So Long, Coal Soot -- Life Transformed in Zero-Carbon Village

So long, coal soot -- life transformed in zero-carbon village

Zhou Xuelin, a villager from northwest China, bid farewell to his old house, which had been blackened by coal soot, in September last year; the winter days spent choking on soot spewed from coal-heating stoves were finally behind him. The new house Zhou moved into was constructed, under unified planning, by Xingsheng Village in Pingluo County of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is a detached, white bungalow among rows of similar abodes. In addi…

Explainer: What is China’s ‘Shenzen model’ for low-carbon transition i

Wandering the streets of Shenzhen, a city which has earned the title of China’s “first city of ‘new-energy vehicles’” (NEVs), you will not miss the scene of numerous NEVs parking under slogans promoting “green and low carbon” lifestyles.