BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Average density of PM2.5 in Beijing stayed at 58 micrograms per cubic meter of air in 2017, meeting the goal set by the State Council, an official said Wednesday.The density dropped by 20.5 percent compared with the average level in 2016, Liu ......
In the first half of 2017 (from January to June), the production and sales of new energy vehicles in China were completed by 212,000 vehicles and 195,000 vehicles respectively, which increased by 19.7% and 14.4% respectively. Electric vehicles, as the most energy-saving ......
China will continue to exempt new energy vehicles from the 10% purchase tax for another three years until the end of 2020, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.The tax incentive covers pure electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles that have obtained sales permission ......
The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and two other administrations have conducted an annual assessment of ecological civilization in 31 provinces, and released a “Green Development Index” for the first time, Yicai.com ......
Short-term exposures to air pollution were associated with a higher risk of death in older American adults, even at levels well below current US safety standard, a new study said Tuesday. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined h......
BEIJING - China Tuesday unveiled its first regional green development index ranking, which takes into account economic performance as well as various environmental indicators.The index covers 55 indicators, including energy consumption efficiency, carbon emissions, air q......
More effective technology and equipment should be developed to monitor air pollution in China, according to experts in the field, and a new key laboratory is being built to make sure that happens."China has been lagging behind some developed countries in its ability to p......
The Chinese internet is buzzing with complaints about heating shortages in Hebei. The government had set this winter as the target to finally clean up residential coal heating in a wide swathe of the province by switching from coal to either natural gas or electricity.Bu......
China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) Friday criticized Changchun city in northeast China's Jilin Province for not doing enough to cope with air pollution. In the first 10 months of this year, air quality in Changchun saw continuous degradation, with the amo......
China’s natural gas consumption has surged in the first 11 months of 2017 due to strong demand from industry and winter heating, official data showed on Dec 18.The country saw a 18.9-percent year-on-year rise in natural gas consumption, which totaled 209.7 billion cubic ......
