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Guangzhou’s Water-Line Maintenance Included the Lakes It Temporarily Disconnected
Guangzhou has completed ten days of inspection and maintenance on a river-replenishment trunk line.
Read analysisChina Is Giving Every Dam Three Jobs
China’s water ministry has reviewed guidance that joins dam safety, river ecology and digital intelligence in one operating model. The test is whether common standards turn those three ambitions into decisions throughout each asset’s life.
Read analysisChina Is Making Digital Growth Answer for Its Own Energy Use
China's seven-agency digital-green plan links AI efficiency, data-center power, carbon data, smart-city operations and environmental enforcement, treating the digital economy as both a decarbonization tool and a resource-consuming sector.
Read analysisChina’s New Soil Standard Looks Where Leaks Are Hardest to See
China’s HJ 1478-2026 standard narrows routine pollution-hazard checks toward higher-risk hidden infrastructure while making leak detection, fixed checklists, remediation ledgers and inspection cycles more specific for key regulated facilities.
Read analysisChina Is Moving Tunnel Safety Upstream
A new national directive treats tunnel accidents as the product of decisions made across procurement, design, scheduling and construction—not just failures at the tunnel face.
Read analysisChina Has Replaced a Chemical Filing Route With an Approval Gate
China stopped accepting new-chemical filings on 15 August and now requires qualifying manufacturers and importers to obtain approval before market activity.
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