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Posted in green hops on May 8th, 2008
Newsy tidbits on green developments in China, sans analysis.
HK Introduces Green Tax Cuts. Hong Kong to provide attractive tax deductions (20% for construction and 100% for new purchases) for installations of environmental technologies. Closer to the mainland, China Environmental Law Blog ponders what the more macro tax reform proposals by the central government mean [...]
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 [...]
