Forbidden City

A big boost for a green future

  • Published 28 May 2009

Li Keqiang, a protégé of President Hu Jintao, is injecting fresh vigour into renewable energy initiatives. Plus, optimism over Taiwan-China economic co-operation is overblown; and the fall out from North Korea’s nuclear test.

The cause of a green future for China now has a dedicated champion. Li Keqiang, a vice-premier and a leading protégé of Hu Jintao, the Communist party boss, is injecting fresh vigour into his portfolio for renewable energy sources. Though little noticed outside China, this development is of crucial importance and has material implications for a host of Chinese clean energy companies.

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