Jun. 27 (Xinhua)-The Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation, and MEP consulted the public opinions on the Regulations on the Implementation of the Environmental Protection Tax recently, which reflected the implementation of the principle of the statutory t......
SHANGHAI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China surpassed the United States as the top producer of renewable energy in 2016, according to the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy released Monday.Renewable power, excluding hydro power, in the world grew by 14.1 percent in 201......
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- China will accelerate the use of natural gas to combat pollution, China's top economic planner said on Tuesday.China will promote efficient, large-scale use of natural gas in sectors including industrial fuel, gas-fired power and transportatio......
Environmental ministers and officials from BRICS nations called for more cooperation on air pollution and climate change to tackle pollution during rapid economic growth, according to a statement on Friday.The ministers from China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa ......
Beijing issued its first pollution discharge permit to a company in the city’s Tongzhou District recently, marking the beginning of the permit-based pollution discharge system in the Chinese capital.China’s State Council rolled out a permit system for discharging pollut......
BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- As China began testing its first domestically-developed driverless metro system, engineers and automation experts allayed the concerns and anxiety of some members of the public toward the new technology.The automated operation system, to be p......
The air quality in China's major cities was worse in May than the same period last year, due to a sandstorm that swept across much of north China, the environment ministry said Friday.Some 338 prefecture-level-and-above cities around China enjoyed good air quality for 70......
Experts at forum propose action along lines of outdoor regulationChina needs to draft laws to address worsening indoor air pollution, which deserves more attention, including targeted measures to better protect human health, experts said at a forum on Wednesday.Soaring s......
BEIJING, Jun. 14-Premier Li Keqiang chaired State Council executive meeting on Jun. 14 which decided to cancel and delegate a batch of production licensing protocols and simple approval protocols of industrial products, in order to promote innovation and better quality i......
The bank’s directors will vote on a new energy sector strategy and a risky financing model, writes Kate GearyOn a small island off the coast of South Korea, the world’s newest multilateral bank – the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) – is meeting unt......
