Dow Jones reports that a Japanese court this week rejected a lawsuit seeking compensation for 45 Chinese men forced to work as slave laborers at coal mines in Japan during World War II.

China's President Hu Jintao has urged government officials to "put people first" when developing new safe production methods to boost the nation's economy.

Alcoa has released its 2005 China Sustainability Report, which provides detailed insight into the environmental, social and economic achievements and challenges of Alcoa in this Asian region.

Stora Enso has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to address the key findings of the environmental and social impact assessment of Stora Enso's plantations in China's Guangxi Province.

China is slated to be officially declared free of the debilitating disease lymphatic filariasis, 15 years ahead of the global elimination target of 2020.

The Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) was launched in Beijing yesterday.

Environmental Solutions Worldwide announced that the company's Particulate Reactor Level II diesel emissions reduction catalyst was selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an EPA-sponsored retrofit demonstration program in Beijing.