At Chongming Island just outside Shanghai, China’s most populous city, at a new commercial glass greenhouse harvested their first batch of produce at the site in May. The facility is one of dozens sprouting up on the outskirts of China’s megacities that utilise high-end technology to manage irrigation, temperature and…
Revitalising Rural China
In September 2015, China’s President Xi Jinping attended the UN Sustainable Development Summit and joined other world leaders to adopt Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. China attaches great importance to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and has released China’s National Plan on…
DNA tracks mysterious Denisovans to Chinese cave, just before modern humans arrived nearby
In a 2020 scientific paper in Science, archaeologist Dongju Zhang’s research team, of Lanzhou University, reported the first discovery of Denisovan ancient DNA found outside the Denisova Cave.** Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was gleaned not from fossils, but from the cave sediments themselves. Precise dates show the Denisovans took shelter in…
China’s grain security
This week, Chinese authorities have stressed the need for solid efforts to safeguard the country’s grain security. This edition of Xinhua Commentary, explains why the country’s food security matters and how it is being secured. Click link below to watch video: Xinhua Commentary: China’s commitment to ensuring food security remains…
Nature reserve to save sea turtles from extinction
The plight of sea turtles Sea turtles aren’t just the marine world’s largest reptile. They are one of the oldest surviving forms of life, having lived alongside the dinosaurs. Sea turtles return to the ocean on hatching, and spend their entire lives at sea, except when female turtles come on…
China restoring its mangrove forests
In September last year, China released an action plan to restore the country’s 18,800 hectares of mangrove forests and plant another 9,050 hectares over the next five years. China has begun implementing an action plan to restore the country’s 18,800 hectares of mangrove forests and plant another 9,050 hectares in…
China to restore forest quality
China will moderately reduce the proportion of artificial forests and enhance the conservation and restoration of its degraded forests China’s efforts to implement afforestation and environmental schemes in recent years have met with considerable success, a fact reflected in the large increase in forest coverage nationwide. However, the country is…
Millions of birds face unexpected danger: glass buildings
In 2018, Shi Danyang, a student at Duke Kunshan University in east China’s Jiangsu Province, saw a tiny warbler with greenish feather majestically flying toward the glass window of her three-storied school building. But instead of maneuvering, the bird hit the glass, making a gentle thumping sound and leaving behind…
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China restoring its mangrove forests
Published 2021/06/11 In September 2019, China released an action plan to restore the country’s 18,800 hectares of mangrove forests and plant another 9,050 hectares over the next five years. Under the plan by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, a comprehensive protection program will…
Asian black bears go to new home at Sichuan sanctuary
SICHUAN, Southwest China April 19th to May 27th 2021 101 bears were relocated from a former bile farm in Nanning, Guangxi province, to the Chengdu Bear Rescue Center in Sichuan province. China lists the Asian black bear as a Class II protected species, meaning it’s illegal to hunt, kill, or sell them. However, the population of wild Asian…