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China, Technology and the Environment: first 10 million-kw-level wind power station to be built in mid-July 2009
Workers would begin construction on China's first 10 million-kw-level wind power station in mid-July in the far northwestern city of Jiuquan, Gansu Province, a local official said recently [...]
Posted in China, innovation Also tagged electricity, energy, energy conservation, environment, Gansu, Jiuquan, local official, natural gas, oil, Provinces of China, Qinghai, railway, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable, Three Gorges Dam, Wind power, Wu Shengxue 1 Comment
Living in China: Beijing to set new vehicle rules as post-Olympics limits cut jams, pollution
New vehicle restrictions are likely to be announced soon in the Chinese capital, given that a post-Olympics system has "significantly improved" traffic conditions and air quality, Beijing officials said recently. "New car restrictions will be unveiled soon to replace the current ones," said Wang Zhaorong, spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications [...]
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Jaime Lerner’s “Sing a song of sustainable cities” talk at TED
Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see what’s possible in the metropolitan landscape [...]
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Living in China: Shanghai’s bad habits surveyed
As part of the preparations for the Shanghai World Expo, the Shanghai municipal government has marked the 600 day countdown by publishing a report on 'uncivilized behavior' among locals. The report is based on an online survey in which over 5,000 Shanghai citizens were polled on what kind of behavior they consider annoying or rude [...]
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Living in China: Beijing, Shanghai increase salaries
Despite the severest economic crisis in decades, Beijing and Shanghai continued to significantly increase workers' salaries last year, according to official statistics. In Beijing, workers earned on an average 44,715 yuan ($6,570) last year, 4,848 yuan more, or a 12 percent increase, than in 2007, according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics. In Shanghai, the average monthly salary last year was 3,292 yuan, a 400-yuan, or 13.8-percent, jump from 2007, according to the Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau announcement [...]
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Living in China: Survey shows Beijing’s office workers spend 70 minutes on daily commute
According to statistics released by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics (BMBS), residents' average daily work-related travel time was 70 minutes in 2008, 16 minutes longer than 20 years ago. The survey's statistics show that the average daily duration of work for urban and rural residents was 5 hours and 55 minutes in 2008, 43 minutes shorter than 20 years ago. At the same time, work-related travel time was 70 minutes, 16 minutes longer than 20 years ago.
Design in China: first Chinese digital publishing base opened in Shanghai
China's first national digital publishing base opened in the Shanghai's Zhangjiang High-Tech Park recently. Since Zhangjiang has already attracted many digital and information technology companies, it was the ideal base to help foster development of the new industry in China, according to Jiao Yang, director of the Shanghai Press and Publication Bureau...
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Internet in China: online shoppers spend 2.3 billion U.S. dollars in 1st half of 2008
Online Chinese shoppers spent 16.2 billion yuan (2.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 19 major cities in the first half of 2008, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said on recently. The findings were based on a survey carried out in four municipalities directly under the central government -- Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing -- and 15 developed cities such as Changchun, Dalian, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou, among others [...]
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Living in China: Beijing’s Consumer Price Index rose 6.5% in April 2008
Beijing's consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.5% in April, according to the latest statistics from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics and the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics Beijing Survey Organization. Food prices rose 21.6%; while non-food prices rose 0.3%. Consumer goods prices rose 8.7% and that of service rose 0.8%. Food prices increased by 21.6% as compared with the same month last year, among which grain prices increased 9.0%; oil prices increased 29.2%; meat and its products prices increased 46.8%; egg prices increased 6.3%; aquatic products increased 19.9%; and vegetables prices increased 11.4%...
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