Food Safety Detection Methods Applied to National Special Rectification of Product Quality and Food Safety

Afour-month period of national special rectification for product quality and food safety officially started on August 25, and was focused on eight fields, including those of agricultural products and processed foods.     

SCO Management System Certification Research Class Opens in Beijing

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Management System Certification Research Class formally opened in Beijing on September 6, 2007. The research class was attended by government officials and experts in the fields of industry, commerce,environmental protection,statistics, standardization,metrology, detection and certification from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.     

WTO: IPRs Issues in Standardization (Beijing) International Symposium

On April 17th 2007, over 200participants, among them business leaders, IT engineers, the enterprise representatives and some standardization experts and scholars from all over the world gathered in Beijing to attend the International Seminar on "WTO: Intellectual Property Right Issues In Standardization"     

Announcement of Newly Approved National Standards of P. R. China 2006 No.11 (total No.98)

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of P.R. China and Standardization Administration of China have approved the following 220 national standards and publicize now.     

21世纪中国水价、水权与水市场建设研讨会召开

“21世纪中国水价、水权与水市场建设研讨会”于2001年3月20日在广西壮族自治区北海市开幕.在为期两天的研讨会上，有来自全国各地的近170位水行业的代表讨论和交流了中外水权和水价问题. 开幕式由主办方代表刘思政主持，广西壮族自治区水利厅副厅长陈中宁首先发表讲话，他代表广西对代表的到来表示欢迎，随后他向代表们介绍了广西的水价以及在水市场方面的情况.他说，此次研讨会的召开对广西水市场工作有指导意义. 参加会议的领导还有：中国水利经济研究会理事长陈美章、水利部经调司领导魏炳才、太湖流域管理局副局长叶寿仁、江苏省水利厅副厅长徐俊仁、湖南省水利厅副厅长皮颂妥、珠江水利经济研究会常务副理事长李志远. “21世纪中国水价、水权与水市场建设研讨会”引起了各新闻媒体的关注，水信息网、中国水利报、水利水电技术杂志、三联生活周刊、中国环境报等都派驻记者进行报道. (摘自“中国水利科技网”2001年3月20日)     

PetroChina Inks Bio-Fuel Deal with the State Forestry Administration

11 January 2007, Beijing - PetroChina Company Limited （PetroChina） signed a framework agreement with the State Forestry Administration （SFA） on the development of forest bin-fuel and officially kicked off the construction of the first batch of forest bio-fuel tree breeding bases in Yunnan and Sichuan, marking a substantial step forward in the cooperation of forest bio-fuel development between the two parties.     

China Holds Exercises of Oil Spills Emergency Control

Chinese emergency services carried out their largest ever exercise in early June to tackle an oil spill in the Bohai Sea to test their ability to protect the ocean environment. The drill involved a scenario in which a 10,000-ton oil tanker exploded and spilt 500 tons of oil. Soon after the oil tanker Tianpeng ＂exploded＂, a fireboat arrived to fight the fire and a helicopter hovered above to spread chemicals to control oil spill, followed by more vessels and another helicopter.