Hard times call for green economy

Nation should stop leaning on traditional energy sources and develop cleaner, more efficient industries

Tough economic issues at home and abroad, coupled with the global financial recession, has made the highly anticipated restructuring of China's economy a very urgent matter.

Developing a low-carbon economy has become an irreversible global trend as a forcible tool to deal with the looming threats of global warming, a direction that many countries intent on a green economy are currently exploring.