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Beijing to develop green technologies in 8 fields

Beijing will make efforts to develope green technologies in eight fields including air pollution prevention and control and water conservation and water environment, a

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China to further support private enterprises in environmental industries

Chinese authorities released guidelines aimed at supporting private enterprises related to energy saving and environmental protection, as part of efforts to win the ba

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China beefs up crackdown on environment-related crimes

China prosecuted 50,800 people in 2019 for environment-related crimes including damaging the environment and smuggling imported waste, up 20.4 percent year on year, a

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Portugal stops waste imports to protect landfill space amid COVID-19

Portugal attracts huge quantities of foreign rubbish due to its low waste management fees. /VCG Photo Portugal has halted the importing of foreign trash until the end of the year to protect do

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SPREP advises Pacific countries to deal with COVID-19 waste separately

As COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues, countries in the Pacific region are facing another challenge on how to manage medical waste safely and effectively, according to the Secretariat of the Pa

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TechCrunch’s top 16 picks from Techstars April virtual demo days

Like other accelerators, Techstars, a network of more than 40 corporate and geographically targeted startup bootcamps, has had to bring its marquee demo day events online.Over the last two weeks of Ap

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Beijing begins mandatory garbage sorting

Beijing on Friday began to carry out mandatory garbage sorting in new efforts to protect the environment. With the city's newly revised household waste regulation taki

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Village near Beijing inches closer to zero-waste goal

04:01 Beijingwill fully implement garbage sorting starting on Friday. But in Xinzhuang Village of Xingshou Town, 40 km away from the city center, separating trash has long been a daily

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China adopts law revision to curb solid waste pollution

China's top legislature Wednesday voted to adopt a revision to the law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste. Lawmakers approved the

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Senior lawmakers meet before closing of regular session

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) held a chairpersons' meeting Wednesday morning before the closing of its regular session. Li Zhanshu, ch

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Chinese lawmakers deliberate bills in panel discussions

Chinese lawmakers held panel discussions Monday morning to deliberate the draft revision to the law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid w

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China launches English platform for COVID-19-related patents

A screenshot of the platform's landing page. According to the site's introduction, scientists and members of the public can access 10,000 pieces of Chinese and foreign patent technical informatio

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China launches English platform for COVID-19-related patent information

China's National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) has launched an online platform to provide English patent information related to COVID-19 for scientists a

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China's new draft law revision proposes strengthening medical waste management

A new draft law revision under Chinese lawmakers' consideration has proposed strengthening the management of medical waste, especially medical waste management work in

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Chinese lawmakers to review several public health bills

China's top legislature will review a number of bills on public health at its upcoming regular session, a spokesperson said Wednesday. The Standing Committee of the Na

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China takes good care of inbound personnel under quarantine: official

China has taken good care of inbound personnel who are undergoing a 14-day medical observation in designated facilities to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus,

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China to clean up Himalayan peaks

Mountaineering regulators in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of southwest China plan to clean up Mt. Qomolangma, Cho Oyu and Shishapangma during the coming climbing seaso