Huzhou listed as provincial pilot city to assess carbon emissions

2 weeks, 2 days ago

China updates development road map for carbon capture

BEIJING -- China has updated its development road map for carbon capture, according to the Science and Technology Daily on Monday. During a conference on carbon capture utilization and storage technology held in Beijing from Dec 7 to 8, the Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21 unveiled the latest version of the road map. The CCUS technology was defined by …

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1 month ago

China poised to achieve carbon neutrality 2060 goal: study

China Daily

A study conducted by China's esteemed Peking University has revealed that the Chinese public exhibits a strong awareness of the nation's objective to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Published in October in the Journal of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, the study delved into Chinese public awareness, policy endorsement and confidence levels concerning the carbon neutrality goal. According …

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1 month ago

China poised to achieve carbon neutrality 2060 goal: study

China Daily

A study conducted by China's esteemed Peking University has revealed that the Chinese public exhibits a strong awareness of the nation's objective to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Published in October in the Journal of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, the study delved into Chinese public awareness, policy endorsement and confidence levels concerning the carbon neutrality goal. According …

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1 month ago

Three U.P. cities rival Delhi AQI, figure on worst list: CPCB data

Hindustan Times

On a day when Delhi saw a spike in air pollution, recording Air Quality Index of 494, three cities of Uttar Pradesh figured in the top cities of the country that recorded the worst air quality on Monday, Central Pollution Control Board data read. Experts said particulate matter takes longer to settle down in cold weather as the air becomes …

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1 month ago

How China tackled pollution?

Hindustan Times

China has managed to tackle pollution tremendously over the last few years by taking proactive actions and anti-pollution measures. According to a report from the 'Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air', China's air quality improved in the first half of 2024 as the fine particulate matter reduced by 2.9 per cent compared to 2023. In 2023, China had …

China Quality Pollution Air Report Covid Level

1 month, 1 week ago

Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions

Associated Press

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year. Many analysts had been hoping that China — by far the world’s biggest annual carbon polluting nation with 32% of the emissions — would have peaked its …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Quzhou's carbon accounts promote low-carbon living, green development

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-11-12 In Quzhou, 2.20 million residents, accounting for over 95 percent of its permanent population, have opened personal carbon accounts and are enjoying the benefits of a low-carbon lifestyle, according to Tide News on Nov 12. To promote the green and low-carbon transformation, Quzhou pioneered carbon accounts in 2021, building a carbon account platform based on data collection, …

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Global leaders shape low-carbon future at Guangdong summit

China Daily

Photovoltaic panels cover the arid land, with wind generation nearby in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Oct 28, 2024. The 2024 Asia-Pacific Carbon Summit and the World Low Carbon Cities Forum, which took place in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Guangdong province, on Wednesday, attracted and gathered the wisdom of global low-carbon development and urban green …

Energy China Carbon Guangdong

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Emissions accounting system a must to transition

China Daily

The central departments have recently vowed to improve the carbon emissions accounting system, which collects, monitors, processes and manages carbon emissions data. It involves hardware such as portable carbon emissions monitoring equipment and software such as satellite remote sensing technology, carbon emissions factor databases, data management platforms and carbon emissions reporting systems. China has already made certain progress in the …

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Global leaders shape low-carbon future at Guangdong summit

China Daily

Photovoltaic panels cover the arid land, with wind generation nearby in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Oct 28, 2024. The 2024 Asia-Pacific Carbon Summit and the World Low Carbon Cities Forum, which took place in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Guangdong province, on Wednesday, attracted and gathered the wisdom of global low-carbon development and urban green …

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China's Renewable Energy Sector: A Greener Future, Reduced Carbon Footprint

China Daily

China's renewable energy sector has significantly reduced carbon emissions, generating equivalent to 2.46 billion metric tons of carbon emissions reductions both domestically and globally. The country's renewable energy generation reached nearly 3 trillion kilowatt-hours, representing almost one-third of the country's total power consumption, with the installed capacity for wind and solar power accounting for 54.7 percent of the total. The …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

