China's central authorities dispatched an inspection team to review environmental protection work in Tibet Autonomous Region Tuesday.
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters of South China Sea at 1:28 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
China will soon launch a new round of central environmental inspections covering eight provincial-level areas, as the country finishes nationwide investigations into local environmental protection efforts, according to an official statement Monday.
The Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration issued an alert Thursday for mountain torrents in the country's north region.
China's south-to-north water diversion project has benefited more than 11 million people in Beijing, authorities said Tuesday.
China has held over 4,660 officials accountable for their poor environmental protection work after the latest round of inspections, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said Tuesday.
China has revised a regulation on environmental protection of construction projects, streamlining administrative procedures, according to a State Council decree signed by Premier Li Keqiang.
A regulation on Sanjiangyuan National Park, the first of China's new national park system, took effect on Tuesday, aimed at better protecting the headwaters of three rivers.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for closer cooperation in curbing desertification among countries along the Belt and Road initiative and improving the global eco-environment.
China's meteorologists renewed an orange alert on Wednesday as a heat wave persists in southern parts of the country.
China's national weather observatory continued its blue alert for rainstorms on Tuesday, as heavy rain is expected in parts of north China and some areas in the south over the next 24 hours.
China has built the world's largest database of deep-sea bacteria amid the country's increasing efforts to promote oceanic study and conservation.
The Chinese government has released an environmental protection plan covering the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the latest move to protect the country's longest river from pollution.
A black-necked crane looks after its chicks after they hatched in the Qiangtang nature reserve, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 24, 2017. Flocks of black-necked cranes fly here to breed as the environment of reserve has been improved in recent years.
The daily output of China's 131 seawater desalination projects reached more than 1.18 million tonnes by the end of 2016, according to an official report released Wednesday.
China has entered a crucial period for flood control as many areas in the country have been stricken by floods or heavy rains in the past week, the authorities said.
China has made vital progress in developing wave energy devices which make it possible to generate electricity when the wave is less than half a meter high, laying the foundation for wave power generation in the future.
Concern is growing over the damage the continuous expansion of the salt lake in Northwest China's Hoh Xil region is causing to the surrounding ecological environment and infrastructure.