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When Will the Electricity for Beijing be Coated Green was published in Shopping Guide, No.657.

The Millennium Calls for Alternative Fuel of Automobile written by Chen Qing, director of SNISD, along with the a paper of Wang Yi, the member of the National Conditions Analysis and Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Zhang Jiqiang, senior program officer of W. Alton Jones Foundation, was published in the Economic Daily.

the 31st anniversary of Earth Day Global Village of Beijing commemorated the 31st anniversary of Earth Day. It issued the first set of environmental conservation CD-the Earth suite, and instructed a series of environmental issues on green consumption and sustainable energy including green electricity. Green electricity is an opportunity for us to consume green energy and thus to pursue the theme of the 31st Earth Day, promoting sustainable energy and retarding the climate from getting warmer.

SNISD held a lecture on green electricity for university students. More than ten students from different universities attended the event with enthusiasm. Meanwhile the lecture obtained much attention from journalists of the newspaper of China Consumer.

Two films, both of which were about sustainable energy, were shown to the public. South-North briefed the audience on its green power project to extend the knowledge of sustainable energydevelopment.

Deputies from SNISD, Global Village of Beijing and Greener Beijing had a discussion on green power with the residents in green community.

With the promotion of SN, the help of SH AUTO and Tongji University, SMEC has developed a rather specific work plan of FC auto development, in 4 basic phases starting early Feb. (NEW)
1--Global resource investigation andresearch on development strategy;
2--Product planning;
3--Manufacturing sample vehicles;
4--Manufacturing in moderate volume, setting up a brand name for next generation of vehicles;

Promoted by South-North Institute for Sustainable Development (SNISD), Beijing Fuyuan Century Fuel Cell Power Ltd. and Antelope Electric Bicycle Factory, a subsidiary of Suzhou Machinery (Group) Holding Corporation jointly manufactured the first fuel cell powered scooter in China. The two companies decided to establish a joint venture in Shanghai in March of this year to produce 100w - 5 kw fuel cell powered scooters or motorcycles. Antelope Electric Bicycle Factory currently produces 100,000 electric bicycle per year.

Beijing Fuyuan Century Fuel Cell Power Ltd. and China Shipping Corporation were discussing the possibility of cooperation on fuel cell powered yacht in Shanghai last week. The design of the first-generation fuel cell powered yacht has been completed.

The SNISD will organized leaders of relevant government departments and relevant companies to visit their cooperative partnership on fuel cell in California.

Great news from Yunnan: Currently, two four-in-one installations have been completed at Shusong Village, one is for the nature reserve, and the other is for a local farmer, Nanji who borrowed money from local Agricultural Bank. Biogas has been produced and used for cooking both by Nanji and the Nature reserve. Last week, Nanji have got his first vegetable harvest from the four-in-one. He gathered a basket of garlic sprout and sold them out to local residents in one day.

Good news: A new project "Promoting high quality and high yield rice cultivation and integrated utilization of biogas in Wa, Myanmar" has been approved by Toyota Foundation.

Mr. Denis Hayes, the founder of Earth Day, was invited to visit
Beijing by Beijing Earth Village. During his stay in Beijing, he had
a special meeting with Prof. Yang Jike on Mar 1st 2000.

Care about the Tibetan Antilope. An endangered species which lives on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in China. Because the cashmere from this kind of antilope is very rare and expensive, poachers hunt it in Kekexili relentlessly. Earth is for all kinds of lifes, not just
human being. we can't watch this beautiful species become extinct at the hands of human being. Care for the Antilope. For more information, click the following picture. (Chinese version now, English version will soon be available)

 

Between February 28th and March 8th 2000 a DPRK delegation travelled to Pulandian to participate in a a training program on the biogas four-in-one technology.

From Feb 24-27, SNISD invited vice-mayor of Deqin County,
Director of Baima Snow Mt. Nature Reserve, director of Agricultural bank Deqin Branch in charge of the small-loan and an
enterpreneur of Zhongdian to visit Pulandian. They were deeply
impressed by the development of 4-in-1 integrated utilization of biogas technology in Pulandian, and are enthusiastic about introducing this technology to their county.
For more information about this biogas technology, click here,
and more information about the project in Yunan Baima Snow Mt. Nature Reserve, click here.

September 2000 will see two forums on Alternative Energy Development for the Korean Peninsula. The forums will be held jointly by SNISD and the Joint Institute for a sustainable Energy and Environmental Future (JISEEF). Both forums will be held in Beijing with the participation of independent researchers from China, the DPRK, the Republic of Korea and the US. For more information, click here.

Invited by CCICED and SNISD, the Academy of Sciences of DPRK sent three delegates to China to attend the annual conference of CCICED that was held on Oct 19-21,1999 in Beijing.

Mr. Chen Qing, Executive Director of SNISD, and Mr. Jiqiang Zhang, Program Official of W.Alton Jones Foundation made an investigation to Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve in Dexin County of Yunnan Province and Kekexili Nature Reserve in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Sponsored by Development Research Academy for 21st Century of Peking University, the International Conference on Non-profit Sector and Development was convened on July 26 to 28, 1999 in Beijing.

The International NGO Conference on Humanitarian Assistance to DPRK Past, Present and the Future was convened on July 26th to 28th, 1999 in Beijing. For a copy of the speech delivered by Prof. Yang, please click here.
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In April 1999, Mr. Jike Yang, President of SNISD, was appointed to the Honorary Professor of the Development Research Academy for 21st Century of Tsinghua University.