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‘Passenger drone’ cleared for mass production

Apr 11, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Liu Lican

The world’s first permit to mass produce pilot-less flying passenger vehicles has this week been issued by China’s Civil Aviation Administration, CCTV reported. This is also the first production permit for an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, it added. Such aircraft can fly at low altitudes and have been dubbed “flying cars” or “electric planes”.
Solar panels on key rice fields

Mar 26, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Xia Zhijian

Solar arrays have been illegally installed in Hubei province on farmland important to China’s food security, CCTV (China Central Television) has reported. The land is designated as “basic farmland”, meaning it is important for food security, and “shall not be occupied for other uses in the long term,” according to regulations on its protection. Anlu, a prefecture-level city in Hubei, is renowned for its rice production.
Three killed in Yunnan wildfire

Mar 20, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Niu Yuhan

A mountain fire that broke out in Lincang city, Yunnan province on Saturday 16 March killed three people and left another injured, CCTV reported. The fire started at 6pm and scorched about 5 hectares. By 11pm, it had been brought under control by 110 people. The next day it reignited before being finally extinguished. The fire’s cause remains unclear, a local villager told Caixin.
How China completely redefined a key energy target

Mar 18, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Lauri Myllyvirta |Huang Lushan

When the National Bureau of Statistics released China’s key economic and social data for 2023 at the end of last month, an apparent technicality had even greater significance than the numbers themselves. Yet it went almost completely unnoticed. The bureau said energy consumption had grown faster than GDP, but that energy intensity had fallen by 0.5%.
Two Sessions: What it means for China’s climate policy in 2024

Mar 14, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Lin Zi |Cui Qiwen |Huang Lushan

“The foundation for China’s sustained economic recovery and growth is not solid enough,” stated Premier Li Qiang in the government’s work report published on 5 March. The report is the central part of China’s “Two Sessions” meetings. Delivered by the premier, it outlines government achievements from the past year and sets goals and directions for the coming year. It is also usually when the country’s GDP growth target for the year is announced. What are the Two Sessions?
China explores ‘blue carbon justice’

Mar 14, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Liu Lican

Two people found guilty of fishing with prohibited gear have purchased “blue carbon” credits rather than paying to restore the fish stocks they had damaged. “Blue carbon” is the carbon stored by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystem. This is the latest case in which purchases of carbon credits, including blue ones, have entered China’s judicial system as an alternative means of ecological restoration.
How a Nigerian ecofeminist grew a climate movement

Mar 8, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Brian Obara |Huang Lushan

Oladosu Adenike isn’t your typical revolutionary. While others might dream of toppling regimes by storming the barricades, this soft-spoken Nigerian with a fire in her eyes is leading a quieter revolution: a green one. Her path to climate activism was not sparked by televised reports of environmental decline, but by witnessing the years-long conflict over land in Benue State, in Nigeria’s North Central region, while she was pursuing her undergraduate studies.
‘It worries me deeply’: Five Chinese experts on climate change

Mar 7, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Huang Lushan

Last year the world was warmer than in any since records began. China experienced a spate of heatwaves, droughts, rainstorms and typhoons. This extreme weather was down to a mixture of human-caused climate change and the return of the El Niño natural weather phenomenon. We are all more likely to feel the impact of climate change now that extreme weather is the new normal. As a result, energy transition, climate adaptation and related issues have become more pressing than ever.
Two Sessions: EVs dominate Chinese provincial plans

Mar 5, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | You Xiaoying |Huang Lushan

Editor’s note: The research and writing of this article took place before the central government released its work report on 5 March. “New energy vehicles” (NEVs) is the big buzz phrase for China’s provincial leaders and political advisers as they plan their work for 2024 in the energy sector, China Dialogue found ahead of the country’s top annual political and legislative meetings.
Rice companies puff up yield data

Feb 29, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Niu Yuhan

Some Chinese rice businesses have been cheating during yield trials in order to promote their varieties and obtain subsidies, reports Banyuetan, a subsidiary of Xinhua. “In northern China, a business left wide space between rice plants during the sowing season, and transplanted the same varieties grown at the same time elsewhere into test plots shortly before harvest. This tactic results in more appealing yield data,” the report read.