2009-4-18
Changsha, April 17 (Hunan United Front Work Department Net) —— The 2009 International Cooperation Forum on Resources and Environment will be open tomorrow. Guests home and abroad arrive in Changsha today. On this afternoon, Hunan Governor Zhou Qiang met with part of forum guests, hoping to further deepen the cooperation and co-propel the construction of ‘Two-oriented’ society construction in Hunan.
Governor Zhou Qiang met with the following VIP guests in turn: Mr. Mark Norbom, vice president of General Electrical Company and president of the Greater China Group, Mr. Xie Chongwei, general manager of GE’s ‘Green Innovation’ in China, Mr. George Kell, executive director of the UN’s Global Compact Office, the Hon. Maurice Strong, UN former under-secretary-general, former director of UNEP, Mr. Oltmann Siemens, co chairman of Advisory Board, First Trust Portfolios LLP, general representative of International Finance Corporation in Europe, former chief representative of World Bank Group in Germany, Mr. Lawrence Bloom, chairman of the World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on Urban Management, Mr. Daiel J. Dudek, chief economist of Environmental Defense Fund, Mr. Herbert Zloebl, commissioner of IFEES Executive Committee, Mr. Chai Szu Kiang, director of Peking University Environment Fund, Ms. Sarah Kutulakos, executive director of Canada China Business Council (CCBC), Mr. Shou Jian’gang, managing director of Canada China Business Council (CCBC), Mr. Myron Brilliant, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Jin Ligang, chief representative of US Chamber of Commerce, Shen Lei, representative of US Chamber of Commerce in China, Mr. Michael Pulch, deputy head of the European Commission Delegation to China, Mr. Katayama Kazuyuki, minister, Embassy of Japan to China. Mr. Kiryl Rudy, counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in China, Mr. Michel Freymuth, consul general of Consulate General of France in Wuhan, Mr. Any Chay Chuan, consul general of Consulate General of Singapore in Guangzhou, and Mr. Brian Davidson, consul general of Consulate General of Britain in Guangzhou, etc.
Governor Zhou welcomes the presence of all the guests in this international cooperation forum on resources and environment. Resource conservation and environmental protection has become an important research subject in the current world, or rather, a global concern. This international forum, revolving around the theme of ‘Two-oriented’ society construction of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan city cluster, one of the six pilot areas approved by the State Council of China, has aroused wide attention home and abroad. It is a good beginning, says Zhou, hoping that with the great support from guests home and abroad, this forum will be a forum featured by experience-exchange, problem-solving, action-conducting, and strategy-adoption, and meanwhile, as a new starting point and grand opportunity, more broad and in-depth cooperation will be conducted. Against the global financial crisis, Hunan enjoys a very broad cooperative prospects and huge potentials for cooperation with countries, regions, international organizations and enterprises. Zhou hopes that cooperation in such fields as infrastructure, electronic information, environmental protection, etc. will be further enhanced and deepened.
Guests present in the meeting say this international forum, with the construction of ‘Two-oriented’ society as its theme, has aroused wide attention in the international community, and has great significance. They sincerely wish a great success to this forum and wish for a strengthened cooperation in relevant fields.
Vice Governor Liu Liwei, secretary-general of Hunan Provincial People's Government Office Wu Jihai, and other officials accompanied the meeting.
