The Committee of Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation of NPC and Beijing South-North Institute for Sustainable Development co-sponsored the international workshop on research and investigation for the legislation on nature reserve on May 31, 2005 in Beijing. MORE

SNISD, in partnership with Liaocheng Municipal Government, convened the International Workshop on Energy Crop Plantation and Biomass Power Plant in Liaocheng, Shandong Province.MORE

Community Based Resource Management at Bokor National Park
Energy related demonstration projects to reduce consumption of wood MORE

Inventory and Protection of Customary Forest Rights in China MORE

The Research and Investigation Project For the Legislation on Natural Reserve in China MORE

New Project in Cambodia: Community Based Resource Management at Bokor National Park - Energy related demonstration projects to reduce consumption of wood MORE

In the 2nd half of this March, two SNISD program officers went to Wa, Myanmar to conclude the project of promoting high-quality and high-yield rice plantation and integrated utilization of biogas in Wa, Myanmar, which is funded by The Toyota Foundation.MORE

New Horizon in Snow Mountain, a documentary co-produced by China Central Television and South-North Institute for Sustainable Development, has just won the 2nd Prize of Environmental Protection TV Program Competition, 2003 China Sichuan TV Festival.MORE

South-North Institute for Sustainable Development has just coordinated a study tour concerning green electricity in the second half of September in the Netherlands. The 8-member delegation investigated the efforts made by Dutch government to establish and improve the green electricity market and the great achievements in the field.MORE

The conference on Disaster Management and Sustainable Development had been postponed as the reason of the impacts of SARS. Co-organized by South-North Institute for Sustainable Development (SNISD) and Oxfam-Hong Kong, it will be held on August 27-28 in Beijing.MORE

New Energy, New Hope, a film made by CCTV and SNISD in Sweden and Denmark, will be broadcast at 3:25 on July 17 Thursday in Man& Nature, one of the most popular feature programs in CCTV-1.MORE

SNISD Coordinated A Study Tour to Sweden and Denmark MORE

CCTV to broadcast three documentaries co-sponsored by SNISD MORE

Two films about SNISD project in Yunnan to be screened in CCTV MORE

SNISD worked with CCTV covering UNFCCC COP8 MORE

The 1st Media Forum of Sustainable Development, convened by South-North Institute for Sustainable Development, was founded on Aug. 7, 2002 in the Orchard Room, Zhongshan Park where the Institute located. Attendants included both national and local Beijing media such as China Central Television, China Radio International, China Electric Power News, Beijing Youth Daily, Beijing Morning Daily.MORE

TV programs by SNISD & CCTV shown MORE

Funded by the Energy Foundation and WWF, Zhan Wanli & Yin Chuntao, two SNISD program officers, attended training courses concerning renewable energy in the USA from Jan. 22 through Feb. 9 2002. MORE

The Committee of Population, Resources and Environment of China People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and South-North Institute for Sustainable Development will host the Workshop on Promoting Green Electricity in Beijing and Shanghai on Sep 25, 2001, in association with The World Bank, Energy Foundation and World Wild Fund.MORE

The 21st Century Forum:Forestry & Environmental Protection,2001" is an ad hoc conference to be held in Beijing on September 4-6,2001. The conference will be jointly organized by the Committee of Population, Resources and Environment and the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the CPPCC National Committee in collaboration with China's State Environmental Protection Administration and State Forestry Administration. The theme of the conference is Forestry & Environmental Protection.Professor Yang Jike made a presentation of Promoting Green Electricity In China at the conference.

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.

Supported by The Energy Foundation, SNISD will carry out public survey on potential green power consumers in Beijing together with two other Non-profit Organizations in China: the Global Village and Greener Beijing

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.