Hangzhou-based Elan Inn is offering a carbon rewards program to encourage guests to save energy and help reduce carbon emissions.

Di Jiankai, the director of the Trade Service Division of China's Ministry of Commerce, has disclosed to the Chinese media that China will try to create 10,000 green hotels by 2012.

Yantai in Shandong Province aims to increase the number of green tourist hotels and economy hotels to promote energy saving and emission reductions.

Urbn Hotels Shanghai, a carbon neutral hotel, has had quite a lot of guests since its opening last year, but it has not had a single client who is willing to spend money on purchasing carbon credits to write-off the carbon emissions from their journey.

Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing has recently been recognized as a Gold Leaf Grade China Green Hotel.