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Province takes big steps for big data
June 26, 2015
The first national big data lab was founded at the end of last month in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province. Serving as a cross-regional cooperation platform, it is expected to attract global researchers, managers and decision makers in the big data industry.
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Platform in focus
June 26, 2015
Eco Forum Global is an annual international platform, dedicated to facilitating cooperation among key decision-makers from governments, businesses, academia, media and international organizations.
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Eco-travel crucial to industry growth
June 26, 2015
A mountainous province in Southwest China, Guizhou is renowned for its cultural diversity and pristine natural beauty. The province is trying to highlight characteristics unique to the province to boost its eco-tourism industry.
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Nation's emissions could peak by 2025, report says
June 26, 2015
China's greenhouse gas emissions could peak in the next five to 10 years, earlier than previously expected, which would contribute to efforts to curb global warming, according to a report jointly published by two institutes at the London School of Economics in early June.
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China seeks to ease urbanization growing pains
June 26, 2015
China is experiencing growing pains as urbanization progresses, said Wu Jiang, vice-president of Tongji University of China in Shanghai. "Green urban planning can help ease that pain."
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Plan to cover half of province in forest area by 2017
June 26, 2015
Forest cover will take up more than half of the total land area of Guizhou province by the end of 2017, according to a three-year plan by the provincial government.
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Switzerland cooperation ramps up
June 26, 2015
In July 2013, when President Xi Jinping met with his then Swiss counterpart, Ueli Maurer, in Beijing, Xi said that the natural conditions of China's Guizhou province were similar to those of Switzerland and that he hoped the two could cooperate on ecological and economic development. Today, Switzerland and Guizhou are well on their way to a cooperative partnership.
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A UK blueprint on going green
June 26, 2015
At the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, China vowed to cut its carbon emissions per GDP by 40 to 45 percent and raise the percentage of its total energy mix supplied by clean energy to 15 percent by 2020.