A special commodity, carbon dioxide, has been licensed for trading on the China Beijing Environment Exchange.

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.

Retailing behemoth Wal-Mart and China's Environmental Certification Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection have signed a memorandum of understanding on environmental sustainability at the Wal-Mart chain store in Wangjing, Beijing.

Dow Epoxy has signed long term raw materials supply agreements with the Shanghai Tian Yuan Huasheng Chemical Company for TYHSC's planned 100,000 MTPA liquid epoxy resin plant and its 150,000 MTPA glycerine-to-epichlorohydrin plant.

Jiangsu Lee & Man (Changshu) Paper Manufacturing Limited has reportedly been ordered to stop production by officials from the Ministry of Environmental Protection because of illegal discharges into the Changjiang River.

The "Industry Category Management Directory for Environmental Audit of Listed Company" has been published by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection, claiming companies in 14 industries that can not pass the environmental audits will not be allowed to apply for refinancing or public listings.

The Cowry and Hover models built by Great Wall Motor Company Limited have passed certification by China Environmental Labelling, and obtained "China Environmental Labelling Product Certificate" awarded by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

China's "Technical Requirement For Environmental Labelling Products – Kitchen Furniture" was brought into effect onJuly 1, 2008.

Eight Chinese ministries and commissions, including Ministry of Environmental Protection, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Supervision, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, State Administration For Industry & Commerce, State Administration of Work Safety and State Electricity Regulatory Commission, will together launch a special environmental action … Read More>>

Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian and Director of National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Ping together signed an order that "National List of Dangerous Wastes" will come into effect on August 1, 2008, and the original list issued on January 4, 1998 will be abolished at … Read More>>