Beijing, 31 mar ( EFE).- the lights that illuminate every night stretch of ancient Great wall near Beijing faded today for 60 minutes as it shows commitment to “Time for the planet, the initiative launched by WWF around the world to combat climate change and to which China has been adding already four years.
In addition to the Chinese capital, about 120 cities over the Asian country have joined the campaign to promote energy saving, around thirty locations rather than those recorded in 2011.
A 20: 30 local time (12: 30 GMT) Beijing turned off the lights of the stretch more known of the great wall at Badaling and other icons of the capital as the tallest skyscraper of the city (the Tower 3 of the international business center) or the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, also known as the “bird nest”.
Simultaneously, Shanghai did the same with the enclosure of the Expo 2010 and some of its iconic skyscrapers, as well as Hong Kong with its “skyline” of Victoria Harbour.
Within the framework of this initiative, Shanghai has pledged to create more than a thousand hectares of green area this year as part of its commitment to the environment environmental.
Celebrities in the Asian giant wanted to put their bit to the campaign led by WWF, which began in 2007, promoting all kinds of actions across the network.
Is the case of the historic former NBA player and member of the Beijing Ducks Stephon Marbury, one of the main stars in the Chinese League, who has recorded a video to encourage Chinese fans to participate in the activity of energy saving, as well as providing advice on the environment.
La actress Li Bingbing, the singer Li Yuchun and Yuqun music group have been this year elected as Chinese ambassadors of the “Earth Hour” of WWF and policy makers, in this case, symbolically button that darkened the known section of the ancient wall, an act that involved about 300 peoplemostly young,.
In social networks like Renren (similar to Facebook) launched a creative competition among 200 universities in China to design the emblem of the initiative poster.
In Weibo (Chinese Twitter), the stars also inciting his followers to join the activity and to attend any of the actions of shutdown scheduled by the country under the slogan “I’ll go if you go”. EFE
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