Science and technology of agriculture is becoming more and more interesting. China has a large water area. The cultivation of floating rice combined with fish aquaculture is being promoted. This new agricultural model is showing the potential to bring great value to the increase in food production and income for…
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China’s “Green Roof” Revolution
Published 2021/09/08 High on the rooftops of Beijing are hundreds of thousands of plants. But these are no ordinary gardens. This vegetation is designed to lower the temperature of the city, reduce flooding and lower energy consumption. This is China’s Green Roof Revolution. The first green roofs were created in…
China’s Hainan gibbon conservation success for biodiversity preservation: IUCN
The Hainan gibbon is the most endangered of all gibbons and the world’s rarest primate. It is endemic to the southern Chinese island of Hainan. Its population has increased from as few as 7 to 9 in the 1980s to 35 today, according to a report released at the WCC…
Archaeologists find evidence of drinking beer 9,000 years ago in southern China
HANGZHOU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — People in southern China learnt to brew beer from crops and plants about 9,000 years ago, according to findings during an excavation at the Qiaotou site in Yiwu City, known as the world’s supermarket, in east China’s Zhejiang Province. The findings come from work by…
Bamboo called green solution for industry
Source: China Daily 2021-09-07 By YANG WANLI Popular plant can capture more carbon while helping decrease use of plastics China is calling for joint efforts from countries worldwide to promote sustainable development by boosting the bamboo industry and further contributing to the global fight against climate change. Known for its…
China source of half new sub-Saharan renewable capacity
Attempts by the United States and its allies to dismantle the solar-energy industry in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region over allegations of so-called forced labor carry huge implications for cutting global carbon emissions and energy connectivity in developing countries. China is the world’s largest producer of solar energy products, and…
A third of global wildlife and tree species on a glidepath to ‘mass extinction’: scientific experts
Nearly 30 percent of the 138,374 species assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List are at risk of extinction, the global conservation body reported last Saturday. A separate report published by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BCGI) on Wednesday said that a third of the…
China’s top-down actions dispel carbon peak doubts
TAIYUAN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — Orderly and steady progress has been made in China’s green and low-carbon transition, as the world’s largest energy producer and consumer has vowed to reach its carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. On Friday, north China’s coal-rich Shanxi Province…
From blueprint to reality, China-Africa cooperation bearing rich fruit
From the operation of Kribi deep sea port in Cameroon, to the building of Africa’s “Great Green Wall”, the grand blueprint for China-Africa cooperation is turning into reality, bearing rich fruit across the African continent. BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — At a landmark summit three years ago, Chinese President Xi…
Sinopec Plans to Spend $4.6 Billion on Hydrogen Energy by 2025
China’s oil giants are shifting from oil to gas and renewable energy sources, with Sinopec focusing on green hydrogen as a fuel for transport, while CNOOC launches a carbon capture and storage project in the South China Sea China‘s oil giants are going green – with Sinopec announcing plans to…