As the air pollution crackdown in China’s eastern cities intensifies public outcry in the west is rising, writes Tang Damin and Zhang ChunThree years into Premier Li Keqiang’s declared “war on pollution,” and this winter’s smog is taking a new turn. On the one hand, ......
The electricity sector components of China’s 13th Five Year Plan reaffirm and strengthen previous commitments to establish electricity markets and to eliminate the generation quota system. The Chinese government has also committed to further reducing air pollution and gr......
Major polluting firms that falsify monitoring data or tamper with monitoring facilities will be charged with the crime of major environmental pollution accident, according to an updated judicial interpretation co-issued by the supreme court and procuratorate on Monday. T......
In 2001 China started to implement the vehicle emissions standard, China I. After 15 years of development, China IV has been applied around the country and the China V standard has been implemented in key regions. The standards have effectively reduced 90 percent of emis......
Assessments of government performance tied to binding targets set out in 13th Five-Year PlanChina will begin annual evaluations of the ecological progress made by provincial, city and county governments starting in 2017, which will facilitate policymakers' pursuit of gre......
Scientists said on Wednesday that they have solved the mystery of how a major smog component, known as sulfate, forms during heavy pollution.The study, published in the US journal Science Advances, identified reactive nitrogen chemistry and water particles in the air as ......
China plans to push forward clean energy use for heating in northern regions, to further reduce smoggy days in winter and improve the energy consumption mix, the top leadership said on Wednesday.In the process, companies will play the major role, and governments will fac......
Some small- and medium-sized enterpriese (SMEs) in North China's Hebei Province that are allegedly polluters have been shut down since November, which has caused losses for these companies and is not a sustainable means of tackling hazardous smog, experts noted. Located ......
On Thursday Beijing issued the first air pollution “red alert” of the year, as forecasts anticipate several days of heavy pollution in the capital. As residents brace themselves for an approaching wall of smog, it is becoming apparent that China’s significant progress ......
This overview of China's progress on fossil fuel subsidy reform assesses the outcomes of the US-China fossil fuel subsidy peer review and highlights several pathways for change. It's produced by the Energy Foundation China in partnership with chinadialogue.（Source：china......
