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BEIJING Women's Pat Elflein Jersey , Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's push to clean up the environment is creating a huge renewable energy market, tempting industry leaders.
Automakers, for example, are vying for a larger share of the world's fastest-growing new energy vehicle market.
U.S. automaker Tesla is reportedly in talks with Shanghai to build a factory, and the company is ""deeply committed to the Chinese market.""
Ford recently announced a joint venture with Anhui Zotye Automobile to produce and sell electric cars in China Women's Dalvin Cook Jersey , with plans to launch 15 models by 2025.
The growing interest comes with China's intensified efforts to ease pressure on the environment through tax exemptions and subsidies for new energy cars.
Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, said China is taking the lead in the electric vehicle market as there is a real government push to clear the air.
It is not just the automobile industry that sees opportunities in government initiatives. Companies from chemical producers to natural gas providers are thrilled by the push for long-term, sustainable growth.
Clariant, a Swiss chemicals company Women's Brian O'Neill Jersey , is looking for Chinese partners to commercialize its ""sunliquid,"" which converts agricultural residue such as wheat straw into ethanol. According to Markus Rarbach, head of biofuels and derivatives at Clariant, the company's technology could be in widespread use in 2018.
In September, the National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration decided to increase use of bioethanol gasoline by 2020 Women's Mike Hughes Jersey , and to build an facility that will produce 50,000 tonnes of cellulosic ethanol a year.
""Given China's huge population and growing economy, our sunliquid technology can play a key role in helping the country make that important fuel switch,"" Rarbach said.
The transition in fuel is also helping eliminate winter smog. This year, Beijing has shut down more than 4 Mackensie Alexander Jersey ,000 coal-fired boilers used for winter heating, replacing coal with natural gas and electricity, prompting state oil companies to look overseas for new gas sources.
Sinopec will take the lead in exploration of liquified natural gas (LNG) in Alaska, according to a deal signed during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China.
The project could create 70,000 new jobs in the United States Jalyn Holmes Jersey , while helping China cut 80 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
In an interview with Xinhua, Governor Bill Walker of the U.S. state of Alaska said the project could provide a long-term LNG supply at a stable price and meet China's rising demand.
""We have a tremendous opportunity in Alaska to bring liquefied natural gas to China on a very long-term basis,"" Walker said.
With the country's continued opening-up and better environmental protection in the years to come, more foreign firms can benefit from China's clean energy drive.
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PYONGYANG Danielle Hunter Jersey , Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson for calling Pyongyang a threat to London, according to Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday.
KCNA quoted a spokesperson of the Korea-Europe Association as saying that on Dec. 19 Williamson told a British newspaper that ""the pariah regime is on the pathway to have ballistic missiles that could strike London"" and that ""this is a real threat to the U.K.""
Williamson also reportedly said, ""Britain has to step up in terms of dealing with it.""
""We are shocked that the current defense secretary of Britain, right after taking office, expressed his view that our state nuclear force poses a 'threat to London Eric Kendricks Jersey ,'"" said the spokesman of the official DPRK organ in charge of developing relations with European countries.
The spokesman added that the defense secretary of a country should at least have the ability to see what constitutes a real threat, saying ""the U.S. is the rogue state that threatens to use force on anyone who even slightly offends it.""
The spokesman's remarks came one day after the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution to further tighten sanctions against the DPRK in response to its ballistic missile launch late last month.
On Nov. 29, the DPRK announced that it had successfully test-fired a newly developed ""Hwasong-15"" Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of striking the entire U.S. mainland.
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LISBON， Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Former Portuguese Prime Miister Jose Socrates is prosecuting the Portuguese state for surpassing the maximum time limit for "Operation Marques，" local media reported on Friday.
Operation Marques has led Socrates to be arrested in November 2014.
He spent over 9 months in preventive prison， having been accused of fiscal fraud， money laundering and passive corruption.
Socrates， prime minister from 2005 to 2011， filed a lawsuit against the Lisbon Administrative Court on Friday， local television broadcaster SIC reported.
"The foundation of this action is a scandalous violation of the maximum legal time frame of the investigation." he said during press conference on Friday night， according to local media.
"The longest period for an investigation based on our criminal procedure code is 18 months， and this investigation has been going on for 42 months，" Socrates added.
Since the first interrogation in November 2014， the country's public ministry hasn't made any prosecutions.
A decision by the Central Department of Investigation and Penal action is expected to take place on March 17.
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