Beijing, China | March 2, 2012 – A Nicaragua delegation led by Laureano Ortega, son of Nicaragua’s President Ortega, paid a visit to Xinhua Water Resources and Hydroelectric Investment Company (“Xinhua”), one of the largest professional water resources and hydroelectric project investment companies under the Ministry of Water Resources of China (“MOWR”), in Beijing today. As a follow-up to the previous meeting between SinoNicaragua and Xinhua held on September 21, 2010, Laureano Ortega and members of Nicaragua Delegation met with Mr. Wang Wenke, Director of the Bureau of Comprehensive Development of the MOWR, and Mr. Ding Shuangyue, President of Xinhua Hydropower to deepen the bilateral cooperation in the area of renewable energy especially for the hydroelectric project between China and Nicaragua. Mr. Ortega introduced that Nicaragua has a renewable energy generation of more than 4,500MW distributed in hydroelectricity, geothermal, wind energy, solar, biomass, etc., accounting for 50% of the total energy sources of Nicaragua. According to Nicaragua’s 25-Year National Energy Strategic Planning, clean energy will accounts for 100% of Nicaragua’s energy sources by the end of 2017. “At this moment, the government of Nicaragua under the leadership of Nicaragua’s President Ortega has established as its priority to grant concessions to generate energy from renewable resources,” said Mr. Ortega, “Nicaragua’s President Ortega believes that Nicaragua shall insist on sustainable development of energy industry and will give full support on renewable projects to establish strategic relationship with China to facilitate economic growth, not only for Nicaragua, but Central American.” Mr. Ortega also expressed their sincere invitation to Mr. Wang and Xinhua team to visit Nicaragua at the meeting on behalf of the President Ortega. Mr. Wang Wenke added “China’s hydroelectric installation exceeded 2 billion MW by the end of 2011, and China has a strong ability in the area of hydroelectricity from […]
Jim Lane | October 31, 2011 – In California, BlueFire Renewables has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with China Huadian Engineering Co. to finance its integrated Power Plant and Biorefinery in Fulton, MS and up to 5 additional plants in the United States. Under the MOU, Huadian will invest equity by purchasing an interest in the BlueFire Fulton Renewable Energy LLC and, optionally, debt for the Fulton project to complete financing and construction for this cellulosic ethanol facility. Additionally, upon the initial success of the Fulton Project, the agreement intends for Huadian to invest equity and/or provide debt for the development of five (5) additional plants in the United States. The MOU also contemplates the formation of a Development Joint Venture to develop similar projects in China. “This agreement provides the foundation to finance the Fulton facility and a significant number of additional plants in the US and in China and will enable BlueFire Renewables to create much needed jobs — starting with about 700 jobs for the construction of the Fulton plant,” said Arnold Klann, President & CEO. China Huadian Engineering Co. LTD is one of China’s largest utilities, generating more than 75,000 MW of power in China. Its parent company, China Huadian Corporation has over $51 billion in total assets. “Having such a strong partner, both technically and financially, backing up BlueFire, is a significant advancement in bringing BlueFire’s business plan to fruition,” added Klann. Huadian Engineering Co. LTD.’s collaboration with BlueFire Renewables, Inc. is, in part, a result of the introduction and low carbon development program launched jointly in late 2009 between the National Center for Sustainable Development in Washington, DC and the CDM Fund (supervised by the Ministry of Finance) in Beijing, China. Once the Memorandum of Understanding terms are finalized in a Definitive Agreement, […]
June 8th, 2011 – Beijing, China – Muuzii announced the launch of its series apps products, namely mWord in 9 different levels with various mobile application stores, including China Mobile’s Mobile Market store, China Telecom E-store, Google Market, Hiapk.com and GFan.com in Beijing. By the end of May, 2011, mWord series of Muuzii Apps have become the top viral apps downloads on China Mobile’s Mobile Market since its launch in January, a total of 468,295 downloads from users. mWord series is known for its practical and recreational nature and is recommended by ChinaDaily and 3 other top mainstream network media in China. mWord is a vocabulary challenge app game series designed to help English learners to memorize words with proven mobile learning methods, incorporating music, pictures, and interactive movement to increase vocabulary assimilation and retention. mWord is not only consistent with “the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve” and “Lightening learning Method”, but also embodies the edutainment learning method. With an innovative scientific product design and active user friendly screen interface, mWord made vocabulary learning a much easier task by playing the game, thus, improving study efficiency.
