Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department announced the approval of 13 applications for funding support on the trial of green and innovative transport technologies under the Pilot Green Transport Fund. The government set up the HKD300 million Fund to encourage the public transport sector to test out green and low-carbon transport technologies. The Fund has been [...]

U.S.-based electric car firm Zap is working in Shanghai to develop eco-friendly transportation. Zap has reportedly begun project planning with the government of Shanghai's Yangpu District to develop a Green City Zone in Yangpu's downtown area. Based on a memorandum of understanding partnership agreement signed in San Francisco on November 19, 2010, the project plans [...]

Alcoa and Chinese bus manufacturer Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company have unveiled two new environmentally-friendly bus prototypes that will be displayed and road tested during the Olympics in Beijing.

About 500 environmental automobiles have been delivered to the Transport Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, and will be used during the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympics.

A national transport sector energy saving and emission reduction work video conference was held in Beijing on June 18 to help delineate targets for emissions reduction.