What are the key challenges for environmental governance in the year ahead and what actions should China take?Few expected that in 2017 China would become the new leadership hope for climate change action and defender of globalisation. So what might 2018 bring? To get an......
Sanchi, the Panama-registered oil tanker that set fire after colliding with a Hong Kong freighter on January 6, sank at about 5pm on Sunday, according to a report by China Science Daily. CCTV reported that flames at the location where the vessel sank went out the followi......
China will levy tax on businesses and public institutions that discharge pollutants from April onward, based on the country's Environmental Protection Tax Law, which came into effect on Jan 1.The law, which relates to air, water, solid waste and noise pollution, encourag......
Ministry calls for tighter controls as unfavorable weather loomsBeijing and surrounding areas have been mostly blessed with blue skies this winter, after massive reductions in air pollutants. But that may change this month as the wind dies down, according to forecasts.Th......
Hebei Province, which neighbors Beijing and is known for severe winter smog, has recorded its best air quality since pollution control measures were implemented five years ago, local authorities said Friday.Hebei's average PM2.5 level in 2017 was 65 micrograms per cubic ......
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......
