Mei Dewen, the general manager of the China Beijing Environment Exchange, has disclosed to local media that China's first voluntary emission reduction standard is expected to be published in September 2009.
This marks a milestone in China's voluntary emission reduction development since its first voluntary emission reduction deal was reached earlier this month.
Mei also revealed that [...]

China's first voluntary carbon emission deal has been reached at the China-Beijing Environmental Exchange.
Tianping Auto Insurance from Shanghai has purchased the 8,026 tons of carbon reduction index accrued during the Green Driving period of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for CNY277,600. And by doing so, TAI has become the first Chinese company to voluntarily purchased [...]

A special commodity, carbon dioxide, has been licensed for trading on the China Beijing Environment Exchange.

The China Environmental Culture Promotion Association and the China Institute of Development Strategy Studies held a seminar and press conference in Beijing about research on China's carbon balance trading framework report.

The Beijing Environment Exchange was set up in Beijing on August 5, 2008, — the first environmental rights trading institution in China.