environment
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China calls for strengthening Biosphere Reserve system
As Trump pulls USA out of UNESCO China’s Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on September 22, 2025 called for joint efforts to strengthen the construction of UNESCO biosphere reserves, to promote the harmonious co-existence of humanity and nature, and to achieve synergistic progress between the economy and the environment. Ding said that China has achieved remarkable Continue reading
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China’s green ammonia ships – potential to replace 91% of maritime fossil fuels
China has taken a significant step towards maritime decarbonization with the completion of the world’s first green ammonia ship bunkering operation. This groundbreaking achievement was executed at Dalian Port using renewable ammonia produced by Envision Energy’s plant in Chifeng. The operation marks a considerable milestone in the maritime industry, demonstrating the feasibility of using green ammonia Continue reading
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China has built world’s largest energy transmission network
Sets example to world China now powers its eastern megacities with 80% of their power from renewable sources through its West-to-East Power Transmission Project. Last year, 2.4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity were transmitted from western China to the east – that’s enough to power five Germanys. More than 80% of that electricity came from clean, Continue reading
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China: materials recovered from end-of-life EV batteries & solar cells powering “circular economy”
Costly components such as lithium along with other materials such as cobalt and nickel, hold their value beyond the life of the batteries powering China’s massive electric-vehicle (EV) industry. “There is huge potential in the business of new-energy waste, because new energy is where China and the world are going,” said the sales manager at Continue reading
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China’s Launches Giant 20-Megawatt, Typhoon-Resistant Floating Wind Turbine – World’s Largest
In a groundbreaking move towards sustainable energy, China has launched the world’s largest floating wind turbine, the “Qihang,” which promises to significantly reduce carbon emissions and set new standards in renewable energy technology. The “Qihang” turbine exemplifies a remarkable leap in renewable energy technology. Independently developed by Chinese sate-owned CRRC Corporation Limited, this 20 MW floating Continue reading
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Xi Jinping: China injects certainty into global climate governance
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech via video link at the UN sponsored Leaders Meeting on Climate and the Just Transition on Wednesday. Xi highlighted that China is a steadfast actor and major contributor in promoting global green development, noting that China is willing to work with all parties to earnestly honor the principle of common Continue reading
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China sets new record for clean electricity, dominates wind power
China’s power system notched up several new clean energy generation records during the January to March quarter of 2025, cementing the country’s position as the global leader in clean electricity production. Total clean electricity generation in China during the first quarter of the year was just over 951 terawatt hours (TWh), according to data from Continue reading
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China mandates increased use of certified green energy
China’s Renewable Energy Notice provides that Green Energy Certificates (GECs) are the only proof of the environmental attributes of green energy electricity and, as such, the only evidence for recognizing the production and consumption of green energy electricity. On March 18, China’s National Development and Reform Commission and other government departments issued “Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Renewable Energy Green Power Certificate Market(关于促进可再生能源绿色电力证书市场高质量发展的意见),” emphasizing the Continue reading
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Quantifying national excess CO2 emissions from the Global North
The following extract is from an important study published 1 September 2020 by the highly respected medical journal, The Lancet. The article provides a key to understanding the response to reducing global carbon emissions in terms of environmental justice. It details a method for quantifying national responsibility for damages related to climate change by looking at national Continue reading
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The first academic paper in China defining “Ecological Civilization” in 1987
Tracing back to the earliest appearance of the concept of “ecological civilization” in China, Ying Xue (of China Ecological Civilization on Substack) found Ye Qianji’s article Ecological Needs and the Construction of Ecological Civilization published in 1987. This was widely seen as the earliest academic paper defining “Ecological Civilization” in China. Ying Xue would like to share it with Continue reading
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Chinese and Swedish scientists create hybrid high-yield rice that drastically cuts methane emissions
Collaboration between Chinese and Swedish researchers has breed a high-yield rice variety that emits up to 70 per cent less methane than normal rice and almost doubles the yield of common rice varieties. The research team, comprising experts from Hunan Agricultural University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, successfully created a rice Continue reading
