Daqing, in Heilongjiang province in China's northeast, is hoping to take advantage of its membership in the World Energy Cities Partnership (WECP) to help develop its economy over the next five years.
The Heilongjiang provincial government plans to build the nation's first low-carbon economic demonstration zone in its Greater Hinggan Mountains.
Local authorities in the northeastern city of Harbin are looking for money, a large amount, to invest in regional industrial projects to boost the economy in 2011, according to a city government report in January.
For decades, Heilongjiang province has focused on resources and materials like coal, crude oil, and cement, but now its government wants to modernize the economic structure.