Recently, the Vice President and Secretary General of the Association, together with the relevant staff of the Secretariat, reported the overall work of the Association last year and the work arrangements of this year to President Wu Fengchang.

 President Wu Fengchang encouraged the Secretariat to make persistent efforts and gave important instructions on the work of this year's Council meeting, professional meetings, international cooperation and so on.

The association will report the annual work to the president of the board, academician Wu Fengchang.

Recently, the association was invited to participate in the Spring Festival concert for Ambassadors. The Vice President and Secretary-General of the Association and his staff attended the concert, and communicated with ambassadors from more than 10 countries and guests from all walks of life, including the Ambassador of Italy and the Ambassador of Japan to China.

 The concert was co-organized by the Italian Embassy in China,Overseas Chinese Charity Foundation of China, Lv Jia Global Chinese Art Development Fund Foundation and the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau. More than 100 guests, including overseas Chinese, diplomatic envoys in China, representatives from the cultural and art circles, enjoyed the feast and welcomed the Chinese New Year together.

The association was invited to the 2024 Envoy Spring Festival Concert

The association goes to grassroots units in the Year of the Dragon, all to ensure that the projects can serve the people.

From January 29th to 31st, I conducted intensive research and discussions in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province. A very effective symposium was held at the Ecological Environment Bureau of Lishui City, where I inspected the Kengli Biodiversity Experience Hall, Fanggu Mushroom Expo Park, Standardized Mushroom Planting, Dasha Industrial Park in Longquan City, Zhejiang Kaisen Board Industry Co., Ltd., bamboo plywood enterprise, Zhejiang Tianzao Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Zhongguang Electric Appliance Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Zhongguang Electric Appliance Group Co., Ltd., and Jinyun Qianying Bird House. During this period, I received warm reception from the municipal and county governments, the Ecological Environment Bureau, and enterprises, as well as strong support from the Nanjing Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

 association  go to Lishui City, Zhejiang Province for research

Recently, I was invited to listen to the work introduction of the International Slow Food Association at the Lido Slow Food Fair. Chairman Qiao Ling and Secretary General Sun Qun of the International Slow Food Association in Greater China, as well as Chairman Wang Yudong of Beijing International Design Week and Mr. Liu Guangwei, founder of China Food Science, warmly welcomed our delegation.

 association  be invited to visit the International Slow Food Association

Recently, the Secretary General of our association visited Mr. Xie Zhenhua, the legendary climate envoy of China. He is driving China's rise as a global climate leader. He has carefully listened to the work of our association over the past year, fully affirmed our work, and provided great care and careful guidance.

 association  visit Mr. Xie Zhenhua, the climate envoy, as the Secretary General of our association

At the beginning of the new year in 2024, I will be in charge of coordinating with colleagues in Ankang, Shaanxi to comprehensively discuss the next steps of work, and have in-depth communication with relevant waste material recycling enterprises in Shaanxi, Fujian, and Guangdong on special committees, technology transformation, and membership matters.

 association  be responsible for conducting research in Ankang, Shaanxi for my comrades

From January 11 to 13, 2024, we will follow the Yellow River Basin Bureau to middling coal Shaanxi Yulin Daze Coal Industry Co., Ltd., Shenmu High tech Industrial Development Zone (Jinjie Industrial Park, Shenmu City), Yulin Chemical, Wanyuan Sewage Treatment Plant, Yulin Hongshixia Reservoir, Northern Shaanxi (Jingbian) Air Water Resources Utilization Demonstration Base, Jingbian Dongkeng and other places to investigate and learn about underground drainage, industrial wastewater and solid waste treatment, groundwater overdraft treatment and agricultural non-point source pollution, and have in-depth and extensive exchanges with local ecological and environmental protection departments and business leaders. Participants in the research work include Huang Wenhai, Assistant Director of the Yellow River Ecological Environment Science Research Institute of the Yellow River Basin Bureau, Chen Yongqing, First level Inspector of the Original Soil and Soil Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and Yang Rongzhen, Chief Engineer of our association.

 association  go to Yulin, Shaanxi for research

On January 4, 2024, IEEPA held the Secretariat's Annual Summary Conference for 2023 at the Henderson Center Office. Everyone reported on the work situation for the year. The Secretariat was entrusted with the task of facing a crisis in 2023. Under the leadership of President Wu Fengchang and with the strong support of the Council, all colleagues worked together to demonstrate a positive, optimistic, diligent, and innovative style. The achievements of the year were remarkable. Everyone expressed that they will continue to make efforts in the new year and contribute to the sustainable development of the international ecological economy.