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Chinese scientists develop high-accuracy method to identify microplastic pollution
Microplastics are small particles of disposed plastic that usually are 5 mm or smaller. Recently, there has been an increased focus to monitor and mitigate plastic waste in the environment. However, colorless fragments of plastic have gone mostly unnoticed, and most current detection methods cannot pick up these bits of plastic. Researchers from Tongji University Continue reading
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China plants 4.45 million hectares of trees in 2024
China planted 4.45 million hectares of trees and improved 3.22 million hectares of grassland, official data showed Sunday. The country also harnessed 2.45 million hectares of desertified land last year, and the country’s forest coverage has exceeded 25 percent, as disclosed at a national video conference on forestry and grassland work. Part of the effort Continue reading
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China condemns US regime’s shift on climate
US President Donald Trump has withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement – a move widely denounced by the international community. China has expressed its concern over Trump’s moves to reverse US climate goals, with Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun saying: “Climate change is a common challenge facing mankind. No country can be outside Continue reading
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China’s Ecological Transition
The December issue of the international edition of Wenhua Zongheng (文化纵横) examines China’s ecological transition. Wenhua Zongheng (文化纵横) is a leading journal of contemporary political and cultural thought in China, founded in 2008. The articles in the latest edition cover an array of environmental matters, including restoration efforts, the electric vehicle industry, and the relationship between agricultural and Continue reading
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China’s Green Sector drives global climate fight
With the return of climate skeptic Donald Trump to the White House — especially his threat to withdraw the United States from all climate treaties including the Paris Agreement, which is central to the battle against climate change and keeping global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius — the heavy lifting on the climate front Continue reading
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Bird diversity recovers in China’s Yangtze River Basin
A new study reveals a significant rise in bird diversity across China’s Yangtze River Basin over the past decade, driven by large-scale ecological restoration efforts. The findings highlight the success of restoration programs but also emphasize the urgent need for more targeted conservation strategies, particularly in vulnerable wetland areas. While the overall diversity of avian Continue reading
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China submits documents on tackling climate change to UN
China meets targets for forest stock and total installed capacity of wind and solar power ahead of schedule. Xinhua reports that China has submitted two reports to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, detailing its climate actions and progress, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. These documents, the first biennial Continue reading
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China’s Water Trading System
On November 26th 2024 an article by Li Guoying, the Minister of China’s Water Resources Ministry, was published in the Economic Daily. Li argues that establishing a water use rights trading system in China is of great significance for promoting the optimal allocation, conservation and utilization of water resources. From his article we can see that Continue reading
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The West blocks Global South demands at UN summit for increased biodiversity funding
The UN biodiversity summit – the world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16 – last weekend in Colombia ended in disarray. Many developing country delegations left the talks “early” due to the 14-hour over run. Developing country delegations were enraged at how the talks were organised, leaving crucial issues undecided at the final hour. Despite Continue reading
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Navigate back to Home Our Editorial Perspective, then and now China Environment News on Facebook was created in late 2019, and in May 2021 we launched our website https://china-environment-news.net . Our aim from the start has been to contribute towards providing more rational and balanced news and analysis about what China is doing to protect the environment, both within that vast nation and Continue reading
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China’s Yellow River strategy tackles one of the most persistent environmental challenges in history
This video takes a look into China’s groundbreaking efforts to manage the Yellow River—one of the most significant engineering feats in the world. Recently, the river’s water transfer project achieved incredible success, removing over 300,000 tons of silt and lowering the riverbed by 5.1 meters, leaving experts astounded. The Yellow River, also known as China’s “Mother Continue reading
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Climate change induced ‘natural disasters’ continue to hit China
Extreme weather events continued across China over recent weeks. These “natural disasters” cost China nearly 元77 billion yuan ($10.7bn) last month – the biggest amount of losses for the month of July since 2021. EXTREME WEATHER A “once-in-a-century flood” was recorded by the Zhimenda hydrological station along the Yangtze River in south China, reported China Daily. Continue reading
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