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 Huaneng Group and Duke Energy from the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding on jointly developing renewable and clean energy technologies.
Under the MOU, CHG and Duke Energy will launch a series of meetings to exchange information and explore potential long-term cooperative initiatives. The parties hope to make use of the existing advanced [...]

A wind power base, which is said to be the world's largest joint development and parallel running wind power project, will be formally launched in Jiuquan, Gansu province on July 12, 2009.
Involving a total investment of more than CNY120 billion, the 10 million-KW-level wind power station project will be another landmark project in China's 'Western [...]

China's New Energy Automobile Manufacturers and Products Access Management Rule, which was published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on June 25 2009, was formally enacted on July 1, 2009.
The new rule covers new energy vehicle products at various levels of development as well as the corresponding management methods that MIIT [...]

News from the Beijing Municipal Environment Bureau is that Beijing has allocated a CNY200 million special fund this year to eliminate vehicles with high emission.

Zhang Lijun, vice minister of China's Ministry of Environmental Protection, stated at a recent working conference that implementing environment taxes and carrying out ecological compensation on a trial basis will be one of the most important tasks for MEP in 2009.

Guangdong Province has promulgated a new rule on the use of flood-lighting and street lamps.

During a meeting with Xie Zhenhua, vice director of China's National Development and Reform Commission, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said that China has set a good example in dealing with climate change through its national climate change measures.

China-based Huawei Technologies, a global telecommunications network solutions supplier, has joined the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, an environmental protection organization in the information and communication technology sector.

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.