The 2023 Annual Summary Conference was held in Beijing

The zero-carbon and zero-waste ecological agriculture project which we planned to apply for assistance was officially launched in Tianya District, Sanya City.

On November 16, our association went to Shanghai Donghua University as the organization meeting appraisal unit to identify the “Key Technology and Application Achievement Appraisal Meeting for the Cascade Directional Transformation of Food Waste Resource Refinement Reconstruction”, and the chairman was Academician Hou Li'an. Based on food waste, this achievement has turned waste into resources and turned waste into profit through the research and development of kitchen resource technology, and has been promoted and applied, which has well supported the construction of a zero-waste city in China and the national strategy of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. WELLE Environmental Protection Technology Group Co., Ltd., a member of our association, participated in the R&D, promotion and application of the project as a completion unit, which is also a concrete embodiment of our association going out to serve member units and building a golden bridge.

The appraisal meeting of key technologies and application achievements of the refined reconstruction of food waste resources and the application results of the step-by-step directional transformation was held in Shanghai

In order to do a good job in the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, and promote the “one city, one policy” stationed science and technology assistance work, the person in charge of our association participated in the Yellow River joint research “one city, one policy” stationed science and technology assistance promotion meeting held in the Haibowan Branch of Wuhai Ecological Environment Bureau. The meeting was attended by the leaders of the Wuhai Ecological Environment Bureau, the Haibowan Branch, the Wuda Branch, and the Hainan Branch, as well as the leaders and some members of the research group of the units that undertook the assistance. Combined with their respective research directions, each undertaking unit focused on the center of assistance, and reported on five aspects: water environment situation, water resource balance, management and control of key risk sources of solid waste, construction of water pollution source list and ecological water demand of Longyou Bay wetland, and conducted detailed discussion and analysis of the existing problems, and arranged the next step. Since then, we have also conducted in-depth exchanges with leaders of Wuhai Environmental Protection Investment Co., Ltd. and other units on cooperation in the comprehensive utilization of solid waste, so as to create a good atmosphere for the next step of comprehensive and continuous assistance.

Strengthen cooperation and work together to promote scientific and technological assistance

happy national day

General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed that "For Man and Nature: Building a Community of Life" and "The Yangtze River Economic Belt will become the main battlefield of China's ecological priority and green development". In the meantime, he has also stressed that "with unremitting efforts on one blueprint, we can make the Yellow River deliver more benefits to our people" and "building an ecological civilization is a millennium plan for the sustainable development of China". It is the fundamental achievement of a unifying spirit, staying confident, moving forward, and implementing a people-centered development philosophy. 

Given the current two rivers' toxic and harmful chemical production status, the key control of new pollutant emissions and environmental and health risk conditions is not clear; lack of implementation of the key control new pollutants banned, limit, limit of environmental risk control measures, new pollutant control mechanism, new pollutant monitoring, screening evaluation control ability is insufficient, the International Ecological Economy Promotion Association (IEEPA) joint hundred experts, hundreds of industrial and commercial enterprises agreed to launch ten consistent actions.

1. Initiate a chemical substance information-sharing campaign. Share the information on chemical raw materials, intermediate products and products used by enterprises producing new pollutants to understand the harm of new contaminants to the ecological environment and human beings.

2. Conduct a screening and assessment campaign of environmental risks for chemical substances. Formulate priority control measures, lists of chemicals, guidelines and standards, and carry out screening and assessment of environmental risks of key chemical substances in key industries.

