Yao Ming was in Shanghai last week for the launch of WildAid Shark Conservation public service announcement. Yao Ming and his new basketball team, Shanghai Sharks, urged people to protect sharks by not buying shark fin soup. In the video ad, Yao states: "When the buying stops, the killing can too."

News from Hubei provincial environment department is that a general plan has been worked out for the ecological construction and environmental protection of a city cluster and more than CNY500 billion will be invested to build this eco-city cluster, which is to be centered on Wuhan.

Siemens has signed a strategic partnership framework agreement with the Xianning government on the establishment of a sustainable eco-city for resource conservation.

Over 20 non-governmental organizations including Green Earth Volunteers have issued an open letter, calling on the public to pay more attention to water conservation efforts during the drought in many provinces in northern China.

The award ceremony of the Ninth Ford Conservation And Environmental Grants China Program was held recently in Beijing' Great Hall of the People.

Tianyi Holdings, which trades as Master Kong, has initiated a water resource proposal contest to encourage the public to find innovative solutions to China's water resource crisis.

The Shanxi Province Industrial Enterprise Corporate Social Responsibility Guide press conference and CSR Forum were recently held in Taiyuan, Shanxi.