|
 |
Cherish Our World The Earth Day 2012 campaign in China is about treasuring the earth's resources and transforming the mode of economic development. Earth Day is a day on which events are held worldwide to inspire awareness about the Earth's natural environment. It was founded in the United States on April 22, 1970, and is now coordinated globally. |
|
2012 Earth Day Events in China |
|
50 ambassadors to share Earth Day stories As the 43rd Earth Day approaches, ambassadors from 50 countries to China are going to share their environment stories on Beijing Radio's special program Connecting the Earth, Beijing Daily reported Wednesday. Beijing Radio's special focuses on topics such as cherishing the earth, protecting the homeland and treasuring resources. Environmentalists and volunteers will also share their experiences in environmental activities. |
|
Earth Day Celebrations |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
China's Green Efforts |
|
Beijing to switch from coal to gas to go green
Beijing is to take action to make its coal-fired power plants and heating facilities go green amid public concern over the city's poor air quality, said a government official. Zhang Gong, director of Beijing municipal development and reform commission, said that an estimated 80 billion yuan ($13 billion) will be invested to switch the city's coal-fired power plants and heating facilities to natural gas. |
|
The government appreciates the environmental protection work done by NGOs and looks forward to further mutual communication and understanding, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Friday. "The active participation and involvement in monitoring of particulate matter pollutants illustrates that the public has increased its awareness of environmental protection," Wu Xiaoqing, deputy environmental protection minister, said at a State Council Information Office news conference. |
|
China still targeting heavy-metal polluters
China's environmental watchdog will continue to crack down on heavy-metal pollution amid a renewed wave of lead poisoning cases in recent months, according to Wu Xiaoqing, deputy minister of environmental protection. "Together with eight other ministries, we will scrutinize several heavy-metal industries this year, mainly targeting illegal operations in acid lead-battery manufacturing, heavy-metal smelting and processing," Wu told China Daily. He was attending the plenary session of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee on Saturday. [More] |
|
People who care |
|||
 |
China's environmentalist wins global award Ma Jun, director of the Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs, has been awarded a top environmental award for his efforts in setting up an online database of polluters and in urging enterprises to clean up their practices. |
 |
Ma Sanxiao, 62, a veteran with no feet, has spent 10 years planting 3,000 trees in the mountainous area where a waste land has taken its greenery. His story inspired many people when a video clip about him appeared on Internet.
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