3. We will strengthen the source control actions. We will strengthen supervision over the registration of environmental management of new chemical substances, implement state management measures to prioritize the control of new chemical substances and supervise the implementation of the main responsibility for the prevention and control of environmental risks of new chemical substances.

4. Implement elimination or restriction action. The production, processing, use, import and export of new pollutants shall be prohibited and restricted, phased out in stages, environmental impact assessment management shall be strengthened, and access management of construction projects shall be strictly related to new pollutants.

5. We will strengthen cleaner production and green manufacturing initiatives. Promote the establishment of green products, green factories, green parks and green supply chains; implement the replacement and emission control of toxic and harmful chemicals in key industries; fully implement the standards, certification and identification of environmental marking products and green products, and promote the concept of green development in the whole life cycle.

6. Standardize the use and administration of antibiotic drugs. The management of new antibiotics should be strictly enforced, the clinical application management of antibiotics should be strengthened, and the supervision, management and use of veterinary antibiotics shall be standardized.

7. Improve the use and management of pesticides. Strengthen pesticide registration management, strictly control the use of high-toxic and high-risk pesticides and additives with environmental persistence, bioaccumulation and other characteristics, and timely recycling of pesticide packaging waste.

8. Strengthen the coordinated treatment of new pollutants with multiple environmental media. We will strengthen the management of emission permits for enterprises that produce new pollutants, enhance monitoring of air, water and soil, assess environmental risks, implement relevant pollution control requirements, deal with them under the law, and take strict measures to prevent environmental hazards.

9. Carry out pilot projects to control new pollutants. Start from me, to encourage the first trial, to reduce the generation and discharge of new pollutants.

10. Strengthen publicity and guidance. We will actively carry out publicity and education on the treatment of new pollutants, guide social sciences to understand the risks of new pollutants, give full play to the supervisory role of public opinion, and raise the understanding of new pollutants.

To realize harmonious coexistence between man and nature is the inevitable requirement of ecological civilization construction, we sincerely hope that the government, enterprises and people use the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature to effectively prevent new pollutants from the environment and health risks as the core, to establish and improve the new pollutant control system, protect the beautiful earth, make well-being for all humanity!

International Ecological Economic Promotion Association

Loving China's great river, preventing and controlling new pollutants

"In the past two decades, China has managed to sequester 600 million tons of carbon each year through ecosystem management." At the International Conference on carbon neutrality and High Quality Development hosted by Beijing International Ecological Economy Promotion Association, Fu Bojie, academician of the CAS Member and a researcher of the Ecological Environment Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said when talking about the important role of ecosystem management in carbon sequestration.

The so-called ecosystem management refers to the management based on the characteristics and internal mechanisms of the ecosystem, in order to increase carbon sink function and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and is called a natural based solution. Fu Bojie explained the connotation, development process, and effectiveness of ecosystem management through Chinese practice, and pointed out the direction for future ecosystem management.

Ecological restoration should balance the relationship between production, carbon sequestration, and soil and water conservation

Before carrying out ecosystem management, China placed greater emphasis on ecosystem restoration. The ecological restoration work in China originated in the 1980s, mainly targeting the ecological and environmental problems faced by ecological land spaces, and using human measures to "cure" damaged or degraded ecosystems.

Entering the 21st century, China's ecological protection and restoration concept has become more systematic, ensuring ecological security and promoting harmonious coexistence between humans and nature have become the goals of ecological restoration. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the integrated protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass, and sand have become a focus, and it has become a consensus to prioritize protection and prioritize natural restoration. At the same time, the value of ecosystems and ecological assets is also included in the protection and restoration of ecosystems, ensuring ecological security has become a top priority.

“The integrated governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sand emphasizes multi-level coordination, rather than the optimization of a single level.” In Fu Berger's view, integrated governance emphasizes system protection in the later stage, and emphasizes the contribution of ecological nature on the basis of emphasizing ecosystem reconstruction and remediation in the early stage. “More importantly, this concept of integrated protection integrates people and can enhance the service function of the ecosystem through protection and utilization, enhance the service capacity of the ecosystem and contribute to human well-being, and promote harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.”

