Managing the decline of coal dependent cities will be a tricky balancing act for the government, writes Feng HaoEditor's Note: This article forms part of a Special Report on economic decline and rejuvenation in China's former coal belt. In part two photographer Stam Lee ......
As a former air regulator, I’ve come to the conclusion that China must integrate its energy and environmental policymaking in order to meet its ambitious goals in both areas. Although the path to clean air and efficient electricity markets extends beyond any particular F......
BEIJING, Jul. 31-On Jul. 31, Zhang Gaoli, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, presented and delivered remarks at the tenth meeting of the regional cooperation mechanism for the air......
Although Beijing's PM2.5 average rebounded nearly 70% year-on-year in January and February, the contaminant concentration in Beijing reached 1.5% year-on-year as of July 24, and the level of overall pollution in Beijing declined.(Source:Beijing Business Daily)......
The Ministry of Environmental Protection recently announced the air quality of first half of this year. The proportion of the average number of days with good air quality in 338 prefecture-level cities and above was lower than that of the same period last year, PM2.5 con......
A green manufacturing alliance was inaugurated Saturday to better support the country's green and sustainable development, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).Led by the ministry, members of the Green Manufacturing Association of China......
BEIJING — China's energy structure continued to improve in the first half of 2017 as the country consumed more clean energy amid a government campaign for greener growth.Coal consumption, which stood at around 1.83 billion metric tons in the first six months, accounted f......
Along China's path of transforming from the world's leading manufacturer to a proponent of solar technology and products, the United States might find it worthwhile to digest and learn from China's approach to its visionary energy policy, its public-private technology pa......
CHANGCHUN - Discounts are visible everywhere at the ongoing China Changchun International Automobile Expo in Jilin province, as competing auto firms scramble to make sales.Slower growth was seen in car sales in the first half of 2017 in China than the year before, and fa......
Environment ministers of European Union (EU) member states on Friday reaffirmed Europe's commitment to the Paris Agreement and stressed the role of cooperation in climate action.On the second day of a two-day informal ministerial meeting, the ministers agreed to keep the......