US billionaire investor Warren Buffett arrived in south China's boom town Shenzhen on Monday to attend a series of electric car marketing activities of China's fastest growing automaker BYD Co.
The government's relentless efforts to cut carbon emissions has seen it turn to the nation's concentrated solar thermal power sector. However, industry experts warn the industry is still in its infancy and more investment and auxiliary policies are needed.
Dezhou, a city located in the northwest of Shandong province, used to be famous in China for its braised chicken products. Today, it is branding itself as China Solar City, a national center using green energy.
For centuries, it was the quintessential symbol of China's Mid-Autumn Festival, but in recent years it has become a calling card of waste, extravagance and obsequiousness.
As part of China's western development strategy, Dunhuang, in the northwestern Gansu province, is booming as a "green energy" city with a solar power industry in the desert.
China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has urged stepping up efforts to address pollution in north China's Haihe River.
China is beating its targets for reducing major air and water pollution for 2010, Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian said.
For China, coal has been both an economic driver and a source of pollution. However, the world's fastest growing economy will continue to rely upon coal in upcoming decades to fuel its economic growth; the difference is that it is also striving to do so in a greener fashion to keep its promise on emission cuts.
China is expected to develop its coal conversion industry into the world's largest by 2020, as the world's largest coal producer and consumer is seeking clean uses of its huge coal resources, industry insiders forecast.
China will flex its muscles to boost the low-carbon economy and green industry, in a bid to help upgrade the development mode of exports, said a senior government official Thursday.
China will adopt a more open attitude toward international science and technology cooperation and exchanges in energy conservation and emissions reduction, a senior official from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) said on Thursday.
Skyscrapers have reshaped Shanghai's appearance substantially in the past decade, and now wind-power generators are set to become part of the city skyline.
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