Chinalco, the parent company of China's largest aluminum producer, Aluminum Corp. of China Limited, has donated CNY4 million to Gansu Province's Zhouqu County, which was hit by mudslides triggered by heavy rains.

The Chinese power equipment maker, Chint Group Corporation, recently signed an agreement with Gansu provincial government to invest CNY22 billion to build two solar power projects in the northwestern province.

At the seventh Annual Conference for Shaanxi, Sichuan and Gansu Regional Tourism Cooperation, 18 cities in the three provinces agreed build the Qinba ecotourism circle into a famous tourism brand.

On the eve of the 2010 National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Gansu province signed a strategic framework agreement with China Huadian Corporation on energy cooperation.

The environmental departments of 11 Chinese provinces have jointly signed a framework agreement on cooperation to protect the environment.

It is learned from Gov.cn, the official web portal of the Central People's Government of China, that China has approved 16 new nature reserves.

Maqu, a small town lying on the border of the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan, is implementing a national ecology protection project — ecological migration — to protect the Yellow River.