Shanghai will host the third IFAT China environmental protection and energy consumption expo from September 23 to 25, Xinhua reported, citing the China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization (CARCU). It has been a leading expo in the field in Asia since its debut in 2004. The third expo will showcase 337 businesses from 25 countries and regions, 2...

A 60,000-square-meter production base for battery-powered vehicles became operational Tuesday in northern China’s Tianjin municipality, Xinhua reported. The newspaper did not say who owned the plant. The first 456 battery-powered trucks off the production line will be delivered to the US, and it is expected the plant will export 2,000 vehicles to the U...

Northern China’s Shanxi province has launched two new wind power projects designed to produce 134 million eco-friendly kilowatt hours of electricity a year, saving 40,800 tons of standard coal, 493 tons of dust, 87,000 tons of carbon dioxide, 390 tons of sulfur dioxide and 1,640 tons of nitrogen oxide, China Business News reported. The wind generators,...

Increased sales taxes on large cars from September 1 have caused a short-term spike in sales. But as the Securities Times reports, carmakers and industry experts don’t expect the move to dampen sales in the long-term either.