China's greenhouse gas emissions could peak in the next five to 10 years, earlier than previously expected, which would contribute to efforts to curb global warming, according to a report jointly published by two institutes at the London School of Economics in early June.
For the past 34 years, Tian Renyi has patrolled Juchi Mountain in Guizhou province with an ax and a wooden stick in case he has to fend off a wild animal like a bear or cougar.
Forest cover will take up more than half of the total land area of Guizhou province by the end of 2017, according to a three-year plan by the provincial government.
China is experiencing growing pains as urbanization progresses, said Wu Jiang, vice-president of Tongji University of China in Shanghai. "Green urban planning can help ease that pain."
The Beijing government is asking the public to recommend role models in Beijing who perform good deeds, starting from May and continuing through September.
Bai Yunlong has the chubby, genial look of an American chef in his uniform that puts diners at Frost, his eatery in Beijing, at ease. But the 48-year-old, whose birth name is Jeffrey Powell, is also adept at making his Chinese neighbors comfortable, especially when he offers them free lessons in English.
Hao Diangui first started climbing a nearby mountain to improve his own health but, years later, he has also contributed greatly to the environmental health of Cuiwei Mountain.
Chinese people love hosting feasts, and feel embarrassed, or "lose face", if guests eat all of the dishes. Xu Zhijun has tried to change this mindset, and he won support from many celebrities, media outlets and the government.
Cao Guang, a surgeon from Beijing's Anzhen Hospital, treated a patient last year in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, who was later confirmed as the first Ebola patient in the capital.
When Wang Bin heard about Jilin province's plan to ban non-biodegradable plastic bags, it inspired a career switch.
The State Council recently released for public opinion a draft law on environmental taxes, which proposes business taxes for pollutants, solid waste and noise.
Eleven-year-old Pu Mingzhi and 8-year-old Pu Mingtao, students at Liufeng Primary School, are looking forward to moving into a new dormitory built by German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG and local education authorities.
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