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A couple sl weeks oEo, Chino's highesl governmenl body published their conctusions ft'om the
ssf;$fid rqssflrch s€ssisru o* c*nii{1efit*l elin**te eh*tgr* *?*r # p*rird *f {v*elv* ryr*n?hs" Fu* lo
{hi:-ro's *rew gioh** r*le snd thq n*rrmh*r *f urupree*denl*d *nvimnmeflttr} is**es ivr *hin+, tha
{hi*es* prim* rninist*r !ry6s v*ry k**rx t* rflis* *trims?+ ch**g* *s ffn irnp+rf*nt issue ol flre
upcoming GB sunnmit in l{okkoido, Jopon

It should be highlighled thot the Chinese centrol governrnent stso hud o similor r'fieeting ond fiot
Chino is o ropidly rndrJsirioliaing country with new cool-fr.reled pobtrer plonts openrng every we*k.
{hins is l$k* u t*rrlfying c*rber*-gr:zz*i*g .y}*ns?*r, A* r rasuit *f rhirty yeors of induskisliroti*n.
f,hine *sw hos th* highe*: lev*l *f e*rh** *i*xide arr*l**ians in tire world, Carbon di*xidp
*mixsi*ns flr* inflrefrs*ng upte *$ht p*r r*n? * y*flr" ?i:e iU aehieued a t*'*nty per cent r*d*ctinR,
huf fllrinn's emias!** r*t*'wcs fwi*e us n:*rh approwhinq the ?01ff IFCC deodline for earbon
d**xide emi*si*n* rsdudi*n.

It*weser. it r*r.r*S be rnisleoding ts p$l loo r*ueh emphosis +* li:*se S*tisti*=" A rr*ng*v*rmrlgntftl
*r*fiilizdtisn {e!ir**te &raxpln*vrsptrper r*pmri pr*s**t* m d}ghlty diffarenl pietur+ Accordlng t*
eleon Revoiution ln Chino. Chino is cr nolion tlu'l is more lhon owore of rts environmenloi issues
bul olso hus fh* pstenliCIl to schieve o second mirurle in 3S yeurs.

The environmentol price of the firsf 'mirarie" wos thot Chinese people olwrys ssw lheir doily lives:
That's why rnost of the policks ore reloied lCI energy etiicienry. energy scving ond oltrer
sltern*tiv* en#r*y s*urres- Th*s* pnlirfies h*ve clre*dy hesn r*atwi,th mrns a*ne*$].

pers*fi*f r*tfsrs fire $o str#fig und dev+]ap]ng,:they or* *b*8 t+ *id i]re rentr*t
l#F*tlst 1fi6
governmenl lo introduee luws, like lhe l.Jatisnoi Renewobie Energy law in 200$. This hes sst hsrd
targ$s- i*el*dirrg i*er*a*ing the *rrr*xnt *f energy med* fvsrn n&w ran#wf,hle sources {rom eigltt
per cenl lo fitfeen per cenl untii 2020 aiso, il hos gucronieed ot leqst three per cen? of rcnewcble
eftef$y $a{.Jrces, such ss biomqss, solsr ond wind.
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Both wind snd solor power ore so successful, but their origlns ore very diffurent. With 6 gigouua?ts
*i ***rgy med* fte*tr w**d turbtnss. **rprfsing*y {hi** is n*ur r*r:ked behind Ger*c*y, the Ui :b'

Sp,*i* **d lndiry. Also, sunr* beJi*ve *htrr* wtl] r*sch t** cltr by f*t*.
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Wind power succ+s$fully shorrys ?het $rift csnfrcl Ssv*rnment qid frl'ri*a is r**dy f*r rl€w F*tici6s,
suh$id€s cnd sdveftced teehnul*Sy. This situfr!{sfi fltrse h*s q r*le in lfie dCI,rrrestic mnrkef, The
flras{,,nt sf el*cfri$fy pr*dr*eed hy the wird f*rm= e*r: be s burder i* fun$.

