On the afternoon of March 17th, organized by the Chinese Peple’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), China-Japan Friendship Association (CJFA), Japan Business Foundation and Japan Economic Propaganda Center, the China-Japan Seminar of Environmental Protection was held in Beijing. Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of CPAFFC, Mme. Wang Xiuyun, Vice President of CJFA, Mr.KURAUCHI MUNEO, Director of Planning Department of Chinese Affairs Committee of Japan Business Foundation, Mr. SHIMIZU TOSHIYUKI, Dirctor of Planning Department of Economy and Foreign Affairs Committee，specialists, scholars and representatives of business on environmental protection from China and Japan were present at the seminar.
Vice President Song Jingwu said in his speech, China and Japan are important neighboring countries, and also large economic countries with great energy consumption. The two countries could compliment each other and achieve mutual benefit in environmental protection. This will not only contribute to further expanding the economic and trading communication between China and Japan, cultivating the new growth point of economy, strengthening the capability of sustainable development, but also will be great significance of overall interests of the development of bilateral relations. It is expected that this seminar will be a new opportunity for promoting the exchanges and cooperation in environmental protection of the two countries to higher and deeper level, so as to bring more benefit to two peoples and play an positive role for improving China-Japan relation.
Mr. KURAUCHI MUNEO said, in recent years, the cooperation in environmental protection of the two countries has become a hot topic concerned by various circles. In this situation, we hope to take this seminar as a platform, to exchange successful experience on environmental treatment, and share our view of future development of the cooperation in environmental protection of the two countries. I believe the success of this seminar will further promote the exchange and cooperation in environmental protection between China and Japan.
At the seminar, the representatives from the two countries had heated discussion on Control and Prevention of Atmosphere, Water and Soil Pollution and other topics. They shared the successful results and experience, and had in-depth discussions on mode, method, and prospect of the cooperation of the two countries. The representatives agreed that the two sides should further strengthen the communication and exchange, and insist the principles of pragmatism, mutual benefit and win-win, to make efforts to enhance the cooperation level and expand the cooperation space and field, jointly pushing forward the sustainable development of the environmental protection industry of the two countries.
