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SINGAPORE - Hyflux Ltd and Mitsui & Co will start a venture to buy stakes in four water treatment plants in China and offer to take Hyflux Water Trust private in transactions worth about $170 million. Galaxy NewSpring Pte will buy the four plants for $53.1 million from Hyflux, ...
CANCUN, MEXICO - China and the United States face "arduous works ahead" in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a leading Chinese energy expert said. But the two countries have great potential to extend energy technology collaboration, said He Jiankun, director of a low carbon ...
BEIJING - China's chief negotiator to the UN climate change talks in Cancun has said that since 2006 the country has emitted 10 percent less pollution than the previous five years. Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, made the remarks ...
Beijing - China plans to introduce ambitious new targets for the reduction of major pollutants in the upcoming 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) as the nation strives to realize its green goals, a senior official said. Two new pollution indicators, nitrogen oxide - which is mainly ...
German specialty chemicals group Lanxess plans to boost the supply of its products to meet growing demand for more environmentally friendly plastics in China. Three business units of the company - semi-crystalline products (SCP), inorganic pigments (IPG) and the wholly owned ...
BEIJING - A computer-controlled greenhouse-type factory has began operations in Beijing to supply high-quality vegetable, fruit and flower seedlings to domestic growers.The largest of its kind in China, the Jingpeng Plant Factory is a key scientific program of the municipal ...
BEIJING - The government's commitment to come out with favorable policies aimed at promoting clean energy will give a fillip to an early commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. The moves also assume significance as ethanol makers are facing criticism for using grain stocks for ...
BEIJING - China's endeavor to increase the use of clean energy got a big boost on Wednesday after an experimental fast reactor using the mostly homegrown fourth-generation nuclear technology reached the critical state. Fast reactors that run on the fourth-generation technology ...
CHANGSHA - A Chinese manufacturer has won a deal to produce five environment-friendly subway trains for India, the company's spokesman said Tuesday.Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd of China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CSR), China's main rail vehicles ...
BEIJING - Global environmental exchange operators are seeking partnerships in China to assure a place in the fledgling carbon emission trading market as the nation heads toward becoming a world leader in the low-carbon sector. NYSE Blue, a new joint venture of exchange operator ...
SHANGHAI - China's largest metropolis has suffered from high levels of pollution since early November, with pollution index figures far higher than those recorded during the six months of the World Expo. As of Wednesday, the city has witnessed its air pollution index passing 100 ...
Date2010/03/04 - 2010/03/07VenueHangzhou Peace International Exhibition CenterCity/CountryHangzhouTypeExhibitionOrganizer(s) Hangzhou Municipal GovernmentChina Chamber of Commerce For Import and Export of Light Industrial Products & Arts-Crafts Description As the professional ...
BEIJING - Experts are calling for more cooperation between China and other nations in developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies as institutions from the United Kingdom prepare to announce at the Shanghai Expo the launch of a UK CCS research facility. The University ...
China and Japan are willing to push forward international climate change talks, based on respective responsibilities and capabilities of both countries, a senior Chinese official said at the sideline of the third China-Japan high-level economic dialogue. Zhang Ping, minister of ...
SHANGHAI - This municipality on China's eastern coast will increase subsidies for sea burials by fivefold to preserve limited land resources. Those who apply to have their ashes sprinkled into the ocean will receive between 2,000 yuan ($300) and 3,000 yuan, rather than the ...
LHASA - Lhasa, the capital of Tibet autonomous region, is replacing old minibuses with new coaches to cut exhaust emissions and provide more efficient public transport, a city transport official said Thursday. The city government had bought 232 new buses, all of which would be in ...
The 2010 China International Green Industry Expo that opened on Wednesday in Beijing speaks volumes about the country's ambition to make the green economy a new growth engine for its sustainable development. By spreading green ideas and technologies, the Green Expo can help make ...
BEIJING - First Solar Inc, a US-based renewable energy company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Guangdong Nuclear Solar Energy Development Co Ltd (CGN SEDC) on Wednesday to jointly develop the world's largest solar power plant. First Solar, the world's ...
BEIJING -- China vowed Wednesday that it would continue efforts to expand and upgrade its rural power grid networks in the next five years to meet the increasing demand. Safe, environmentally-friendly, and technologically-advanced rural power networks are expected to cover most ...
Efficiency hiked by 60 times, resource 'to last for 3,000 years' BEIJING - China has made a breakthrough in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technology, which could greatly extend uranium's usage rate and potentially solve the problem of its supply shortage. The technology, which ...
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 ...