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Green building materials get boost

China will launch a promotion campaign to boost purchases of green building materials in rural areas, according to a recent notice. The yearlong campaign will see a string of online and offline activities organized in pilot areas to accelerate low-carbon development in the building materials sector, according to the notice jointly unveiled by six government organs, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Green building material producers, e-commerce platforms and shopping malls are encouraged to participate in the activities.

Shanxi extracts more coalbed methane

The coal-rich province of Shanxi extracted 1.71 billion cubic meters of coalbed methane in the first two months, accounting for about 83 percent of the country's total, according to the provincial statistics bureau. Shanxi has abundant coalbed methane resources — an estimated reserve of 8.31 trillion cubic meters of coalbed methane up to 2,000 meters below ground, accounting for about one-third of the country's total.

Xinhua - China Daily