Hu Maoyuan, the president of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, has disclosed to local media that SAIC Group will invest CNY6 billion over the next two years for research and development on new energy vehicles.
At the China Clean Energy International Summit, Hu said that CNY2 billion of the CNY6 billion investment, will be used to set [...]

Khalid Malik, the United Nations systems coordinator for China, has disclosed to local media that the UN hopes to set up a low carbon economy development center in Tianjin to address issues related to a low carbon economy and environmental protection.
Malik said that the UN hoped to carry out in depth cooperation with Tianjin on [...]

As part of the renovation of the landscape lighting of the Chinese capital for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, thousands of energy saving lights have been adopted for Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
The renovation of the landscape lighting of Tiananmen area covers the lighting of the red walls of Tiananmen, [...]

China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has decided to suspend the approval of the construction projects China Huaneng Group and China Huadian Corporation as a punishment to the parties' environmental infringement.
The only exceptions to the blanket ban are new energy and pollution control projects.
MEP stated that it would suspend the approval for the evaluation of the [...]

The Wastewater Technology Solutions division of Swedish conglomerate Cardo has won contracts to supply and install pumps and mixers for two waste water treatment plants in China.
The combined value of the contracts is approximately SEK13 million.
The treatment plants, which are situated in central and northeastern China, are part of the country's expansion of waste water [...]

China's State Council Development Research Center has published a report on green gas emission control.
The report, which was published on Economic Research Journal, states a theoretical framework and solution for green gas emission reduction and it tries to solve problems caused by the difference in per capita emission between developed countries and developing countries including [...]

Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing (Suzhou) has been granted quality and environmental certification for its integrated recycling system in China.
Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing, a recycling site in China wholly owned by Fuji Xerox Company Ltd., obtained ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 certifications in February 2009. This is the first time that an affiliate of Fuji Xerox has simultaneously obtained [...]

Despite the slowing global economy and planned employee lay-offs around the world, German industrial giant Siemens has announced that it intends to invest considerably more in China than it had previously planned.

According to a representative from the international supermarket chain Metro, the company's two outlets in Wuhan will stop selling plastic shopping bags from 2009, making Metro the first plastic-free supermarket in the city.

To help in the fight against global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Ctrip.com has announced that it has launched a carbon offset program in China.