China Petrochemical Corporation, one of the largest oil manufacturers and refiners in China, has formally published its 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.

A carbon offset agreement has been signed at the UN Pavilion in the Shanghai World Expo Park, making the UN Pavilion the first international pavilion to join in the voluntary emission reduction initiative at the park.

Tsingtao Beer Stock Company Limited, which brews the well-known Tsingtao Beer, has signed a low-carbon research agreement, the first of its kind in China's brewing industry.

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.