China National Petroleum Corporation has signed a joint venture agreement with Costa Rica's state refinery RECOPE to build an oil refinery in Costa Rica.

The China National Tourism Administration has issued a notice that the year 2009 has been declared Chinese Eco-tourism year with a slogan of "be a green traveler and experience eco-civilization".

The China Greenstar Resource Utilization Investment Fund has entered into an agreement with Shanghai Chuangzhi Tiandi Management Committee for the establishment of a clean technology international innovation center in Shanghai.

China Minmetals Corporation has published its first sustainability report in Beijing.

Kunming is planning to establish an environmental protection trial court in the municipal intermediate people's court to hear litigation on environmental public interest cases and inter-regional environmental pollution cases.

The six-and-a-half months Drive To Green – 2008 Green Venture Capital Program Campaign, jointly organized by Shanghai General Motors and China Environmental Protection Foundation, was concluded in Tsinghua University with Peking University's Haina team winning the championship.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Chinese Ministry of Finance, and Jiangsu Provincial Government have started pilot work on the paid use and trading of emission rights in Lake Taihu Basin.

Enterprises with pollutant emissions exceeding national or local standards will be exposed to the public, according to the Henan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau.

Representatives from Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Shenzhen signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing Energy Saving and Environmental Protection Center to start an energy conservation campaign and to raise the awareness among citizens.