June 8th, 2011 – Beijing, China – Muuzii announced today that it has reached a US marketing and sales cooperation agreement with Austin Tele-Services Partners, LP (“ATS”), a key partner in carrier relations, in April, 2011. ATS will serve as Muuzii’s exclusive partner in the United States and responsible for the marketing and distribution of Muuzii’s Chinese learning services through various mobile carries, such as AT&T, the largest mobile operator in the United States with 130 million mobile subscribers, including both enterprises and consumer customers. The corporation between Muuzii and ATS also covers the marketing and distribution to other international carriers such as Telstra of Australia, Telecom New Zealand and Mexico’s largest carrier Telcel. With the rapid development of Chinese economy, China has become the world’s second largest economy, more and more people are learning Chinese language and interests is growing all around the world. “We believe, Muuzii has taken an innovative initiative to fundamentally change the way of language learning. The cooperation between Muuzii and mobile carriers from various countries provides a low cost and effective alternative to the traditional way of language learning and training. This new paradigm shall accelerate the adaptation of Chinese language around the world “, added Eric Fang, Chairman and CEO of Muuzii. ATS is the core partner of globally famous mobile operators such as AT&T, Telstra, and Telecom New Zealand. ATS has extensive experience in cooperating with mobile operators for many years and maintain a substantial data center resource in United States.
“WARM AND COLD, WE SHARE TOGETHER…A CIVILIZATION JOURNEY OF CLIMATE” (BEIJING, CHINA, April 20, 2011) – The National Center for Sustainable Development, a Washington, D.C. based 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization (“NCSD”) is proud to announce its participation in a first of its kind collaboration between China and the U.S., in the production of a documentary that the NCSD, as the international partner to China Central Television is co-producing with China Central Television, Science and Education Programming Center (“CCTV”) on the subject of global climate change that examines its historical record and its evolving impact on the earth’s environment and global populations. The title of the documentary is: “Warm and Cold We Share Together… A Civilization Journey of Climate” As part of its on-going capacity building efforts with the China Clean Development Mechanism Fund (“CDMFund”) under the China-U.S. Low Carbon Development Cooperation Program (the “Program”) for high-level bi-lateral cooperation between China and the U.S. on sustainable low carbon development, the NCSD is a key sponsor of the documentary, along with the China CDMFund, the State Council Information Office of the PRC, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the China Meteorological Administration, and a co-producer of the documentary along with CCTV and Beijing Huafeng Group of Meteorological Audio & Video Information. On April 14, 2011, CCTV, in association with the NDRC and other sponsors, held a press conference in Beijing, China to officially announce the launch of the production of “Warm and Cold, We Share Together… A Civilization Journey of Climate,” a 12-episode TV series documentary that examines the history of the relationship between humankind and nature…global climate change and its evolving impact on the earth’s environment and global populations is an integral part of this history, and also the essential reason for the birth of this documentary. The […]
March 21st, 2011-Chengdu, China – Muuzii announced of launching its new product, namely mCool with Sichuan Telecom users in Chengdu today as part of Muuzii’s multi operator coverage implementation strategy for 2011. mCool was engineered and developed based on many years research and our customer feedback. mCool features round-the-clock highly accuracy full sentence translation, individualized real time question and answer, and Muuzii’s own Chinese English simplified mobile dictionary and fun English learning content on the go. mCool not only provides a revolutionary “Touch n Trigger” learning environment but also sets a new standard in transformation of an integrated mobile learning service aiming at extraordinary language and learning assistance, in vocabulary, grammar, translation, reading and writing during English studies. Rick Jin, the head of the product development added that “with mCool, users could send random questions or any content to be translated to the service number, he or she will receive highly accurate solution replies from mCool, a key feature that is only available to all mCool subscribers”. ‘We are most pleased to work with China Telecom Sichuan Branch to push our next generation integrated solution product into the student market. Sichuan Telecom is our second operator partnership following our successful partnership with China Mobile Sichuan Branch and it is part of our operator centric market access partnership strategy development. With Muuzii service, we help to extend and enhance current value added service at Sichuan Telecom targeting young subscriber groups. This is a win-win situation.’ said Eric Fang, CEO of Muuzii Technologies. The mCool service is a dynamic real time service that embedded real time dictionaries of millions of vocabulary entry covering professional fields of medicine, industry, chemical and computer information vocabularies and it is been updated on a real-time basis. This feature will help student in their daily studies, seeking […]
