As cities face more frequent floods, rising temperatures and water stress, many are rethinking how urban infrastructure should work. In China, one answer is being found, not in concrete alone but in nature – which is increasingly being designed, not simply as an amenity but as infrastructure, helping cities become more resilient, more livable and… Continue reading

Zambia has just signed contracts with a consortium of Chinese firms to build a two-megawatt solar plant, with battery storage, in every one of its 156 constituencies. That’s 312 megawatts of decentralised clean power, wired into the national grid, in a single nationwide programme. Once completed, the Presidential Constituency Energy Initiative is expected to become… Continue reading

World’s first Forest City China’s Liuzhou Forest City is an innovative urban planning project that aims to combat air pollution and redefine the relationship with nature in a sustainable way. “The scale of greenery planned is genuinely enormous. Liuzhou Forest City is expected to include around 40,000 trees and close to a million plants spread… Continue reading

China’s Ministry of Natural Resources has reported significant achievements in ecological conservation and resource management, which is integral to China’s objectives of spurring economic growth while facilitating a transition toward more environmentally sustainable practices across all sectors of economic and social development. China has the largest area of man-made forests and grasslands globally, according to… Continue reading

It’s common to see ignorant comments on social media, almost all originating in the USA, saying things like “I will believe what China says about the growth in its use of renewables when they come clean on coal.” No doubt many of these “social media commentators” are bots but many others are in the mainstream… Continue reading

China’s Kubuqi Desert is being reshaped into one of the most striking energy projects on Earth. Located in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,  a giant “Solar Great Wall” is under construction. The structure is so large it can be seen from space, it will consist of a band of solar panels that will run 400… Continue reading

Reshaping global scientific leadership A quiet but powerful shift is reshaping global scientific leadership: thousands of Chinese scientists are leaving the U.S. and returning home, transforming Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology worldwide. Historically, the United States has been a beacon for scientific talent, drawing in researchers from around the globe,… Continue reading

China on 9 July 2026 released its action plan for carbon peak during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period (2026-2030), outlining a roadmap to achieve its goal of peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 while accelerating the transition to a cleaner energy mix. The plan sets a target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions per unit of… Continue reading

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) has built a battery storage system powered by its own thermal management — the waste heat from charging makes the next discharge cycle more efficient, creating a self-improving energy loop. Battery thermal management — maintaining lithium-ion cells within optimal temperature ranges during both charging and discharging — typically consumes… Continue reading

New biochar technology to sustainably boost crop yields and cut greenhouse as emissions. After more than a decade of research, Chinese scientists at the Institute of Environment under the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center have developed a breakthrough technology for the efficient large-scale production of biochar from agricultural and forestry biomass. The technology enables the… Continue reading

Trees growing much faster than natural forests China’s Great Green Wall project has planted around 66 billion trees since 1978 to help slow the expansion of the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts, reduce soil erosion, and restore degraded land. It is set to expand even further – plans are underway to plant 34 billion more trees… Continue reading

China’s northernmost solar thermal power plant is now online – in a frigid high‑latitude region! China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) announced on 29 June 2026 that its Jixi 100-megaWatts (MW) solar thermal power plant, the country’s northernmost and the first of its kind in Northeast China, was connected to the grid and began generating… Continue reading

World’s largest integrated solar-hydrogen-storage project Off the coast of Rudong, Jiangsu, China has completed the world’s largest integrated solar-hydrogen-storage project. A 400 MW coastal solar farm, a 60 MW/120 MWh battery, and a green-hydrogen plant making 482 tons a year — all wired together, with a dedicated submarine cable feeding sunlight straight into the electrolyzer.… Continue reading

How did China build one of the world’s most ambitious railways without disrupting an epic wildlife migration? Engineering and ecology have learned to move forward together. Every year from May to July, female Tibetan antelopes migrate hundreds of kilometers to the Zhuonai Lake area in Hoh Xil to give birth. To preserve the animals’ ancient… Continue reading

An Ocean University of China study finds key parts of coastal ecology recovering instead of degrading. Rapid coastal development and climate change drive global coastal ecosystem degradation around the world.  In coastal China expanding coastal development has seen wetlands gave way to fish farms, mudflats disappeared, and natural coastal habitats shrank. Challenges such as rising… Continue reading

China continues its clean energy development, placing it at the forefront of the offshore wind energy sector. The world’s first 16 MW Floating Offshore Wind Platform was assembled at the Gaolan Port in Zhuhai, south China, and departed on June 28, 2026 for its deployment in the South China Sea. The platform is designed to accommodate a… Continue reading

China has taken a step to reduce the environmental impact of e-commerce. Starting on July 1, 2026, a mandatory national regulation aimed at limiting excess packaging in parcels came into operation. China is home to one of the largest logistics sectors in the world, managing nearly 199 billion shipments during 2025 alone. The measure, titled “Requirements to limit excessive packaging in parcels”,… Continue reading

