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China raised the drought emergency class Thursday from level two to level one, the highest alert, in response to the worst drought to hit northern China in half a century, according to a State Council meeting. A farmer points at his parched crops in Bozhou, east China's Anhui ...
Firemen help irrigate the wheat field in Luoyang, a city in central China's Henan Province, on Feb. 4, 2009. Henan, China's major grain producer, issued a red alert for drought on Jan. 29. The provincial meteorological bureau said the drought is the worst since 1951. The drought ...
The YRCC delegation attending the Yellow River Special Session The scene of the meeting On March 18th, the Yellow River Special Session EU-China Dialogue on Integrated River Basin Management Case Studies was successfully held in Istanbul, Turkey during the Fifth World Water Forum...
On March 19th and 20th, the China Parallel Session of Fifth World Water Forum hosted by Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) of China, and relevant parallel sessions hosted by International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) and Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research of ...
From March 16th to 22nd, about 20 thousand delegates from more than 150 countries attended the Fifth World Water Forum, and there are many friends of YRCC among them. During the Forum, regardless of travail, Mr. Xu Cheng, Vice Director of YRCC, used the break time for meeting ...
The UNESCO and INBO Sessions of the Fifth World Water Forum were held in the meeting center of the Forum, Istanbul. The hosts of these two Sessions both invited YRCC to contribute on the theme of How can stakeholder be involved in basin management and Trans-boundary water ...
Mr. Xu Cheng is talking with Mr. Anders Berntell, General Secretary of Stockholm Water Week Organizing Committee. Mr. Xu Cheng is talking with Mr. Ger Bergkamp, Director of World Water Council. Mr. Xu Cheng is talking with Mr. Wouter T Lincklaen Arriens, water resources ...
On March 16th, 2009, people all over the world focused their attention on Istanbul, the biggest city in Turkey with thousands years of civilization. Because on this day, at Turkey time 10am, the Fifth World Water Forum is held at the Sutluce Congress and Culture Center at the ...
On March 16th, UNESCO officially released the Third UN World Water Development Report titled Water and the Changing World on Istanbul World Water Forum. The Yellow River basin, as a first Chinese basin, becomes a typical case study embodied by the World Water Development Report. ...
Children play on the parched riverbed of a section of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, Gansu province, yesterday. [China Daily] Because of continued low rainfall, high temperatures and less river water flow from upper reaches, Gansu province's drought situation is worsening even as ...
The nation's stimulus package has benefited energy conservation and emission controls with energy used to generate growth dropping further in the first quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. Energy intensity, or the amount of energy needed to generate per unit ...
China will boost the use of the hydroelectric resources along the Yangtze River in the coming decades despite increasing oppositions, according to a strategic development plan of the river unveiled by the Ministry of Water Resources yesterday. By 2020, about 50 percent of the ...
Floods, water shortage and droughts, and deterioration in the quality of water are the major hurdles on the road to China's sustainable development. Water shortage is by far the biggest of the hurdles. Water safety has become increasingly important because of climate change and ...
Sponsored by the Chinese government, farmers set up free fish fries on the Three Gorges Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. [Asianewsphoto] The specimen of two endangered fish in the Yangtze River, the Chinese sturgeon and the Chinese paddlefish, look misplaced ...
Whooper swans are seen at the Wetland of Yellow River National Nature Reserve in central China's Henan Province, Dec. 22, 2010. Thousands of whooper swans migrated here from Siberia for wintering this year. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)
Lee Kuan Yew awards medal to Li Guoying Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) received the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize for its outstanding accomplishments in integrated river basin management on Tuesday evening in Singapore. The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize is the highlight of the ...
On June 19, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) launched this year s water and sediment regulation of Yellow River. Since 2002, YRCC has implemented the regulation for 10 times. By increasing the outflow discharged from Xiaolangdi reservoir with the water above the ...
Regulation of water and sediment flow Yellow River Delta On March 3rd, defeated 50 other nominees, Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) wins this year's Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize. The Prize recognizes outstanding contributions towards solving global water problems by either ...
European Experiences in public and stakeholder participation in river basin management Dr Michael Pulch Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to China and Mongolia Speech during the Opening Ceremony of the 4th International Yellow River Forum Zhengzhou, 20th October, 2009 ...
October the20th, 2009, the world-wide occasion the 4th International Yellow River Forum that sponsored by the Yellow River Conservancy Commission is opening in Zhengzhou City. Thousands of honored guests gathered, surrounding the central theme of Ecological Civilization and River ...
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Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
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