Following the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, China set a target of cutting the nation's carbon intensity by 45 percent by 2020 compared with the level of 2005.

Following the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, China set a target of cutting the nation's carbon intensity by 45 percent by 2020 compared with the level of 2005.

In today's special series, Green Growth, reporter Han Bin looks at the low-carbon lifestyle that's become a trend among certain groups of people in China.

Lin Hui always selects products with longer shelf life when he shops. He says this is to reduce waste and ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide.

He believes consumer attitudes can change methods of production, and encourage people to live a low-carbon lifestyle.

Lin Hui, Chief Editor, Ditan360.com, said, " Paper cups are made from cutting forests. We should try not to use them, or select the smaller ones when we do. Because trees can absorb carbon dioxide and reduce greenhouse gas."

Back in his office, Lin Hui works for an environmental website he and his friends set up three years ago. It provides all kinds of information about carbon offset, including environment policies, tips on how to save energy and so on.

Lin Hui says promoting a low-carbon lifestyle is a personal mission that will never end.

Lin Hui, Chief Editor, Ditan360.com, said, "When people talk about low-carbon life, they often think it's the matter of entrepreneurs, but they forget they themselves are the real engines of production. We should promote low-carbon consumption."

Professor Li Lin is also a champion of the low-carbon lifestyle.

Taking public transportation to work is part of her daily routine.

Li Lin works for the WWF, one of the world's leading conservation organizations. She showed us the promotional activities for encouraging a low-carbon lifestyle over the past years.

Her office uses energy saving lights, which are turned off when not needed. This has greatly reduced electricity consumption. Li Lin says small actions like this can mean a lot in terms of carbon reduction.