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China has the largest wind resources in the world and three-quarters of this natural resource is located at sea. [29] Per its 13th Five-Year Plan, China aimed to have 210 GW of wind power capacity by 2020. [30] It exceeded that goal, reaching 276 GW of onshore wind power by the end of 2020. [10]: 33
China’s per capita water usage is just over a quarter of the global average, which has been described as water poverty. [10] [11] China’s population is roughly 18% of the global total but only has 6% of the world's water resources available. [10] Total water usage was 599.82 cubic kilometers in 2022, or about 20% of renewable resources. [3]
In the case of China, some indicators, such as labor productivity, suggest a low level of operational efficiency, while other indicators - such as non-revenue water - suggest a high level of operational efficiency. Labor productivity Most water and sanitation utilities in China have a low labor productivity and are overstaffed. For example ...
The rare earth industry in China is a large industry. Rare earths are a group of elements on the periodic table with similar properties. Rare earth metals are used to manufacture technologies including electric vehicles (EVs), wind turbines, consumer electronics and other clean energy technologies. Rare earth elements are also important to national governments because they are used in the ...
Geography of China; Continent: Asia: Region: East/Southeast Asia: Coordinates: 1]: Area: Ranked 3/4: • Total: 9,596,960 [1] km 2 (3,705,410 sq mi): • Land: 97.2 [1] %: • Water: 2.8 [1] %: Coastline: 14,500 [1] km (9,000 mi): Borders: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam: Highest point: Mount ...
The nation's leading institution for dam design is the Beijing-based China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), [10] somewhat similar to Russia's Hydroproject Institute. Below is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in China that are both operational and under construction.
China has many different types of mineral resources and has global significant reserves of many of them. [2] They are frequently in the global top 10 countries for mineral reserves or production. [ 46 ] [ 2 ] They produce more than 90% of the global rare earth element ore . [ 47 ]
China is suffering from the negative effects of global warming in agriculture, forestry and water resources, and is expected to continue to see increased impacts. China's government is taking some measures to increase renewable energy, and other decarbonization efforts, vowing to hit peak emissions before 2030 and be carbon neutral by 2060 by ...