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China, Technology and the Environment: Chinese National Energy Commission is established
China has established the National Energy Commission for better coordination in formulating energy strategy and development planning, said an announcement released by the General Office of the Chinese State Council recently [...]
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China, Technology and the Environment: Electricity bills to jump for Chinese industries
China announced a 5.7 percent increase in electricity prices for businesses and industries and said it will adjust residential tariffs early next year through a new pricing mechanism to promote energy savings [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Vehicle sales hit record high in August of 2009
Domestic passenger vehicle sales in China hit a new record high in August of 2009, nearly doubling over last year, far beyond industry expectations [...]
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China, Technology & the Environment: per-unit energy consumption falls 3.35% in the first half of 2009
China's energy consumption to produce a unit of gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 3.35 percent year on year in the first half of 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement recently. The decrease compared with 2.88 percent in the first half of last year [...]
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China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: More cash, less gas emissions?
Can the Chinese eventually enjoy a standard of living comparable to developed nations while discharging less greenhouse gases?
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: auto prices to fall in Q4/2008 on slowing demand
Auto prices in China were expected to fall in the fourth quarter led by slowing demand, the price monitoring center under the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a report on recently. Prices fell 2.09 percent in the first nine months due to excessive output and oversupply of new models in the second and third quarters, it said...
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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: 4 billion US dollars invested in transportation
China's National Development and Reform Commission stated that out of the 100 billion yuan (over 15 billion US dollars) of newly-added central government investment, 28 billion yuan (4 billion US dollars) has been designated for the construction of major transportation infrastructure, just less than the amount of investment for people's livelihoods...
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Internet in China: 77.83 million broadband users
From January to July 2008, China reported a total of 11.4 million new broadband Internet access subscribers, and the total number of broadband users reached 77.8 million. At the same time, China's telecommunications industry revenue continued to grow and achieved revenue of 467.8 billion yuan, up 9.1 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures released by Chinese National Development and Reform Commission [...]
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Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: 6 Telecoms to Merge Their Assets
China has told its six telecommunications companies to merge their assets, allowing fixed-line carriers to expand into wireless services and creating three operators that will offer phone and Internet connections to 1.3 billion people. Under the plan, the parent of China Telecom will buy a mobile phone network from the parent of China Unicom, which in turn will merge with the company that controls the China Netcom Group, the Ministry of Industry and Information said in a statement on Saturday. China will issue three third-generation wireless licenses after the overhaul is completed, it said...
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China, Technology and the Environment: power consumption up nearly 6% in 2009