The Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) held a policy seminar on the system study of air monitoring in Beijing, on May 30.

Statistics from the National Statistics Bureau shows that there are a decreasing number of cities in China whose housing price in April rose from the previous month.

A consulting conference on building the Tibet autonomous region as an important international tourist destination was held recently in Beijing.

A panel meeting on total quantity control of coal in China was organizaed by the Natural Resources Defense Council on May 25.

Lu Wei, director-general of the Department of Techno-economic Research of the Development Research Center of the State Council, gave a speech at the Scientific & Technological Innovation and Urban Management Forum of the 17th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo on May 14.

There was a seminar on natural resource assets management system.

Gao Shiji, led a team of researchers to Sichuan province, May 16-20, to look at the development of shale gas, natural gas and hydropower there.