and the US, Boeing agreed to cooperate on the launch with carrier ...
BEIJING - China Construction Bank (CCB), one of the country's four leading State-owned lenders, saw a sharp increase in its green-credit business in 2009 with outstanding loans totaling 181.1 billion yuan ($26.6 billion). In CCB's fourth social responsibility report issued ...
BEIJING: Clean energy projects, specifically new energy vehicles, energy-efficient construction and clean coal technology, are the key areas of science cooperation between China and the United States, a Chinese official said on Monday. According to a new agreement between the two ...
BEIJING: China's largest bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), said Monday it would tailor its lending to promote more environmentally friendly economic growth. Shifting China's economic growth pattern, a key task for the Chinese government, will usher in a ...
BEIJING: China should build more large hydropower projects so it can live up to its promise to the international community, Wang Shucheng, vice chairman of the Finance and Economic Committee under the National People's Congress (China's top legislature), said on Saturday.China in ...
NANNING: China's first power plant using sugarcane leaves has been put into operation in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.The factory, annually using 200,000 tons of agricultural wastes including sugarcane leaves and tree barks to generate electricity every year, ...
BEIJING: China's energy consumption per 10,000 yuan ($1,464.1) of gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 2.2 percent in 2009, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said here Thursday. Preliminary estimates indicate that the total amount of energy consumption last year stood ...
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...