The municipal government plans to buy 5,000 electric vehicles this year, the Beijing Times reports. Most of the vehicles will be used by civil servants or bus companies for public transport.
- Thu
- Jun 20, 2013
- Updated: 12:56pm
Trending topics
5 Jul 2010
It was so hot that ...
On Heping Road in Tianjin , high temperatures mean big business. Cold drinks have almost sold out because of the high demand.
2:50PM
8 Sep 2009
People may be weary of the heat and eager for cooler temperatures, but there is little sign of that happening soon as the Observatory reports that the city has reached its second longest very hot...
1:11PM
28 Aug 2009
Feeling the heat? No wonder. This month has already seen the most 'very hot' days - when the temperature has soared past 33 degrees Celsius - of any August for more than 30 years. And it's not...
2:12PM
26 Jun 2009
Calls for a national law to protect workers in unbearable temperatures have been made again after a heatwave left half of the mainland toiling in near 40-degree heat.
8:34PM
Thunderstorms that lashed Hong Kong yesterday trapped campers and prompted the Observatory to hoist the amber rainstorm warning between 3.55am and 5.30am. In Tai Po, firemen led to safety 23...
5:53PM
The stifling month-long heatwave ended yesterday with a thunderstorm and downpour that finally brought temperatures below 30 degrees Celsius.
The very hot weather warning was...
5:44PM
The mainland's former weather chief has warned hundreds of high-level Guangdong officials, including the party boss Zhang Dejiang, that global warming poses major challenges to the province's...
2:23PM
'I'm not getting on there, it's roasting. Can't you do something about it?' 'Sorry love, at the next stop I'll peel back the roof and serve chilled lemonade. How's that?' Such wit went unrewarded...
12:07AM
At least 39 people have died in a heatwave in Guangzhou, Xinhua has reported.
The youngest victim was a 20-year-old, who died of dehydration while working a night shift on Friday.
5:45AM
THE highest temperature this year, 33.7 degrees Celsius, was recorded yesterday - and the heat wave is expected to continue today.
11:16AM
In Case You Missed It
Login
SCMP.com Account
or
Log in using a partner site
Log in using your Facebook account. What's this?
Don't have an SCMP.com account? Subscribe Now!