(Beijing) — Five local environmental protection officials in Xi'an are accused of altering air samplers to manipulate air-quality readings and are being investigated for criminal offenses, the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.The officials, including the fo......
Heatwaves are one of the world's most underestimated threats, killing more than 12,000 people every year around the world—more than any other weather-related event. And heat is especially dangerous in cities, which tend to be much warmer than surrounding less-developed a......
On October 20, national and regional leaders, including the secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Central Planning Commission, the minister of environmental protection, director of the National Energy Administration, and the deputy secretary of the Hebei Pr......
(Beijing) — The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has censured regulators in several districts across Beijing for failing to act to control air pollution.The MEP action came after the capital was hit by a new bout of smog over the past few days.In a statement re......
One-quarter of air purifiers sold on the domestic market are substandard, an inspection by China's top quality authority showed.The inspection, conducted in the first half of this year, found 15 of the 61 batches of products were substandard, according to the General Adm......
Pollution is a scourge in China, the debilitating consequences of unbridled industrial growth. But how can China halt and reverse such devastation without undermining economic growth? For China to achieve its goal of becoming a "moderately prosperous society," this quest......
A new energy roadmap shows how China can expand its economy while decarbonising, but it must involve all sectors.China’s economy could grow six-fold by 2050 with renewable energy accounting for 69% of national electricity supply if it transforms its energy system and inc......
(Beijing) — China's State Council said this weekend it will not approve the establishment of new factories that manufacture gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles except in special circumstances.The rule was among other issues that China's cabinet discussed Saturday at its......
On September 22, 2016, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) proposed a Temporary Management Regulation for Corporate Average Fuel Consumption (CAFC) and New-Energy Vehicle (NEV) Credits for public comment. This proposal was rolled out in the con......
Implementation of wholesale electricity markets is a major theme of China’s power sector reform effort, launched in early 2015. The central government has issued guidance documents on market design, and various Chinese provinces and regions have announced pilots for whol......
