The Asian Development Bank and Shanghai's Tongji University have established an Urban Knowledge Hub in Shanghai to facilitate regional the sustainable development of regional cities.

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

ExxonMobil Chemical Company says the selection of Shanghai as the site for its new technology center reflects the importance of China in the business development and growth plans for ExxonMobil Chemical Company.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has released its China Sustainable Development Strategy Report 2009 in which it sets objectives for China's low-carbon economy development, that is, to reduce the carbon dioxide emission element of the unit GDP by about 50% by 2020.

U.S. based energy efficiency solutions provider Ecos has become a partner in the China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance, which aims to reduce the number of power plants required to meet China's growing electricity consumption with concomitant savings in CO2 emissions.

The China National Development and Reform Commission has published the fourth issue of its energy efficiency labeling catalog, which says that six kinds of home appliances should be sold with energy efficiency labels.

The Asian Development Bank is extending CNY800 million in a partial credit guarantee program that will support private sector-led energy efficiency projects in China.