Agriculture, Food Security & Rural Revitalization~
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China domesticated geese 7000 years ago – first bird domesticated for food in the world, say scientists
New research findings suggest that the inhabitants of Tianluoshan, an ancient rice cultivation village in the lower Yangtze River valley in China, domesticated geese 7,000 years ago, making them the oldest domesticated poultry species in the world. The goose may be the oldest domesticated poultry in the world’s history, with evidence from China suggesting that Continue reading
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Tanzania recommends adoption of Chinese Juncao technology to promote sustainable agriculture
Shared by China-Environment-News.com on Facebook DAR ES SALAAM, March 9 (Xinhua) — The government of Tanzania recommended the adoption of the Chinese Juncao technology to promote sustainable agriculture and the livestock industry in the east African nation. Juncao, which literally means “mushroom” and “grass,” can be used, as its name suggests, to grow edible mushrooms, as Continue reading
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Smart logistics zone realizes carbon neutrality in NW China
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) — The “Asia No.1” smart logistics center in Xi’an, run by China’s online retailer giant JD.com, realized carbon neutrality in 2021. The 100,000 square meters of photovoltaic power generation equipment, covering the warehouse roof, supports the operation of the logistics center, according to JD.com. The green power serves the automation Continue reading
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Chinese manufacturer unveils new generation of commercial maglev train
CHANGSHA, March 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. said Thursday that tests have been completed for its next generation of commercial maglev train. The train, with a designed speed of 200 km per hour, has achieved multiple tech breakthroughs such as unmanned driving and non-contact power supply, said Zhang Wenyue, Continue reading
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Regenerating farming and community agriculture in China
In China in the last 10-15 years, a new generation of young (and less young) farmers and scholars have worked together to build collaborative and cooperative small-scale Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms and hybrid forms of collective vegetable gardens for “weekend farmers” and urban Farmers’ Markets are at the basis of this movement, which is Continue reading
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Clean organic farming brings green future in SW China
Efforts of growing organic vegetables that brings much less damage to the farmland paid off as Yunnan Province in southwest China has been trying to deliver its promise to better protect its natural recourses. In the trail field under the management of Yunling Organic Agriculture Development Co., Ltd , the organic matter in soil has Continue reading
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Pakistan’s ‘Ten Billion Tree Tsunami’ planting for a greener environment: learning from China
On September 2, 2018 Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, launched 10 Billions Trees Afforestation Project to plant 10 billion trees in the country including additional one billion seedlings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 2023. The Billions Trees Afforestation Project (BTAP) of the Pakistani government is the world’s 4th biggest plantation project successfully implemented by Pakistan after Continue reading
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China releases plan to support carbon peak, neutrality goals
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Wednesday released a strategic action plan to support scientific and technological efforts to achieve the country’s carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. The plan aims to solve core scientific and technological issues to promote an energy revolution, industrial optimization and upgrading, and a green and low-carbon technological revolution, Continue reading
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Beijing declares success in clearing the air
“Beijing has demonstrated to the world over the past 20 years that a megacity with a rapidly increasing GDP, vehicle count, population and energy consumption can move forward to cut air pollution effectively. The PM2.5 reduction over the past few years has surpassed that of developed countries during the same period.” Yu Jianhua (Beijing Municipal Continue reading
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China’s new power market reforms to accelerate energy transition
China’s electricity market reforms have reached an inflection point, with the potential to play an increasingly large role in accelerating the transition to clean energy, argues Anders Hove, in an article originally published by China Dialogue. Power shortages and recent energy policy announcements in China have drawn renewed focus to the topic of energy security, Continue reading
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Five models of peasant engagement in rural environmental protection – rural revitalization in China
Context The Central Document No. 1, released on 22 February proposed promoting green development of rural agriculture and further implementing the five-year action plan to improve the rural living environment by 2025. Participation of the peasants determines the effectiveness of these goals. However, according to Wang Xiaoli and He Jianying, at present, peasants have a Continue reading
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Wildfires to increase by 50% by 2100: warns UN Environment Programme
Due to climate change and changes in land use, wildfires are predicted to rise by up to 14 percent by 2030, 30 percent by 2050 and 50 percent by the end of the century, according to a report published on Wednesday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal. The report, “Spreading like Wildfire: The Continue reading
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China’s green transition: A feasible way of quitting coal
In September 2021 China announced that it would stop building coal-fired power projects abroad. The policy change could affect 44 plants costing a projected $50 billion across 20 countries in Asia, Africa, South America and Eastern Europe. Global Energy Monitor (GEM) estimates that the decision could prevent 8 billion tonnes of additional carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over the lifetimes Continue reading
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China leads on clean energy transition but still more needed
Shared by China-Environment-News.com on Facebook Dongshen News reports that China is the global leader in installed solar (39% of total) and wind (36%) capacity, but progress in clean energy transition is needed to meet targets Criteria for reducing energy consumption (13.5%) and CO2 emissions (18%) per unit of GDP by 2025 may be insufficient if economic growth accelerates, Continue reading
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Mitigating global food waste: does China provide lessons to rest of the world?
