Policies and Announcements
- Polluting cities, firms punished ahead of Olympics
- Power loads rise, but power station coal reserve stable
- Reconstruction site of earthquake epicenter undecided
- Grain prices to keep rising despite harvest
- Gov't reports first major emissions drop
- Vice premier outlines eight-year plan for quake zone
- US$13.6 billion allocated for post-quake effort
- Gov't to ease ripple effect of energy price hike
- Insurers pay US$49 mln for earthquake claims
- China sticks to sustainable energy strategy
 
- Summer grain output likely exceeds 120 mln tons
- Meteorological chief urges better weather forecasts
- Ministry of Health warns of iodine deficiency
- China raises oil price by US$144.9 per ton
- More measures called to fight flooding
- Bumper summer crop reassures food security
- Supervision stressed in post-quake reconstruction
- Little damage to grain harvest: agricultural officials
- Post-quake rebuilding rule focuses on public structures
- No relaxation in quake zone epidemic prevention
 
- No mass health problems in Sichuan
- Energy, agricultural goods supply must be ensured
- Gov't strives to rule out misappropriation of relief goods
- Massive program launched to save Qinghai Lake
- Central gov't to slash spending for quake relief
- MOH's move to prevent epidemics
- Final version of bag regulation released
- Govt on alert for major epidemics
- Economic census to lay ground for macro plans
- CDB lends US$82 million to improve Taihu water
 
- Standards for plastic bags to take effect
- Viral outbreak won't affect Olympics: MOH spokesman
- Gov't to investigate energy-related crimes
- Agriculture Minister: Food before biofuels
- MOA urges rice-growing areas to be alert for pests
- Gov't takes bite out of Pringles, bans US imports
- Gov't bans crop stubble burn-off to improve air quality
- Ministry forecasts increase of hand-foot-mouth disease
- Gov't to step up monitoring of EV71 virus
- Planning regulation to be ready by year end
 
- Gov't shuts 83 small coal-fired power plants
- China proposes climate change technology transfer
- Rise in funding pledged to tackle climate change
- Major power shortages unlikely this summer
- Gov't to spend US$4.29 billion to clean polluted lake
- Factories ordered to install anti-sulfur equipment
- Liaoning to close 8 papermaking enterprises
- Standard issued for methane
- Airport to be built in Tibetan community
- Tougher measures ordered for forest fire prevention
 
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