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Farmer Li Guangrong was overjoyed last year when he received a red envelope filled with 3,000 yuan in cash. The 59-year-old man from Southwest China’s Yunnan province had not expected to earn th... Read More

While covering the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, I took a morning away from the main venue to attend a forum of “climate skeptics”. The speakers presented politic... Read More

This winter, the drastic cold has battered not only China but many parts in the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America. Shivering in the freezing weather, many now doubt the authentic... Read More

In Chinese, the word “crisis” reflects both “risks” and “opportunities”. China’s energy sector has successfully turned its adversity into opportunity while re... Read More

Beijing is trying to promote the concept of carbon credit among ordinary residents by making it an alternative to the annual voluntary tree planting program. The idea is that people can offset the car... Read More

China on Tuesday reaffirmed its determination to fulfill its emission mitigation plans, adding it was considering reporting its recent emission cuts progress to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Con... Read More

According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC), China’s net import of coal hit 103.43 million tons in 2009. Last year, China exported 22.40 million tons of coal, d... Read More

As pressure to preserve the world’s precious forest resources is growing, China’s forest tenure reform in recent years serves as a good example for other countries, said an international r... Read More

The latest effort by the central government to curb auto pollution and boost new vehicle sales looks to have the auto subsidy and green driving push still spinning its wheels following its announcemen... Read More

As climate change poses a great challgenge to China’s agricultural sector, the government and farmers should tackle it in a scientific and systematic way, Chinese Vice Minister of Agriculture Ni... Read More

Kang Rixin, former general manager of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), has been stripped of his post and his membership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for “serious violation... Read More

An employee of a heating oil supplier pulls a pipe to deliver oil to a home in the western German city of Harxheim on Wednesday. Due to low temperatures, Germany is expected to remain under a blanket ... Read More

An energy-saving technologies exhibition in Beijing. The merger of China Energy Conservation Investment Corp and China New Era Group Corp is regarded as a win-win deal to enhance the two companiesR... Read More