A little more than a month after scientists warned that climate change is causing widespread oxygen loss in the world’s rivers, a new study delivers a hopeful message: targeted interventions can reverse this trend, even as global temperatures climb. Published on 26 June 2026 in the journal Nature Geoscience, the research found that oxygen levels… Continue reading

A team of rearchers lead by the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered the world’s deepest and largest collection of whale remains on the ocean floor. A “whale fall” is when the carcass of a whale has sunk onto the ocean floor. These carcasses create rich, temporary habitats for deep-sea creatures, supporting everything from bone-eating… Continue reading

New energy vehicles, or NEVs, is China’s broad term for battery electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and fuel cell vehicles, and in various ways these depend on a power battery. As these batteries age they eventually lose capacity and are “retired”. The volume of retired batteries in China could exceed 1 million metric tons a year… Continue reading

China has discovered a globally rare coral reef marine blue hole at Huangyan Dao, marking the first coral reef blue hole explored and verified in the country so far, according to a report released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Preliminary geochronological analyses, including radiocarbon dating, suggest that the blue hole dates back at… Continue reading

China’s seawater desalination capacity has surpassed 3 million tons per day, or 1,095 gigalitres per year – equal to the daily water use of 15 million people. The report on national seawater utilization, released by the Ministry of Natural Resources to mark World Oceans Day, showed that by 2025 China had 167 seawater desalination projects… Continue reading

The China Energy Investment Corp (CHN Energy) fully completed construction on June 10, 2026, of the Guohua Rudong solar-hydrogen-storage integrated project in Jiangsu province. The completion of the largest project of its kind marked another step in China’s efforts to combine large-scale solar generation with battery storage and green hydrogen production. The project, developed by… Continue reading

Egypt is advancing its energy cooperation with China through the Belt and Road Initiative. A key area of collaboration focuses on renewable energy and energy storage projects, which are crucial for Egypt’s energy security and sustainability goals. One significant collaboration is the Chinese-built Kom Ombo renewables project. The Kom Ombo project includes a 500 MW… Continue reading

China says global efforts to combat climate change will continue despite the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, as governments prepare for this year’s U.N. climate negotiations. Speaking at an international climate meeting co-hosted by China, the European Union and Canada, Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu described the global transition toward low-carbon development as… Continue reading

China is considering a draft law on Antarctic activities and environmental protection, which further strengthens protection of the Antarctic environment. The draft was submitted on Tuesday to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s national legislature, for its second reading. Following its first reading, the full text of the… Continue reading

A fresh study by Chinese scientists has revealed that the cascade effects of increasingly frequent wildfires under climate warming will drive irreversible degradation of permafrost ecosystems of the northern high-latitude permafrost zone, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER), Chinese Academy of Sciences. This study was conducted by researchers from the NIEER… Continue reading

The project will use abundant cheap solar electricity to remove CO₂ direct from the atmosphere at scale. China’s carbon neutrality by 2060 commitment cannot be achieved through emissions reduction alone. Aviation, agriculture, cement, and steel all produce CO₂ that cannot be fully eliminated through electrification or fuel switching within the 2060 timeframe. Carbon removal —… Continue reading

China successfully trials first vessel-to-grid electricity transfer In China, on 11 June 2026, an all-electric vessel has trialled the export of electricity back to the grid, acting like a giant mobile power bank, marking China’s first vessel-to-grid (V2G) bi-directional energy flow. The electric tugboat Yungang Electric Tug No. 9 discharged electricity from its battery at… Continue reading

China Dominates 90% of the Top 10 Global Research Institutions On 10 June 2026 the internationally renowned scientific publisher Springer Nature released the Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders list. The latest data shows that China continues to firmly hold the top spot globally in high-quality research output, leading the world in multiple core indicators: The… Continue reading

China’s renewable energy generation fully covered the country’s increase in electricity consumption in 2025, marking the first time that all additional electricity demand was met by green power, according to a new report. The China Renewable Energy Development Report, released on 12 June 2026, showed that the country’s newly installed renewable energy capacity reached a… Continue reading

Pumped hydro storage (PHS) is a proven, efficient and scalable technology that is increasingly being used for storing excess, cheap energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. What is pumped hydro? It’s a type of energy storage technology that uses two water reservoirs, one at a higher elevation and one at a… Continue reading

In a remarkable transformation, the barren expanse of China’s Taklimakan Desert — long known as the “Sea of Death” — is now thriving with aquaculture, yielding a rich variety of high-quality fresh seafood. At a breeding base in Qiemo County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, tens of thousands of marine fish fry, including mullet… Continue reading

China has become one of the few countries to buck the global trend of coastal deforestation, achieving a 44 percent increase in mangrove forest area since 2000, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. The data show that China’s total mangrove canopy now stands… Continue reading