According to a newly revised vehicle emissions regulations, non commercial small cars and sedans that are used in Shenzhen for less than six years only needs to pass emission checks every two years. Current regulations states that buses, medium sized vehicles and high emission vehicles must pass emission tests every six months a move that [...]
Shenzhen is one of the 14 cities on Guangdong that have started selling a more environmentally friendly National V diesel fuel with a price tag of 5.74 yuan per liter. Other cities will start selling the new standard fuel starting July 1. Compared to the National IV diesel fuel, the new fuel is equivalent to [...]
Starting today a ban on the sales of live poultry is take effect in Luohu, Yantian, Futian and Nanshan districts. Live poultry sellers in wet markets are asked by the city government to switch from selling live poultry to selling iced fresh slaughtered poultry and to who transfer will be receiving subsidies to renovate their [...]
When the heavy smog in Beijing continues for more than three more days, the city will then launch top level emergency efforts that will hopefully reduce pollutant emissions, which includes restricting half of the private vehicles on the road based on license plates. This will be one of the major changes in the updated emergency [...]
The country’s drug watchdog has been soliciting public opinion on a tighter supervision rules for cosmetics production. Based on a temporary rules on production and inspection that was released by the China Food and Drug Administration, that cosmetics manufacturers should establish a mechanism in ensuring that their products are traceable from warehouse to sales. The [...]
The country’s environmental ministry ordered local governments in two key steel producing cities to use tougher actions against factories that pollutes from its sector. This action is part of the efforts to improve the air quality and could further pressure mills that are already struggling to stay alive amid weak demands and growth as China [...]
City authorities are being urged by political advisers to impose stricter punishments on unqualified food suppliers and to strengthen its supervision of food safety and aim to be like Hong Kong as food safety is not an issue. Yi Yulan one of the political advisers reported results of food safety inspection that spanned for the [...]
Shenzhen will be working with Dongguan and help clean up the Maozhou River. The agreement is based on a framework agreement between the two cities. Maozhou River is 31.3 kilometers long and run through Shenzhen Guangming New Area and Bao’an District and Chang’an Township in Dongguan. Also called the black river by residents is said [...]
The city set a goal to keep the year round average concentrations of PM2.5 particles just below 33 micrograms per cubic meter in 2015. The goals according to the municipal human settlements and environmental commission conference, which indicated that the city is implementing measures to lift the city up international standards and improve ecological environment. [...]
On New Year’s Eve, Hong Kong is stepping up their fight against the dreaded bird flu as government workers started to cull some 15,000 chicken at a wholesale poultry market and banned any live poultry imports coming from the mainland. The move came after health authorities confirmed a strain of bird virus was discovered in [...]
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