[Fujian promotes common standards for soil and water conservation across the Taiwan Strait]On August 27, 2024, it was learned from the Fujian Provincial Department of Water Resources that the Fujian Soil and Water Conservation Society and the Taiwan Soil and Water Conservation Technology Association recently signed the "Cross Strait Soil and Water Conservation Standard Common Cooperation Framework Agreement", laying the foundation for further promoting the common and integrated development of soil and water conservation standards across the Taiwan Strait. Recently, the Fujian Soil and Water Conservation Society and the Taiwan Soil and Water Conservation Technology Association jointly launched a cross-strait exchange activity on soil and water conservation standards in Quanzhou and Xiamen. The theme of the activity is "Standards for Cross Strait Integration towards the Future". More than 30 experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait visited Quanzhou and Xiamen to share new technologies and practices in the field of soil and water conservation. Experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait visited and inspected the Yunlong Lake Soil and Water Conservation Science and Technology Demonstration Park in Dehua County, and carried out a standard promotion activity for the "Evaluation Criteria for Cross Strait Common Soil and Water Conservation Science and Education Parks"; The expert team also went to Guanqiao Town, Anxi County to conduct on-site inspections of the demonstration sites for landslide control and tea garden control in Anxi County, providing technical services for landslide control and ecological tea garden construction, and helping rural revitalization. Editor/Zhou Yingwen
On the afternoon of October 8th, under the on-site escort of the Guangdong Zhanjiang Maritime Bureau's "Haixun 0927" ship, the first flatbed cargo ship dedicated to the transportation of new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait, the "Green Source No. 1" ship, slowly entered the Xuwen Hai'an New Port, marking the successful trial operation of the ship's roll on/roll off transport route in the Qiongzhou Strait. It is reported that the deck cargo ship "Green Source No.1" has a total tonnage of 6731, a net tonnage of 3769, a length of 125.8 meters, and a width of 28 meters. The ship adopts a single-layer deck design, which can carry more than 160 new energy vehicles on a single voyage under full load conditions. The parking capacity is about 60% higher than that of existing passenger and roll on/roll off transport ships. The ship is planned to be deployed on the route from Hai'an New Port in Zhanjiang to Xiuying Port in Haikou. After being put into operation, it will add a new mode of sea transportation for new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait and effectively alleviate the tense situation of insufficient capacity for new energy vehicle transportation during the peak period of cross sea vehicle transportation in the Qiongzhou Strait. Editor/Zhou Yingwen
On October 9, 2024, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadhila stated that Malaysia has made progress in improving energy efficiency and that "energy conservation" has become the key to energy transition. Meanwhile, Malaysia will promote the ASEAN power grid as a key topic of discussion at the ASEAN Energy Ministers' Meeting. At the 2024 Asia Power and Energy Exhibition, which opened on the 8th, Fadhila revealed that as of June, Malaysia has saved 8769 gigawatt hours of electricity, worth over 2.2 billion ringgit, and plans to reduce 38 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2025. In addition, the Malaysian government has approved the establishment of an energy exchange aimed at selling green electricity to neighboring countries. As the rotating chair of ASEAN in 2025, Malaysia will promote the construction of the ASEAN power grid to promote the promotion of renewable energy and enhance the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in ASEAN member countries. Editor/Zhou Yingwen