Simon MacKinnon OBE has lived in Shanghai since 1985 and has worked in many areas high on China’s green and environmental agenda. As Chairman of Xeros China and a director of Huaxin Cement today, he discusses his work in reducing air pollution, cleaning up municipal waste and in reducing water use and water pollution. What was your first involvement in environmental business in China? I was Corning’s President of Greater …
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China International Industry Fair supports China’s Made in China: 2025 agenda, writes Stewart Ferguson, CBBC’s advanced engineering, automotive and manufacturing lead The 19th edition of the China International Industry Fair (CIIF) was held in Shanghai from the 7th to 11th November. This showcase of Chinese manufacturing brought together 2,000 national manufacturers from new automotive, aerospace, robotics, new materials, smart city, energy and other sectors relevant to China’s Made in China: …
Lying across the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao looks out over the Yellow Sea to Korea and Japan. Situated halfway between Beijing and Shanghai, it is just an hour flight to these main hubs. Situated on China’s east coast, Qingdao is the largest city in Shandong province. Although it is not the provincial capital (which is neighbouring Jinan) it is administered at the sub-provincial level, and it has jurisdiction over six districts …
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Innovative ambitions and government support have helped China become one of the leaders in the electric vehicle market
By Nathan Lawes Human innovation created the steam turbine and the internal combustion engine, paving the way for the Industrial Revolution and the horseless carriage (now known as the car). These innovations have made our lives easier, but our planet less healthy and our roads busier. China’s increasingly innovative and influential but smoggy cities, that play host to some of the world’s worst traffic, exemplify this. But like the era of the Yellow Pea Soup in London, …