Co-organized by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and China Urban-townization Promotion Council (CUPC), Nordic Council of Ministers as partner, Green Sustainable Development Conference was held in Beijing on January 17th, 2019. Nearly 300 personages including Mr. Hu Sishe, Vice President of CPAFFC, Mr. Zheng Xinli, Executive Vice Chairman of CUPC, Mr. Laurent Fabius, President of the Constitutional Council，Former Foreign Minister and Former Prime Minister of France, Mr. Svein Berg, Managing Director of Nordic Innovation, and representatives from think tank, research institutions and well-known enterprises in the leading regions for sustainable development in France, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and etc., and representatives from Chinese governments, think tank and enterprises, attended the opening ceremony.
Vice President Hu said in his speech that the current phenomenon of “de-globalization” has occurred in the major developed economies of the world, requiring us to establish a green, shared and sustainable development mechanism under the guidance of the new technological revolution. He also expected to work together with the countries in the world including Nordic countries to discuss about green development, to build sustainable development consensus and to advance international exchange and pragmatic cooperation in the field of green sustainable development, so as to contribute China’s wisdom and method to building a global ecological civilization and a community with a shared future for mankind.
Laurent Fabius said in his speech, green sustainable development is one of the two challenges the world confronts with. He hoped that the countries in the world could take actions immediately to realize and to promote commonly the global green sustainable development.
Green Sustainable Development Conference is aim to practice new development vision, to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With the theme of green urbanization sustainable development and international cooperation, the representatives had a discussion about technological and educational sustainable development and innovation, energy environmental protection symbiosis city, Social humanities and sustainable development, financial supporting mechanism and sustainable development and other themes. Moreover, they also discussed how to develop the international cooperation on green sustainable development, to explore a collaborative governance trust mechanism among government, market, and social sustainable development.
Photographed by Shao Shuai
