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In spring, the West Open-Pit Mine in Fushun, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, bursts with green slopes under clear blue skies. Once the largest open-pit coal mine in Asia, this century-old pit is now transforming into a vibrant “green oasis,” with trees lining restored ridges and shaded belts encircling its vast contours.
Viewed from above, a vast belt of poplar trees stretches 34 kilometers along the edge of the endless desert, resembling a "Green Great Wall" that guards Halmodun Village in Hejing County, Xinjiang, on the northwestern edge of the Taklimakan Desert.
Recently, a reporter with China News Service visited the Luoqi National Resource Recycling Base in Yubei District, Chongqing, where vehicles are bustling back and forth to transport various types of garbage to different processing plants for power generation. Kitchen waste, among others, is processed into biodiesel, biogas, organic fertilizers, and the like, setting an example for the development of local circular economy.
China added 74.33 million kilowatts of wind and solar power capacity in the first quarter of 2025, bringing the cumulative installed capacity to 1.482 billion kilowatts, surpassing thermal power capacity (1.451 billion kilowatts) for the first time, according to the latest data from the National Energy Administration of China.
Dongyu Island in Boao, Qionghai City, Hainan Province--famous for hosting the Boao Forum for Asia, which in 2025 will be held from March 25 to 28--has recently gained significant attention for establishing the Boao Near-Zero Carbon Demonstration Zone. The reporter recently visited this demonstration area to better understand the abstract concept of "zero carbon."
Located in the southwestern part of Hainan Island, the Ledong Power Plant under CHN Energy Hainan Company (hereinafter referred to as CHN Energy Ledong Power Plant) is China’s southernmost coal-fired power plant. On February 18, an electronic display at the plant's entrance showed real-time environmental indicators for its two coal-fired units. The emissions of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide (SO₂), and nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) were below 1 mg/Nm³, 10 mg/Nm³, and 10 mg/Nm³, respectively—significantly lower than the emission limits in Europe and the U.S., which are 30 mg/Nm³ for particulate matter, 200 mg/Nm³ for SO₂, and 200 mg/Nm³ for NOₓ.
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