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GUANGZHOU - China will increasingly promote the use of clean energy, since the country's energy needs are expected to increase by an equivalent of 2 billion tonnes of coal in the next decade, said Dai Yande, an official of the National Development and Reform Commission Tuesday ...
CANCUN, Mexico - China is responding to climate change on numerous fronts, including improving its energy efficiency and adopting a "low carbon" energy strategy, Chinese environment experts said in Mexican city Cancun on Monday. China is trying to improve its energy efficiency to ...
BEIJING - A senior official of China's National Energy Administration (NEA) encouraged Chinese firms to invest in the renewable energy market of the United States to boost their competitiveness in the international market. The statement was made by Wang Jun, head of the ...
BEIJING: China's four central government departments said on Thursday the country will further boost solar energy use. The four departments -- the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the National ...
LHASA - A multi-billion dollar project to connect the power grid in Tibet to the one in the rest of China will be completed by 2012, ensuring a steady supply of electricity to the plateau region. The 16.2 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) project includes 900 kilometers of power lines ...
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday called for efforts to intensify energy conservation, emission reduction and environmental protection to ensure clean, safe and sustainable development. Li made the comment at a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, urging efforts on development ...
BEIJING - China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Co, the nation's second-biggest atomic-plant builder, is planning two reactors in Lufeng city to help meet rising demand in Guangdong province, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. Guangdong Nuclear is considering building two reactors ...
East China's Jiangsu province sold abroad 23.52 million solar cells in the first 10 months of this year, a 190-percent year-on-year rise, the local customs house said on Dec 28. The exports were valued at $2.87 billion, up 160 percent year-on-year. But the average price went down ...
YINCHUAN - In a world first, a one-million-kilowatt (kW) air-cooling system attached to an ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant in a remote part of Northwest China began operating Tuesday. Completely Chinese-designed and -built, the cooling system is a part of a power plant ...
BEIJING - Friendly policies for overseas investors to invest in China's biofuel sector have influenced partnerships between domestic and foreign companies to develop the alternative to fossil fuel. Green Biologics (GBL), a British biotech company, has signed deals with two ...
BEIJING - Hydropresses, cranes, planers, drills and lathes hum in the workshops of China First Heavy Industries in northeast China. Outside, snow piles up and leafless trees shiver in the cold. Over the past year, workers in China's largest heavy machinery company have been busy ...
JA Solar Holdings Co, a Chinese maker of solar cells and modules, plans to expand solar-cell production capacity by at least 30 percent next year, Bloomberg News reported Saturday, citing the company's chief executive officer Fang Peng. The Shanghai-based company has an annual ...
Solar cell maker China Sunergy Co Ltd said it will supply 120 megawatts of photovoltaic modules to Italy's Ecoware between the current quarter and the third quarter of next year. China Sunergy said it has, so far this year, entered into over 600 megawatts (mW) of module supply ...
As climate change poses a great challgenge to China's agricultural sector, the government and farmers should tackle it in a scientific and systematic way, Chinese Vice Minister of Agriculture Niu Dun said in an interview with Xinhua. Climate change has posed great threats to the ...
Money from a 1 billion yuan ($146 million) fund is being distributed to 1,370 villages in China to remedy environmental problems and reward good practices, said the Ministry of Environment Protection Wednesday. The ministry expected the fund to benefit 9 million villagers, said ...
Used lights could be discharging mercury, more recycling urged The widely publicized energy-saving bulbs, which now are a source of light in millions of Chinese households, may well be causing mercury pollution in many parts of the country. Still, an official of the Guangdong ...
China announced Tuesday that 1,140 models from the country's 19 air conditioner makers are eligible for state subsidy in the country's massive promotion of energy-efficient air conditioners, a move aimed to increase consumption while saving energy. The list, which is the first ...
BEIJING - China aims to save 75 terawatt hours of power per year, the equivalent of 75 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, by promoting energy-efficient air-conditioners and other home appliances. The government plans to raise the market shares of such appliances to over 30 ...
China's property developers were required Saturday to build energy-efficient homes in a bid to cut carbon emission. Developers should construct more compact apartments and avoid wasting space to reduce carbon dioxide emission, said Gu Yunchang, vice president of China Real Estate ...
Booming cities with rising skylines are hallmarks of China's development over the past 30 years. Urban Chinese on a per capita basis have seen their housing space almost tripled from 8.59 square meters in 1985 to 23 square meters last year. But several of the developers who have ...
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 ...