The Chinese government has been firm and proactive in addressing the issue of food wastage in the country. The adoption of pertinent measures such as the Clean Plate Campaign spearheaded by President Xi Jinping, an initiative which seeks to mitigate food wastage and promote food security, and the passing of the anti-food waste law in 2021 at Continue reading
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China outlines tasks to advance rural vitalization in 2022
China unveiled its “No. 1 central document” for 2022 on Tuesday, outlining key tasks to comprehensively push forward rural vitalization this year. As the first policy statement released by China’s central authorities each year, the document is seen as an indicator of policy priorities. Work on agriculture and rural areas has been high on the Continue reading
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‘Seawater rice’ could feed 80 million Chinese
New salt-tolerant rice strains have been developed by Chinese scientists in the hope of ensuring food security that’s been threatened by rising sea levels. Test fields in Tianjin recorded a yield of 4.6 metric tons per acre last year, higher than the national average for production of standard rice varieties. Jinghai district in northern China Continue reading
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Understanding China’s latest guidelines for greening the Belt and Road
The latest guidelines are another important milestone towards greening China’s overseas projects and investments. They are – to our knowledge – the most comprehensive document by any country regulator to guide environmental management of overseas projects by either public or private companies. This January, less than six months after publishing the “Green development guidelines for overseas investment Continue reading
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Worst drought in 60 years hits China’s Guangdong province: influenced by climate change
Guangdong province receives plenty of rainfall, but rapid economic growth and climate change are nevertheless causing an emerging problem. In late December last year (2021) the Chinese news outlet Caixin reported that multiple major Guangdong cities had issued warnings to residents that they may face a water shortage as the southern province has been struck Continue reading
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The Green Belt and Road Initiative
A China-led effort, greening of the Belt and Road Initiative involves development projects aligned with the 2030 UNSDG goals that also present climate action-positive investment opportunities. Since it was first proposed in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has taken on many forms. A clear-eyed strategy to connect Asia with Africa and Europe via Continue reading
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Reducing surface layer ozone pollution could significantly increase wheat yield in East Asia: study
BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers have discovered that halving the ground level ozone pollution dose could increase wheat yields by more than 20 percent, the Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday. The climbing concentration of surface ozone pollution hinders crop growth and reduces yields, according to the report. The researchers from the Nanjing Continue reading
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China plans regional caps to conserve water
The country’s per capita water resources are less than one-third of the global average. China plans to develop a stricter water conservation framework by introducing regional usage caps and water rights trading schemes amid depleting resources, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. In a notice Tuesday, the ministry said that specifying regional water availability caps would be high Continue reading
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China set to further low-carbon push
New measures in pipeline to boost non-fossil energy’s role in promoting green transition China’s nonfossil energy will not only meet the country’s incremental energy demand but also replace fossil fuel stocks on a large scale by 2030, authorities said on Thursday. A statement jointly released by the National Energy Administration and the National Development and Continue reading
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China is winning the battle against air pollution
National air pollution action plans devised by China have seen significant reductions in pollution levels and associated health risks. Air pollution levels in the main Chinese cities at the beginning of the 1980s were almost exactly at the level of London at the height of the Industrial Revolution in 1890. In response to London’s Great Continue reading
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Striving for low-carbon agriculture: China’s story
The following article by agricultural scientists, Professors Pan Genxing and Cheng Kun, of the Institute of Resource, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture at Nanjing Agricultural University, China, is republished from China Dialogue. Based on the changes discussed in the following article, they are confident that green agriculture in China has a bright future, and calculate Continue reading
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China to build thousands more ecological farms by 2025
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — China plans to build more ecological farms in the coming years to advance modernization and green development in the agricultural sector, said a guideline published Wednesday by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. China aims to build 1,000 national ecological farms and 10,000 local ones nationwide by 2025. They Continue reading
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China’s top economic planner issues notice on urban environmental infrastructure construction
China will promote further construction of urban environmental infrastructure to support green development. China will establish a comprehensive, efficient, intelligent, green and safe modern environmental infrastructure system by 2030, according to guidelines issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and three other government bodies. By 2025, they said China would build an environmental Continue reading
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China’s push to green consumption
From farmhouse upgrades to electric vehicle sales blitzes in the countryside, the world’s second-largest economy wants its rural consumers to start spending green. A shift has been rippling through China’s enormous middle class in recent years, moving it towards responsible consumerism. Keen to encourage this momentum, the Chinese central government has decided that it will vigorously Continue reading
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China maps five-year plan for transportation development
China outlined a modern comprehensive transportation system over the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period in a circular recently issued. According to the circular, by 2025, China will have generally realized integrated transportation development, achieved breakthroughs in pursuing intelligent and green transportation, and made prominent improvements in overall capability, service quality and efficiency of the transportation Continue reading
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China explores involving communities in mangrove restoration
China’s management of mangroves is shifting from planting areas of trees to restoration and protection of ecosystems – how can livelihoods be ensured while protecting mangroves? What role can local communities play in managing mangrove restoration? The following article from republished from China Dialogue (February 2, 2022) discusses the challenges. The world’s mangroves have been Continue reading
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Tonga eruption may damage environment for years – China sends more disaster assistance
Ecological damage The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it was extremely concerned about the potential impact the massive volcanic eruption in Tonga will have on agriculture and fisheries in the area. The FAO noted that around 86 percent of Tonga residents are engaged in some form of agriculture, whether it is through crops, Continue reading
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Belt and Road: China to help Nicaragua build housing for thousands poor and working families
China has signed an agreement with Nicaragua to build thousands of homes for poor and working families, expanding an existing public housing program in the Central American nation. Nicaragua’s leftist Sandinista government has signed a 3 year agreement with China to build thousands of homes for poor and working families, expanding the already existing Bismarck Continue reading
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China to have unified electricity market system by 2025
China aims to initially build a unified electricity market system by 2025 to enable optimized power resource allocation in a wider scope and improve the stability and flexibility of the power system, according to guidelines released Friday (2022-01-28) “Efforts will be made to enhance the adaptability of the electricity market to a high proportion of Continue reading
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Geothermal green heating part of China’s decarbonization plans
“China is adopting geothermal because geothermal district heating is by far the most economic means of heating available … It also answers China’s fundamental policy of carbon neutrality and combating air pollution.” City of Xian geothermal district heating The city of Xian’s geothermal district heating in Shaanxi Province China serves as an example of the Continue reading
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