China's Renewable Energy Sector: A Greener Future, a Cleaner Future

China Daily

China's renewable energy sector has significantly reduced carbon emissions, generating equivalent to 2.46 billion metric tons of carbon emissions reductions both domestically and globally. The country's renewable energy generation reached nearly 3 trillion kilowatt-hours, representing almost one-third of the country's total power consumption, with the installed capacity for wind and solar power accounting for 54.7 percent of the total. The …

Environment Law Energy Sustainability

1 month, 3 weeks ago

China pledges to promote renewable energy use amid green transition

China Daily

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept 12, 2024 shows a partial view of a 50-megawatt molten-salt solar thermal power plant in Naomaohu township of Hami city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. BEIJING -- China on Wednesday released a set of guidelines on boosting the use of renewable energy amid efforts to cut fossil fuel consumption in green energy …

Energy China Renewable Energy Renewable

1 month, 3 weeks ago

China Unveils Green Energy Roadmap: Focus on Renewable Energy Growth

China Daily

China releases guidelines to promote renewable energy use as part of its green transition. The guidelines aim to replace traditional fuel with renewable energy, with China's renewable energy consumption expected to reach the equivalent of more than 1.1 billion tonnes of standard coal next year and 1.5 billion tonnes of standard coal by 2030.

Climate Change Renewable Energy Energy Security Green Transition

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tai'an embarks on green development

China Daily

Tai'an city in Shandong province advances carbon reduction, pollution control, green expansion, and growth in a coordinated manner. Over the years, Tai'an city in Shandong province has been unwavering in its commitment to ecological priorities and green development, advancing carbon reduction, pollution control, green expansion, and growth in a coordinated manner. The waters of Haizi River in Ningyang county has …

Water Control Shandong

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tai'an embarks on green development

China Daily

Tai'an city in Shandong province advances carbon reduction, pollution control, green expansion, and growth in a coordinated manner. Over the years, Tai'an city in Shandong province has been unwavering in its commitment to ecological priorities and green development, advancing carbon reduction, pollution control, green expansion, and growth in a coordinated manner. The waters of Haizi River in Ningyang county has …

Water Control Shandong

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Huzhou's GDP grows by 6.1% in first three quarters

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: Oct 29, 2024 Huzhou, Zhejiang province, released its economic report for the first three quarters of the year on Oct 26, showing robust growth. Its GDP reached 301.03 billion yuan, a 6.1 percent increase year-on-year, exceeding the national and provincial growth rates by 1.3 and 0.7 percentage points. Total output in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fisheries …

2 months ago

Daqing Embraces Green Energy, Stepping Up Oilfield Development

China Daily

Daqing, a traditional petroleum and petrochemical city in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, is intensifying efforts to promote low-carbon transformation in response to the country's green targets. The city has completed the construction of new energy power generating units totaling 4.6 million kilowatts in installed capacity, including wind power, photovoltaics, and biomass. The proportion of new energy now exceeded 60 percent …

Environment Law Energy Sustainability Daqing

2 months ago

China's Air and Water Quality Seeks a Bright Future: A Progress Report

China Daily

China's air and water quality have significantly improved in the first three quarters of this year, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The average concentration of PM2.5 and PM10 in 339 cities at the prefecture level and above nationwide decreased by 3.6% and 7.8%, respectively. The proportion of days with good air quality increased by 1.6 percentage points, …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Green becomes defining feature of development in China: official

China Daily

State Grid employees inspect photovoltaic panels in Chuzhou, Anhui province. BEIJING - Green is the defining feature of China's development in the new era and remarkable progress has been made in the country's green and low-carbon transformation, said Tian Chunxiu, deputy director of the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. In the …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

China's green, low-carbon development nurtures new opportunities: official

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-27 10:47 A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. BEIJING - China's green and low-carbon development features bright spots and nurtures new opportunities, an official with the country's energy administration has said. Wind power and photovoltaics have become major contributors to China's newly added installed capacity and important forces in the country's energy …

China Wind Power Official Pan Installed Power

3 months, 1 week ago

China's green electricity trading sees massive growth

China Daily

China's green electricity trading has seen significant growth in the first eight months of this year, with the National Energy Administration issuing more than 1.84 billion green certificates nationwide by the end of August 2024, according to the National Energy Administration. The scale of green electricity trading in Shanghai meanwhile also reached 2.5 times that of the previous year, a …

