Huaneng Power International's Hunan Yongzhou Xiangqi Hydropower Station Project has been approved by the Development and Reform Commission in Hunan.

Based on a successful experiment in launching sustainable development areas over the last 22 years, China has set up 13 national advanced sustainable development demonstration zones.

Hunan Province will close 37 polluting enterprises in the Xiangjiang River Valley by the end of this October.

March 16 saw the establishment of the Green Bank, the first of its kind in Hunan Province, in Xinyuan Community, Guihuaping Street, Tianxin District.