Tracking the emerging technological, commercial, political and social revolution to green China’s red-hot economy.
Posted in capital and finance, coal, government, policy, wind on May 22nd, 2008
On May 14 and 15, I attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum (China) 2008 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel at Financial Street. My next couple of posts are inspired by some of the discussions that took place at this forum. Today’s post are mostly drawn from the first two sessions on May 14.
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Posted in Uncategorized, automotive, government, transportation, urban planning on May 3rd, 2008
Gridlock in Chongqing: Is this what they call progress?
While one can take heart that what seem liked unabated proliferation of SUVs just a few years ago is giving way to a range of smaller, more fuel efficient passenger vehicles (see last post on my review of the Beijing auto show), the fact remains that China [...]
Posted in automotive, government, green hops, recylcling, urban planning on Mar 26th, 2008
Newsy tidbits on green developments in China, sans analysis.
Super eco-cities? The unstoppable drive in China towards increased urbanization in the midst of the massive scale of rural-to-urban migration is well known. A report by McKinsey, the prestigious global consulting firm, advocates that China undertakes a more concentrated form of urbanization by building 15 [...]
Posted in government on Mar 12th, 2008
Yesterday, the National People’s Congress announced moves to reorganize the central government by creating five so-called superministries, including one responsible for environmental protection via the upgrading of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) to ministry status. But the NPC stopped short of creating a unified organ to oversee the contentious issue of energy policy.
The government [...]