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3 months, 1 week ago

China's green electricity trading sees massive growth

China Daily

China's green electricity trading has seen significant growth in the first eight months of this year, with the National Energy Administration issuing more than 1.84 billion green certificates nationwide by the end of August 2024, according to the National Energy Administration. The scale of green electricity trading in Shanghai meanwhile also reached 2.5 times that of the previous year, a …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China issues new standard for calculating product carbon footprint

China Daily

China has taken a significant step forward in managing its carbon footprint by releasing a new standard for calculating the carbon footprint of products, filling a gap in the country's system of general standards. With general principles for product carbon footprint calculation, the new standard is expected to offer clear guidelines in the development of specific standards to calculate carbon …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s emissions nearing peak, says U.S. climate envoy

The Hindu

As climate envoys from the world’s top two greenhouse gas producers meet in Beijing this week, experts say China’s emissions may finally be nearing their peak. “Whether China’s emissions growth continues or turns into a decline is absolutely decisive for our ability to peak global emissions and start reducing them towards net zero,” he told AFP. China is the world’s …

Energy China Coal Beijing Yang Emissions Nearing Myllyvirta

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Huzhou paints urban areas green

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: Aug 30, 2024 The Shangtang Impress Park in Huzhou, Zhejiang province. Huzhou, Zhejiang province, has constructed over 30 million square meters of urban park green space, with a per capita green space exceeding 20 square meters, according to statistics from the Huzhou housing and urban-rural development bureau on Aug 28. This year, Huzhou added 13 new urban …

Urban Park Green Huzhou Paints

3 months, 3 weeks ago

China cuts CO2 emission by 3b tons in past decade: white paper

China Daily

A drone photo shows wetlands in Sanjiangyuan area, Northwest China's Qinghai province, July 23, 2024. BEIJING - China has reduced CO2 emission by 3 billion tons over the past decade in an effort to promote green consumption, a white paper said Thursday. China's energy savings in the recent ten years have been equivalent to about 1.4 billion tons of standard …

Energy Consumption Billion Tons White Paper China Cuts Past Decade

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Zhejiang drives green electricity

China Daily

State Grid Haiyan Power Supply Co, located in Zhejiang province, is driving rural green and low-carbon electricity use by upgrading its power grid, supporting the electrification of residential stoves, and installing supplementary control systems and circuits. In Xueshuigang village, Haiyan county, the company applied the "Carbon Footprint Energy Assessment System" to calculate the village's carbon emissions and guide the transition …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Zhejiang drives green electricity

China Daily

State Grid Haiyan Power Supply Co, located in Zhejiang province, is driving rural green and low-carbon electricity use by upgrading its power grid, supporting the electrification of residential stoves, and installing supplementary control systems and circuits. In Xueshuigang village, Haiyan county, the company applied the "Carbon Footprint Energy Assessment System" to calculate the village's carbon emissions and guide the transition …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Zhejiang drives green electricity

China Daily

State Grid Haiyan Power Supply Co, located in Zhejiang province, is driving rural green and low-carbon electricity use by upgrading its power grid, supporting the electrification of residential stoves, and installing supplementary control systems and circuits. In Xueshuigang village, Haiyan county, the company applied the "Carbon Footprint Energy Assessment System" to calculate the village's carbon emissions and guide the transition …

Power Electric Carbon Emissions Zhejiang Drives Traditional Stoves

4 months, 1 week ago

Chinese vice-premier urges coordinated efforts in pursuing green, low-carbon development

China Daily

A drone photo shows wetlands in Sanjiangyuan area, Northwest China's Qinghai province, July 23, 2024. FUZHOU - Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong has called for coordinated efforts in promoting green and low-carbon development, further strengthening ecological and environmental protection, and making steady progress toward the country's dual carbon goals. Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party …

China Carbon Liu National Ecology Day

4 months, 1 week ago

每日一词|碳排放核算和评价标准体系 standardized calculation and evaluation system for carbon emission

