The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the Beijing Municipal Government have jointly issued a license for "Beijing Alternative Energy Automobile Design and Manufacturing Base" to the Beiqi Futian Vehicle Company.

Mazda Motor Corporation and the China Center for Business Cooperation and Coordination together held the 2008 Beijing Mazda Environmental Technology Forum in the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.

U.S. media reports that Intel Capital, the global investment arm of American chip maker Intel Corp, will invest USD20 million in Trony Solar Holdings, a Chinese thin-film solar cell company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

Huadian Power International Corporation Limited and China Huadian Hong Kong have entered into a contract to establish a joint venture company — Huadian Inner Mongolia Kailu Wind Power Company Limited, which will initially be engaged in the construction and operation of the 49.5 MW Phase I Inner Mongolia Tongliao Yihetala Wind Power Project.

China WindPower Group Ltd., a specialist in wind power electricity generation in China, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Hebei Construction Investment New Energy Limited Company to jointly develop, construct and operate wind power projects.

J.I.C. Technology says it plans to invest in three separate alternative energy projects in China.