Peking University and Beijing Development Area Company have jointly announced they will establish an upscale low-carbon industrial park research and development center in Beijing to act as a benchmark for the development and construction of upscale low-carbon industrial parks as well as the setting of relevant standards.

An inter-city energy conservation and emission reduction manifesto, which is said to be the first of its kind in China, was published at the 9th China Economic Forum held in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.

Chinese media reports that the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board of the United Nations has stopped approving aid for China's wind power projects due to concerns that the Chinese government has cut subsidies in order to make these projects qualify for certification.

Mei Dewen, the general manager of the China Beijing Environment Exchange, has disclosed to local media that China's first voluntary emission reduction standard is expected to be published in September 2009.

China Huaneng Group and Duke Energy from the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding on jointly developing renewable and clean energy technologies.

Eight Chinese cities and five power plants have been included on the blacklist of China's Ministry of Environmental Protection for their illegal behavior and have been asked to rectify their faults within a given period.

A wind power base, which is said to be the world's largest joint development and parallel running wind power project, will be formally launched in Jiuquan, Gansu province on July 12, 2009.