China Stories

Director Feng - the community leader

Director Feng, has a surprising approach to cleaning up the environment.

"We have set up an environmental protection club for retired people here...They go into each alleyway and yard in our community to clean and sweep." - Director Feng.

• In 2007, China's government promised to improve energy efficiency by 20%, and to increase to 10% the amount of energy it gets from renewable sources, such as wind farms, and to rely less on coal and oil.
• Recent studies have show that China may have overtaken the USA to be the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. However, if you look at the same figures per capita (the amount emitted per person in the country) the USA is a bigger offender than China.