December 5, 2010, Washington D.C. – At the invitation of Bertelsmann Stiftung (“Bertelsmann Foundation”) and The China Center for International Economic Exchanges (“CCIEE”), the National Center for Sustainable Development (“NCSD”), represented by two of its Trustees, Mr. Damian Omar Valdez and Mr. Eric Fang attended the Global Governance and Sustainable Economic Development Conference in Beijing on November 10th. The China Center for International Economic Exchanges and the Bertelsmann Foundation held a very successful joint conference on Global Governance and Sustainable Economic Development on 10 November 2010 at the Beijing Hotel, China. Policymakers and experts from China and other countries gathered to discuss evolving global economic governance and chart new paths for more stable and sustainable global economic and financial architectures. The conference was an open forum for international participants to exchange ideas on equal ground. On behalf of the NCSD, Mr. Valdez served as a panelist at the conference on Global Development: Spurring Innovation and Sustainability. He joined other panelists, including Han Wenke, Director General, Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission of China (“NDRC”), He Jiankun, Vice Chairman, China Experts Panel on Climate Change, Director, Low-Carbon Energy Lab of Tsinghua University, and Mr. Denis Fred Simon, Professor, School of International Affairs, Penn State University. The panel was moderated by Mr. Alan Larsson, Chairman, Lund University and Former Finance Minister, Sweden. About the NCSD The National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD), United States national 501 (c) (3), not-for-profit corporation, was founded and chartered in 2001 and reaffirmed as a public charity in 2006. The original mission of the NCSD was to pursue through demonstration projects – the economic benefits that accrue to local communities once positive environmental land use practices are in place that ensure standards of human health and safety. NCSD, working through its supporting organization […]
China’s first Mobile Learning Laboratory was established in Beijing November 17, 2010 – Beijing, China – Muuzii announced today that it has reached an agreement with the country’s leading information and telecom institute, the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Software College to jointly establish a mobile learning laboratory at the University campus. This is the first of its kind of the application lab that will focus on mobile learning application research and development. Mr. Song Maoqiang, Dean of the Software College of BUPT, Mr. Wu Guoshi, Professor of Software College, Mr. Eric Fang, CEO of Muuzii, Mr. Tom Fan, Director of Technology of Muuzii, Mr. Damian Omar Valdez, Trustee of The National Center for Sustainable Development(NCSD) from New York,. And Mr. Fu Xianglin, Spokesman of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. attended the laboratory inauguration ceremony. Mr. Song Maoqiang addressed at the inauguration ceremony and said: ‘cooperate with Muuzii to establish this mobile learning laboratory will have profound effect on Software College’s development in the future. Muuzii, as a company, and BUPT, as a research and education institution, will both benefit from this cooperation. The university-enterprise cooperation model will incubate more and more innovative talents for teleommunications and information technology field.’ Mr. Tom Fan, represented Muuzii’s technical team introduced Muuzii’s technological vision and application research and development history to the faculty members and students at BUPT. Mr. Eric Fang, CEO of Muuzii, added at the ceremony that Muuzii’s market success and achievement was largely contributed through our technical advancement and continues market research and development. “There is no better partner, other than BUPT that we would want to be with and share our success and together to innovate into the future of mobile learning through joint efforts of research and development. Mr. Fang introduced the Muuzii’s global marketing […]
By chinesestock | Published: 2010/11/16 As developing countries, the first Clean Development Mechanism Fund, the China Clean Development Mechanism Fund (hereinafter referred to as clean funds) the use of rules have been clear. According to the Ministry of Finance, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Science, the Environmental Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and the China Meteorological Administration have jointly published the “China Clean Development Mechanism Fund” (hereinafter referred to as “Regulations”), clean Fund use of grants and a combination of paid work together to promote our energy reduction and climate change work. In compensation for the use of the three methods, the “compensation for the use in the initial operation of the Fund, the Fund will be based mainly entrusted loans, and other agencies to achieve mutual complementarity and common activities.” Clean Development Fund Management Center of China (hereinafter referred to as the management Center) Chen Huan, Deputy Director of the newspaper said. At present, the specific rules have been entrusted loans initially clear. Newspaper from the cadres by the Ministry of Education jointly organized with the fund management center, the “provincial finance department to address climate change and development work of training seminars low-carbon economy” (hereinafter referred to as “Workshop Conference”) was informed that the Central Administration is stepping up cooperation with the local financial system, strengthen financial systems in response to climate change capacity-building at the same time, compensation for the use of refined mode of cooperation. 6.0 billion of funds gaining “momentum” Understand that cleaning Fund in August 2006 by the State Council approved the establishment. The main source of funds transfer through the CDM greenhouse gas emission reductions of state revenue received by all of the parts. According to the 2005 release of “Operation and Management of Clean Development Mechanism […]