China Daily

国家发展改革委发布的方案提出，2024年，发布70项碳核算、碳足迹、碳减排、能效能耗、碳捕集利用与封存等国家标准，基本实现重点行业企业碳排放核算标准全覆盖；2025年，面向企业、项目、产品的三位一体碳排放核算和评价标准体系基本形成，重点行业和产品能耗能效技术指标基本达到国际先进水平。 By the end of 2024, 70 national standards on carbon accounting, footprint, reduction, energy efficiency and consumption, as well as carbon capture, utilization and storage will be published, covering all key sectors and companies, said the plan issued by the National Development and Reform Commission. In the following year, a standardized calculation and evaluation system will be in place …

Carbon Carbon Emission Energy Consumption

4 months, 1 week ago

每日一词|碳排放核算和评价标准体系 standardized calculation and evaluation system for carbon emission

China Daily

国家发展改革委发布的方案提出，2024年，发布70项碳核算、碳足迹、碳减排、能效能耗、碳捕集利用与封存等国家标准，基本实现重点行业企业碳排放核算标准全覆盖；2025年，面向企业、项目、产品的三位一体碳排放核算和评价标准体系基本形成，重点行业和产品能耗能效技术指标基本达到国际先进水平。 By the end of 2024, 70 national standards on carbon accounting, footprint, reduction, energy efficiency and consumption, as well as carbon capture, utilization and storage will be published, covering all key sectors and companies, said the plan issued by the National Development and Reform Commission. In the following year, a standardized calculation and evaluation system will be in place …

Carbon Emission Peak Carbon

4 months, 1 week ago

每日一词|碳排放核算和评价标准体系 standardized calculation and evaluation system for carbon emission

China Daily

国家发展改革委发布的方案提出，2024年，发布70项碳核算、碳足迹、碳减排、能效能耗、碳捕集利用与封存等国家标准，基本实现重点行业企业碳排放核算标准全覆盖；2025年，面向企业、项目、产品的三位一体碳排放核算和评价标准体系基本形成，重点行业和产品能耗能效技术指标基本达到国际先进水平。 By the end of 2024, 70 national standards on carbon accounting, footprint, reduction, energy efficiency and consumption, as well as carbon capture, utilization and storage will be published, covering all key sectors and companies, said the plan issued by the National Development and Reform Commission. In the following year, a standardized calculation and evaluation system will be in place …

Carbon Carbon Emission

4 months, 1 week ago

Next-gen clean tech key to China's carbon neutrality goal

China Daily

An employee operates carbon capture, utilization and storage equipment at a platform off Guangdong province in May 2023. MAO SIQIAN/XINHUA The clean energy industry contributed 11.4 trillion yuan to China's economy last year, accounting for 9 percent of the country's GDP and contributing 40 percent to its GDP growth. The clean energy industry has been one of the main drivers …

Global China Clean Energy Tech Manufacturing Nuclear Power Power

4 months, 2 weeks ago

China to overhaul electricity system for green growth, energy security

China Daily

CHINA DAILY/XINHUA | Updated: 2024-08-09 09:36 An employee works on a solar panel production line in Suqian, Jiangsu province. WANG LI/FOR CHINA DAILY China has unveiled an action plan to speed up the building of a "new electricity system" as part of the country's efforts to pursue low-carbon development and ensure energy security. China aims to raise the total installed …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

China Energy powers efforts to increase green transition, reduce fossil fuels

China Daily

China Energy Investment Corp — the world's largest power producer and the top wind power developer in terms of installed capacity — continued to accelerate its green energy transition during the first half this year while ensuring domestic energy security, helping to diversify the nation's energy mix and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The company's power generation installed capacity reached …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

China Energy powers efforts to increase green transition, reduce fossil fuels

China Daily

China Energy Investment Corp — the world's largest power producer and the top wind power developer in terms of installed capacity — continued to accelerate its green energy transition during the first half this year while ensuring domestic energy security, helping to diversify the nation's energy mix and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The company's power generation installed capacity reached …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nation sets example for green transition

China Daily

By ZHENG XIN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-07-26 06:50 China's installed wind and solar power capacity has overtaken coal for the first time, further cementing the country's leading position in the global renewable energy sector, said industry experts. Deng Simeng, a senior analyst of renewables and power research at global consultancy Rystad Energy, said the fact that wind and …

Global Energy China Wind Coal Green Solar Power

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nation sets example for green transition

