China Approves Biodiesel Pilot Projects
CHINA - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has given the go-ahead to three biodiesel pilot projects with a total capacity of 170,000 tonnes.

Jatropha Plantation for Hainan
CHINA - Commercial planting of Jatropha is to be started in the Hainan province of China.

China 95% Self-Sufficient in Grain Needs
BEIJING - China has mainly relied on itself to feed its population of more than 1.3 billion and the country has successfully supplied over 95 percent of its grain needs in the past...

DuPont Expands Solar Energy Production
CHINA - To meet the needs of the fast-growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy market, DuPont will expand production of DuPont™ Solamet® thick film metallization pastes at its Electronic...

China's Biodiesel Capacity Doubled with New Plant
CHINA - A pilot biodiesel production project was set up by China Biodiesel was started on the 3rd of June at Xiamen at Fujian Province.

Government Helps China Feed Itself
CHINA - The government of China have declared a new initiative giving support to farmers around the country in the latest bid to meet the population's ever increasing food demand. ...

Opinion: Biogas and China
CHINA - We live in a new world - a world in which waste is recycled, waste of all kinds, just so we can turn it into a usable commodity.

First Biomass Power Plant to be Set Up in Huaneng
CHINA - Huaneng's first ever biomass power plant, Huaneng Changchun Biomass Power Plant, settled in Changchun, Jilin province on the 26th of April, 2008.

China to Curb Bioenergy Development
CHINA - Agriculture Minister has declared that China is to strictly control bioenergy development and oil crop shortage on the 21st of April during talks with Eva Kjer Hansen, Danish...

China Warns Grains Exporters Of Licence Termination
BEIJING - According to Bernama, China is the world's largest grain consumer and also a net exporter of rice, wheat and corn.

Novel Stress Tolerance Gene from Jatropha
CHINA - Extreme environmental conditions such as low water availability, extremely high and low temperatures and high salinity restrict plant productivity.

Beijing's Research Center to Help Cut CO2 Emitted Through Farming
BEIJING, CHINA - With the launch of the Center for Research on Agriculture and Climate Change yesterday in Beijing, new standards and technologies are being adopted to help control...

Chinese Firms Building More Biodiesel Refineries
BEIJING - Many Chinese companies have been seeing business opportunities in the tight oil supply in recent years and have begun to invest in related industries.

China puts quota on grain powder exports
BEIJING - China started a temporary quota policy on the export of wheat, corn and rice powder on Tuesday, in order to guarantee an adequate domestic supply.

First biodiesel producer from China listed on NYSE
CHINA - Gushan Environmental Energy Limited, the first biodiesel producer from China, listed on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.