Beijing, CHINA, September 21st, 2010 – NDG Holdings/Sinoaccess Delegation visited Xinhua Water Resources & Hydroelectric Investment Corporation in Beijing today. Xinhua Company is one of the largest professional water resources and hydroelectricity projects investment companies under the Ministry of Water Resources of China. Mr. Ding Shuangyue, President of Xinhua Company, Mr. Eric Fang, CEO of Sinoaccess Corporation and Co-founder Nicaragua Development Group Holdings S.A., Mr. Javier Lacayo, Founder and President of Nicaragua Development Group Holdings S.A. (“NDG Holdings”) and Mr. Mauricio Godoy, Vice President, Project and Market Development of NDG had a meeting to present a few of the hydroelectric projects that are ready to be developed in Nicaragua, and discussed the potential cooperation in the area of renewable energy and especially in hydroelectric projects in Nicaragua. Mr. Eric Fang expressed that all parties are very pleased on this great successful beginning, and looking forward to the great cooperation achievements between the NDG and Xinhua in the energy sector in Nicaragua. Start from this successful initial contact, NDG Holdings, Sinoaccess Corp., and Xinhua Company will jointly develop hydroelectric projects in Nicaragua, which will not only help to generate economic growth through job creation in Nicaragua, but also bring Xinhua Company a very successful future in Nicaragua. Nicaragua has a renewable energy generation potential of more than 4,500 MW distributed in Hydroelectricity, Geothermal, Wind Energy and Biomass. At this moment the Government of Nicaragua has established as its priority to grant concessions to generate energy from renewable sources.
Sep 13th, 2010 – Tianjin, China – World Articulated Naturality Web (ANW) Forum, the sub-forum of the 2010 summer of World Economy Forum (Davos) held in Tianjin World Financial Center, Tianjin, China on Sep 13, 2010. As founding member of this forum, The National Centre for Sustainable Development (NCSD) brings its low-carbon economy vision and initiative to the ANW forum to promote the sustainable low carbon technology development in the augmented reality technology field. NCSD have been worked for many years to promote the low carbon economy through innovations and technology advancement. With the world experts in mobile communications and professionals from augmented reality industry come together in Tianjin to shared the low carbon technology innovation and energy saving ideas in a new frontier of augmented reality technology development under the World Economic Forum, the launching of ANW is very timely and NCSD is proud to be the founding member of this forum. Articulated Naturality Web fuses augmented reality (AR) and the Internet together. ANW technology services include video scene feature identification, image processing, multi-sensor coordination, real-time positioning, wireless access, media information, digital publication, entertainment and other fields of augmented reality. The combination of these components coupled with the Internet and mobile Internet technology will form an emerging industry. The organizers of the World ANW Forum have decided the annual meeting was necessary to support the standardization and commercialization of the ANW according to the international practice’s mission to drive the commercialization, internationalization, and futurization of the ANW throughout the world. Eric Fang, Trustee and Vice President of NCSD stated at the forum：”With the development of augmented reality industry, people will have unprecedented experience in both daily social and professional life. This technology innovation apply to the mobile world will fundamentally change people’s life style and behavior and bring more […]
Sep 13th, 2010 – Tianjin, China – World Articulated Naturality Web (ANW) Forum, the sub-forum of the 2010 Summer Davos held in Tianjin World Financial Center on Sep 13, 2010. As one of the founding member of the ANW Forum, Muuzii was invited to share its vision in mobile application of Augmented Reality. With the experts in augmented reality, mobile communications and IT industry come together from the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, Singapore, Australia and China, the push for the next generation of augmented reality technology into the real application in mobile environment will open up a whole new emerging technology and applications market. Articulated Naturality Web fuses augmented reality (AR) and the Internet together. ANW technology services include video scene feature identification, image processing, multi-sensor coordination, real-time positioning, wireless access, media information, digital publication, entertainment and other fields of augmented reality. The combination of these components coupled with the Internet and mobile Internet technology will form an emerging industry. The organizers of the World ANW Forum have decided the annual meeting was necessary to support the standardization and commercialization of the ANW according to the international practice’s mission to drive the commercialization, internationalization, and futurization of the ANW throughout the world. As a pioneer in the field of mobile learning, different from the other research institutions participants, Muuzii is to put the “augmented reality” technology into a daily mobile use. When being asked about how to apply the “augmented reality” technology to mobile learning, Eric Fang, the CEO of Muuzii said: “Combination of Augmented Reality and Mobile Internet will make mobile learning more vivid and transform individual learning behavior in the way that we have not experienced. Muzzii has been research on application and utilizing our cutting-edge technology to allow our users to experience […]
