China is quickening the pace of putting together its compulsory environmental pollution liability insurance implementation plan－and joint regulation and product designs could be key issues, experts said on Monday.The China Insurance Regulatory Commission and the Ministry......
Editor's note: With the environment being one of most important issues on the agenda at the ongoing annual sessions of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, the country's to......
Chinese scientists have discovered that smog can indirectly reduce water pollution.Chen Fahu, research director of Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems at Lanzhou University, discovered that a high level of man-made aerosol - a colloid of particles or ......
China's top environmental official called for patience with the cleaning up of air pollution in the country, but vowed to solve the problem faster than the time taken by the developed countries."The campaign against air pollution cannot be accomplished in a short period ......
Eighteen inspection teams tasked with the thematic inspection on air quality in the first quarter of the year continued with the field inspections on the air quality of 18 cities in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area and surrounding area between Feb. 21 and 22. The inspection te......
Birds fly in and out of the eight-storey "Green Office Building" in Shenzhen, China, because a third of its walls are completely open to the air. It's a clever natural design that enables the building to stay cool without air conditioners.Across town, in a vast campus kn......
BEIJING — China's consumption of coal fell in 2016 for a third year in a row, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's top carbon polluter has emerged as a global leader in addressing global warming.The National Bureau of Statistics said the consumption of coal, a ma......
A five-year plan to develop China’s modern transportation was issued by the State Council on Feb 28.The circular listed major tasks that include improving transportation networks, enhancing smart transportation, promoting green transportation, and developing new business......
Vice Minister Zhao Yingmin invited over 20 media organizations to the conference, briefing them onissues related to air pollution prevention and control. This year will be a key year for air quality as it is the final year of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Acti......
The Chinese government will devote more effort in 2017 to implementing assessment measures that focus more on the environment than economic growth, according to China's top economic planner.Under the new measures, officials' performances will be judged based on environme......
