Shaanxi Electric Power Company says it will fully promote the construction of a low-carbon grid and support the development of clean energy from this year on, to improve the province's energy structure.

The agricultural departments of six provinces in central China have jointly signed an agreement on the quality and safety of farm products, and they will also set up a mechanism to mutually report the on supervision of agricultural products to determine the root cause of substandard products.

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

U.S.-based Applied Materials recently held a ceremony in Xi'an in Shaanxi province to celebrate the establishment of a solar power technology center.

The Chinese Ministry of Health has published a list of 67 substandard disinfectant products on its official website.

A document titled "Study on the Regional Difference of Ecological Civilization in China", which is said to be the first rating on the ecological civilization of Chinese provinces and cities since the term 'ecological civilization construction' was put forward, has been formally published.

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.