China, Japan aim for stronger partnership in green development

China and Japan expressed their willingness on Saturday to further deepen cooperation in the energy conservation and environmental protection sectors.

The announcement was made at the 17th China-Japan Comprehensive Forum on Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection in Tokyo, Japan.

The forum was jointly hosted by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Commerce, along with Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan-China Economic Association.

Both China and Japan expressed their willingness to further deepen cooperation in the energy conservation and environmental protection industries, engage in green and low-carbon technology cooperation, strengthen collaboration on combating climate change, and jointly promote global and regional green and low-carbon development.

During the event, over 800 participants from both countries engaged in in-depth discussions, participated in five sub-forums, and signed 27 cooperation agreements.

The forum, a key international cooperation platform, has been successfully held 17 times since 2006, aiming to promote collaboration between China and Japan in energy conservation, environmental protection, and green development, with a total of 457 cooperation projects signed to date.

China, Japan aim for stronger partnership in green development

China's software and information technology service industry reported double-digit year-on-year growth in terms of revenue in the first eleven months of 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Thursday.

Data show that from January to November, China's software business revenue reached 12.2903 trillion yuan (about 1.68 trillion U.S. dollars), a year-on-year increase of 10.7 percent.

The revenue from information technology services maintained double-digit growth, accounting for 67.3 percent of the total industry revenue. Among these, cloud computing and big data services generated a revenue of 1.2691 trillion yuan (about 173.86 billion U.S. dollars), marking a year-on-year increase of 10.5 percent.

In the eleven-month period, software business exports continued to improve, reaching 51.01 billion U.S. dollars, up 4.8 percent year on year.

China's software, IT service industry sees double-digit growth in revenue in Jan-Nov 2024