Here is a list of today’s CSR related articles that came across our desks over the last 24 hours. Please let us know if there is an area you would like for us to add Environment China allocates relief fund to flood-hit provinces Central government set aside 232 million yuan to finance the ongoing battle against floods.President Hu and Premier Wen urged local governments to give priority to relocate people.488,400 people have been evacuated from the likely path of floodwater from Huaihe River. Read More Mainstreaming Clean Energy: Achievements in Rizhao, China On June 15, the city of Rizhao, China, received a 2007 World Clean Energy Award (WCEA) in the category of “Policy and Lawmaking” for its popularization of clean energy. The award’s presenters noted that in a nation known for its heavy dependence on coal, Rizhao represents an inspiring example of the mainstreaming of renewable energy sources. Read More Suzhou Algae Outbreak Said to Be Under Control The algae outbreak in the major waterways of Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, has largely been cleaned up and it will not have any impact on the tap water supply, the local water authority said yesterday. Read More Strict polices to clean up China’s lakes CHINA will carry out a string of austere policies to clean up the nation’s polluted lakes, including raising environment standards to those of industrialized countries and banning raising cattle and poultry around lakes, the country’s environmental chief said today in Hefei City, Anhui Province. Read More Health & Safety China Should Provide Country’s 140,000 AIDS Orphans With HIV/AIDS Information There are an estimated 140,000 children in China who have lost one or both parents to AIDS-related illnesses, according to figures released Sunday by UNICEF China, the South China Morning Post reports. Read More Public health incidents kill 224 people in first 6 months A total of 224 people died in “public health incidents” in the first half of this year in China, a sharp increase of 31 percent on the same period of the previous year, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported. More than 54,000 people were caught up in 1,524 public health incidents in the first six months of the year. A total of 1,233 occurred in schools, accounting for 81 percent of the total, the report said. Read More Eatery closed for selling cardboard-stuffed buns BEIJING authorities yesterday closed a dim-sum restaurant that sold steamed cardboard-stuffed buns, Beijing Times reported today. Read More HIV/AIDS Campaign Targets Yunnan Women A HIV/AIDS prevention campaign targeting women has begun in Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan Province, the China News Service reported. An official of the Yunnan health bureau said the campaign aims to let 80 percent of the target area’s women understand HIV/AIDS and know how to prevent it in one year. Read More Labor A New Line of Business for Women The city of Shanghai yesterday launched a new business-building consultation hotline for women. Organized by the Shanghai Women’s Cadres School and the Shanghai Captaino Garment Co Ltd, the free hotline will provide information including market analysis, company management and mental adjustment for women starting their own businesses, said the school. Read More Community Investment Charity concert held to keep Inner Mongolia green Their not professionals, their works are not classical, but one group of artists is making a material contribution. China’s northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is suffering its worst drought in half a century. Soaring temperatures and scant rainfall have left the region parched - with serious shortages of drinking water for people and livestock Read More Sustainable Development Architect Designs China Mixed-Use Communities with Eye on Green Design In a partnership with Tiafeng, a China-based developer, Kevin Kennon Architect PC (KKA) has announced his role as design architect of a luxury, mixed-use development in Sanya, a town located on Hainan, the second largest island in China. Read More China’s premier urges action in energy-saving drive Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged local governments to shut polluting plants and encourage families to save energy, marking his second appeal in just three days aimed at achieving energy efficiency. Read More China to be third largest economy China’s sizzling economy grew even faster in 2006 than previously reported, the government said Wednesday, moving it closer to overtaking Germany as the world’s third-largest and possibly adding to fears of overheating. Read More China falling short on energy-saving goals China is falling short of its goals in a campaign to boost energy efficiency in its fuel-guzzling economy _ the world’s No. 2 oil consumer _ but is starting to make progress, the government said Thursday. Read More Governance China Communist Party Adds 2.6M Members The Communist Party of China added 2.6 million members last year, further enhancing its status as the world’s biggest political party, state media reported Tuesday. Read More China’s pharmaceutical watchdog vows to tighten approval procedures China’s pharmaceutical watchdog will tighten the approval procedures for new medicines with the revised regulation on medicine registration taking effect on Oct. 1. Wu Zhen, deputy-director of the State Food and Dr ug Administration (SFDA), made the remarks on Wednesday at the SFDA’s first regular press conference. Read More Woman punished for tax evasion A WOMAN in Shanghai received a two-year jail term, but with two-years of probation, for evading tax during online trading, the first case of its kind in China, Jiefang Daily reported today on its Website. REad More Transport chief sentenced to life for bribery THE former transport chief of east China’s Zhejiang Province has been sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes. Read More