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Palm oil is a versatile and ubiquitous ingredient, found in several products we consume on a daily basis, like instant noodles, biscuits and cosmetics. However, the sustainability of products that [...]

The last year of the 2010s was certainly eventful from the perspective of China's Going Global strategy. Beijing held the 2nd Belt and Road Forum in early 2019 as both [...]

Since 1949, China's grain harvests have increased fivefold, with per capita harvest doubling, and supply roughly matching demand. Yet food remains a top concern for China's policymakers, as detailed in [...]

Since 2017, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has been working with French and UK oil majors Total and Tullow to exploit an estimated 1.8 billion barrels of untouched oil [...]

At the gate of the incineration facility ­in Foshan, Guangdong province, a large screen displays live data on pollutants, including soot and sulphur dioxide. The Nanhai Solid Waste Processing Industrial [...]

Yunnan province occupies just over 4% of China's landmass, but it hosts more than half of the country's higher plants and vertebrate species, and three quarters of its protected animal [...]

In the port city of Xiamen on China's southeast coast, three cameras watch the Jiulong river as it wends its way to the sea. Not for the beautiful views, but [...]

If actions to mitigate climate change are not taken and global temperatures continue to rise in line with current trends, by 2030 the Arctic may be free of sea ice [...]

Benchmark coal tariffs have been the foundation of China's electricity pricing since 2004 but this mechanism was replaced on January 1 with a more flexible system. Industry insiders say the [...]

Last year, Chinese companies finally made headway into Colombia, the Latin American country that has arguably been most sceptical about investment from the region's second-largest trading partner. There were plenty [...]

Editor's Note This article was originally published by the Office of Overseas NGOs of the Ministry of Public Security, and translated into English by CDB. Some parts have been cut out [...]

On the road to School (上学路上）, a Beijing-based Chinese NGO that focuses on children, and particularly their spiritual growth, released the “White Paper on the Psychological State of China's Left-behind [...]

On January 9th, the 2019 CRO Global Summit was held in Shanghai by SnyTao, an independent consultancy in China promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR). Guo Peiyuan, the director of board [...]

The logo for the 2020 United Nations Conference on biological diversity was officially released in Beijing on January 9th. The Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological [...]

On January 5th, a press conference was held in Beijing for the Blue Book of Charity, published by the China Lingshan Charity and Philanthropy Promotion Association (中国灵山公益慈善促进会). The meeting reviewed and [...]

On January 4, the 2020 Finance and Economics Sustainable Development Summit Forum and evergreen award ceremony was held in Beijing, sponsored by the Caijing magazine and supported by the China [...]

Alibaba officially released its “charity evaluation criteria” on December 23, 2019. The new set of criteria aim to create a standard to measure the value of the charitable endeavours that [...]

Wang Keqin has been awarded as part of the “70 people in 70 years of Chinese charity brands” (中国慈善公益品牌70年70人) awards, which were announced at the 14th Annual Brands and Personalities [...]

Chinese actor and singer Hu Ge (also known as Hugh Hu), famous for his roles in a number of popular historical TV dramas, recently publicised his environmental protection activities in [...]

On July 1, 2019, Shanghai launched a “first shot” at the classification of domestic waste. The Shanghai Municipal Regulations on domestic waste, the most stringent ever released in China, stipulate [...]