Even tha+;gh western r*untrier lnventnd oil sp€n rfiorketplsfq.cat to dCIrflin*te ln f,hinm, thnre
were fevrt dame*t*r i*r*ntive* f*r #cr p*w€r; ln lh*,gl*bcl sof*r ph*:*v*it*ie c*ll markel i: is
se{ond *nly to Jepun cnd gr*witrg f*st. in Chinc- tl'r* s*l*r rrarkel hg= b**n s s*rsll
hu.siness, beecuse ttre eells *r€ $* *xB**siv*, This pr,rt* pre6*Jr* *n ?he Ssvernffi**t t* ropidly
folluw up *n lheir p*lieies, far ex*mp{e the role sf ?he C[irnnte Grcus is imporfcnt ln d*velmping
dornuslte nnqrlest*"

H*vrever- th* imrg* of new csei"fr.t*ied p*tner slations still i*+ms lcrge *s they cr* opening every
w*ek. *t is hcrd to imugin* th*t'Chint hcs *chieved o 1*.5 p*r cent *{ gror;r'th r*** wifh**-rt sueh
slutians in the lost quorier. However. how many people nctuofly know lhot Chino hos been closing
itt *mcll p€wer st*t*ens *v*r the lnst crupte nf yeurs? ,Step by sn*p fihinn is reduring its small
power utcti*ns, first ttra 5* megcwntf ones 1!:** *he !S0 meg*wn# +nes and nexi'will bs ?he 3S&
megawotl poweI stotions.

Thit p*triry ts opercted by the e*':in*se renkcl S*?€rftm€nf ond boeks *p fh* new g*n*roti*n *l
cral stati*ns using lh* r**st qdvanqed teehn*l*E*ee urith s*:pereritiecl end ultrq-supereriliral
inrproved elsan e*cl" flcpture firneli*ns and p*cnts of eqrbon are reseurrhed *nd deve**p*d, but
*dv*ne** *dnking for the futur* is bo*ed mn the f*cl*n*i*gy oltntegroted Gasificolion C*mhin+d
fiycl* It CCi tftai turn {s{l rnot€riqlx lnia syrrth*ti{ g*= to mfike Bsw*r.

Th*ese d*y*. thines* esn$umer* derv'r*rrd h*lter hrmes eftd v*hieles, Fub*ic *wureness of
*nergy s*ving is +n lhs ris*. ?he {hi*eEe g*vcrr:m**t inir*d*rsd s sl*n**rd fuel *carr*rny frr
uehi*les i* 3#*4 *115.* kil*m#srs per litr*; This is higher then the U5, Cqnoda ond Auslroli{ brrt
b*hind lur*pe and Jop*n. ln tfre meo*tirm*, ifi spite *f c high ?S p*r cent tax an SJV* {SF€rf Utiti?y
Vehic*esl the satre *f ?h*se s+rts *t cqrs **nlinu*s lc in{recs*,

{Jp t* n*w, {hinc trc= be*rt *i:e kir:gd*m *f th* bicycle, ir*porti*g the e{*clrie bik* qt }.Silfl yuon
iS220l per vehicle. Some of these vehirles hove cdopled on intelligent recovery system sirnilor to
thct CIf hybrid c*rs. ln €*tr?, th+ s*le *f at*etrie hik*s ir:<ressed <or:siderabiy cr:d Chins is e*ltmsted
to ntak+ up thrc* gu*r?er= *f Jhe w*rld elertrie yehicle msrk*t,

ehina, clrcxdy, is doing t l*t orr the bclf*rn {i**. 5*, r*uld i? d* r**re? Th* *ns*rer is y*s. Chinc
shoutd leorn und open its mind through lne internationsi comrnunnies. According lo the Climate
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Sr*up. th*y rep*rtlhe warld shsuld refine lhelr imoge sf China- iust not fesr it ond, c*flstru{tively;
werk ir* *ni;*n. Al ?h* scrfie lime, frhfno's Eov*rnn**ftl sheul$ dev*l*p th* clesn r,*vcltlt,i*lr **d
moinloin inlernsl pressure for improvements

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ila ttttlodlotr':mg s$nrcrfl#rirJ refie,;t rlre i/r;imrt of th.e ir.'rirer in Reading Passage J.'}

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t {lenryat {.}*r'*sne:el;t q":J'efuina *:*recl-ride$ :h* c** }r1* r*s*xrri:
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clransc in less than one ye ar.

fi Thm rnain t*pic *f ttae $,$ M**tir:g i:rJap*n l*ss t* *ix**s* gr**xhr:xs* gas *ntis*i*ns.

$ Th* fhirres* {ir=v*r:xlr*ni u:ltst ilr}{npr11:ji.rt; thr H,urrpexn €.-.in{*xl {*r ic*g ul'ciinrir{r
*k**ge"

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r+ H{}{}'s gr*up r*p*rt*ri #beut truth r:f prr:hi*m* r:f a clintrttr rhmnge in fhi*rq.

3 $ular enersy has irteremxed tfu* ;llr!xt:*nt *f *i:*rg3',

{} iviLh cii{ierent launching. hoth wind and solar pr:wer are ineffisient.

7 Th* i:igl-t ***t *f. * ]]:; *axssx }r*a a*rivitE i* th* gr:lar:**.rk*t i.r Chiaa"

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