Electric & Smart Transportation
This type of vehicle is very common in Chinese cities and runs on electricity instead of gas.
What is an electric car?
In many Chinese cities, recycling trash correctly can earn people points or rewards using this.
What is a mobile app / smartphone app?
China produces more solar power than any other country using these panels.
What are solar panels?
Many Chinese cities encourage people to use this instead of driving cars.
What is public transportation?
Compared to the U.S., China sells more of these vehicles each year.
What are electric vehicles?
This Chinese company is famous worldwide for making electric cars and buses.
What is BYD?
This everyday waste item is banned or limited in many Chinese cities to protect the environment.
What are single-use plastic bags?
This renewable energy source uses wind to generate electricity and is common in northern China.
What is wind power?
This shared system lets people rent bikes using their phones.
What is bike sharing?
The U.S. and China are the top two producers of this type of pollution.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
Many Chinese delivery workers use this electric two‑wheeled vehicle instead of cars.
What is an electric scooter (or e‑bike)?
Chinese recycling rules often require people to separate trash into this many main categories.
What is four? (recyclable, food waste, hazardous, other)
The Three Gorges Dam produces this type of renewable energy.
What is hydroelectric power?
Some Chinese neighborhoods grow these on rooftops or between buildings.
What are vegetables or plants?
China builds high-speed rail to reduce the need for this type of travel common in the U.S.
What is air travel (flying)?
This is one reason China promotes electric cars: to reduce this kind of pollution in big cities.
What is air pollution (smog)?
This happens if trash is not sorted correctly in some Chinese cities.
What are fines or warnings?
China often builds renewable energy plants in these less‑populated areas.
What are desert or rural areas?
This “green” feature in apartments helps lower electricity use in summer.
What is better insulation or green building design?
Recycling rates are generally higher in the U.S. or China?
What is the United States?
This Chinese city replaced almost all of its city buses with electric ones.
What is Shenzhen?
This app helped people in China learn how to sort trash by scanning items.
What is Alipay (or similar trash-sorting apps)?
Compared to the U.S., China invests more money each year in this area of sustainability.
What is renewable (clean) energy investment?
This futuristic city idea focuses on low pollution, green transport, and smart technology.
What is a smart city?
This is one area where the U.S. often performs better than China in sustainability.
What is environmental awareness, recycling systems, or cleaner air quality (depending on region)?