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SAIC Invests CNY6 Billion In R&D On New Energy Vehicles

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:04 +0000

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 [...]

UN Plans Low Carbon Economy Center For Tianjin

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:31:07 +0000

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 [...]

Energy Saving Lights Adopted For Tiananmen Square

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:07:35 +0000

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, [...]

MEP Suspends Approval For Construction Projects

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:30:01 +0000

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 [...]

Sweden's Cardo To Supply China Water Treatment Plants Worth SEK13 Million

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:33:04 +0000

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 Issues Green Gas Emission Control Plan

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:30:07 +0000

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 [...]

Multiple Certification For Fuji Xerox Recycling Site In China

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:30:36 +0000

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 [...]

Siemens To Invest Additional EUR150 Million In China

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:30:06 +0000

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.

Besides the investments of around EUR1 billion by 2010 that were announced at the end of 2006, an additional ... Read More>>

Wuhan Supermarket Discontinues Plastic Bags

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:30:59 +0000

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.

Following this, customers will have to bring their own bags or buy environmentally friendly packaging such as non-woven ... Read More>>

Ctrip Launches Carbon Offset Program In China

GreenChinaTech.com Editor — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:40:59 +0000

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.

Liu Hongbing, director of the customer service department of Ctrip, told local media that with the cooperation with environmental protection organization Shanghai Roots and Shoots, ... Read More>>