China Daily

China's installed wind and solar power capacity has overtaken coal for the first time, further cementing the country's leading position in the global renewable energy sector, said industry experts. Deng Simeng, a senior analyst of renewables and power research at global consultancy Rystad Energy, said the fact that wind and solar capacity surpassed that of coal by the end of …

Global Energy China Coal Green Solar Power This Year

4 months, 4 weeks ago

China's homegrown carbon capture facility passes reliability verification

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-07-26 13:16 SHANGHAI -- CarbonBox, China's independently developed direct air capture facility, has passed its reliability verification, with a single module capable of capturing over 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide directly from the air each year and generating 99 percent high-concentration product. CarbonBox, developed by researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and China Energy Engineering Corporation, has …

China Carbon Capture Dac Carbonbox

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nation sets example for green transition

China Daily

China's installed wind and solar power capacity has overtaken coal for the first time, further cementing the country's leading position in the global renewable energy sector, said industry experts. Deng Simeng, a senior analyst of renewables and power research at global consultancy Rystad Energy, said the fact that wind and solar capacity surpassed that of coal by the end of …

Global Energy China Wind Power Coal Solar

5 months ago

Energy, chemical sectors form alliance to focus on carbon footprint

China Daily

China's first alliance in the energy and chemical sector focused on carbon footprint is established in Beijing on Wednesday. China's first alliance in the energy and chemical sector focused on carbon footprint was established in Beijing on Wednesday, eyeing to promote the accurate calculation and application of carbon footprint in China's energy and chemical industrial chain. The Energy and Chemical …

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5 months ago

Huzhou GDP surges 6.5% in first half

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: Jul 23, 2024 In the first half of this year, Huzhou, Zhejiang province, demonstrated robust economic growth, with its GDP reaching 196.95 billion yuan, a 6.5 percent increase year-on-year at comparable prices. The primary industry saw an added value of 6.79 billion yuan, growing by 4.7 percent, the secondary industry's added value reached 97.36 billion yuan, with …

Billion Yuan Huzhou

5 months ago

China to enhance green, low-carbon and circular development

China Daily

An elevated view of the floating photovoltaic power generation project in Shiguan town, Lai'an county, Anhui province. China will firmly deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system and accelerate the planning and construction of a new energy system to better promote green, low-carbon and circular development of the country, a senior economic official said on Friday. Han Wenxiu, executive …

China Carbon Enhance Green

5 months, 1 week ago

Local initiatives unveiled amid electricity surge

China Daily

With soaring summer temperatures and potential electricity shortages looming, some parts of China have introduced local initiatives to conserve power and ensure a stable supply. Luo Xueming, chief expert at the Guangdong Modern Urban Industrial Technology Research Institute, said the country's experience in managing summer power peaks and proactive measures will ensure a stable power supply. However, Luo said that …

China Electricity Power Luo Public Lighting Initiatives Unveiled

5 months, 1 week ago

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China

China Daily

V. Strengthening Supervision and Administration of the Marine Eco-Environment China has mobilized its resources and expertise from all sectors to safeguard the red lines for ecological conservation, ensure basic environmental quality, and keep resource utilization within sustainable limits. China has continued to optimize the configuration of its marine eco-environmental monitoring network, which covers sea areas under its jurisdiction with a …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China

China Daily

V. Strengthening Supervision and Administration of the Marine Eco-Environment China has mobilized its resources and expertise from all sectors to safeguard the red lines for ecological conservation, ensure basic environmental quality, and keep resource utilization within sustainable limits. China has continued to optimize the configuration of its marine eco-environmental monitoring network, which covers sea areas under its jurisdiction with a …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Plan focuses on carbon footprints

China Daily

By HOU LIQIANG| China Daily| Updated :2024-06-12 The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, in cooperation with 14 other national government bodies, has announced a comprehensive plan on carbon footprint management, with the aim of contributing to the development of international rules for carbon footprints by 2030. The plan clarifies the objectives and management of product carbon footprints in China, according …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Plan focuses on carbon footprints

China Daily

Wind turbines in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, slowly turn with the help of sea breezes and generate green electricity for places across the country on July 2, 2023. The plan clarifies the objectives and management of product carbon footprints in China, according to a news release issued by the ministry last week. The release said the plan aims to promote the …

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