However, Fu Bojie also pointed out that the integrated management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sand requires finding the optimal solution for spatial allocation based on the spatiotemporal relationship between the ebb and flow of ecosystem services. We should consider the layout of different ecosystems, adjust measures to local conditions, and utilize the functions of different ecosystems through artificial protection, restoration, and optimization. This will enable the entire ecosystem to have the ability to produce food, maintain water and soil, and conserve water and carbon - all of which are inherent in ecosystem management.

The four provinces and four systems have enormous potential for increasing foreign exchange

Ecosystem management plays an important role in carbon sequestration. In Fu Berger's view, achieving the dual carbon goal requires two major aspects. One is emission reduction, which involves reducing carbon dioxide emissions by developing a low-carbon economy, adjusting energy structure, and industrial structure. On the other hand, it is to increase carbon sequestration, that is, to use the ecosystem to fix carbon, and to increase carbon sequestration through the protection and restoration of the ecosystem, which requires the role of ecosystem management.

Fu Bojie pointed out that ecosystem management includes three categories, namely protection, improvement management, and restoration. China has already implemented a large number of practices and achieved significant results. “From 2000 to 2020, China's annual carbon sequestration through ecosystem management reached 600 million tons, offsetting 8% of industrial carbon emissions during the same period. It is estimated that from 2020 to 2030, the annual carbon sequestration can reach 1.2 billion tons. By 2060, this number will become 1.6 billion.”

Fu Berger pointed out that at present, China has a great potential for increasing sinks. We can further tap the potential of forests, agriculture, grasslands and wetlands through ecosystem management, attach importance to forest restoration and natural forest management, pay attention to farmland nutrient management and paddy field management, strengthen the management of grassland grazing, avoid grassland degradation, and avoid peatland transformation. At the same time, there are four provinces with significant potential, namely Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, and Yunnan, which can further unleash their potential for foreign exchange through ecosystem management. In places like Xinjiang and Qinghai, grazing management should be shifted to grassland and peatland management, and Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian provinces can improve artificial forest land.

Overall, Fu Bojie suggests incorporating ecosystem management into national strategies and upgrading it to a national ecological management strategy in order to further leverage the role of ecosystems in carbon sequestration.

First, strengthen the top-level design of ecosystem management at the national level, and carry out systematic layout of land restoration and land replacement; Secondly, expand the ecosystem, shifting from "expanding the scope of production" to "increasing the revenue per unit land area", and setting regional carbon sequestration and sink enhancement goals according to local conditions to improve the efficiency of ecosystem management; Thirdly, set regional ecosystem management goals, emphasizing the coordination between regional restoration and protection, and conducting diversified management and technological innovation; Fourthly, maintain the overall effectiveness of investment, enhance local sustainable livelihoods and well-being, and contribute to achieving "dual carbon".

Fu Bojie，Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Over the past 20 years, the annual carbon sequestration has reached 600 million tons，which he suggests incorporating ecosystem management into national strategies

"We should promote green development and build rural small and medium-sized towns." Recently, He Keng, deputy director of the Finance and Economic Commission of the 11th National People's Congress and former deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, shared his views on carbon neutrality and high-quality development at the international conference on carbon neutrality and high-quality development hosted by Beijing International Ecological Economy Promotion Association. He Keng believes that green development is an important component of high-quality development. In the process of green development, in addition to a few large cities as bright as the Big Dipper, small and medium-sized towns like the Little Dipper are also needed. The scattered rural towns not only provide residents with a view of mountains and water, but also enable surplus labor in various regions to work nearby without leaving their homes.

In He Keng's view, climate change is a challenge for all humanity and requires the joint participation and cooperation of countries around the world. At the same time, climate change is not a single energy conversion issue, but a problem that runs through the entire process of production and life. It requires both energy conservation and emission reduction in the production process, as well as promoting green consumption during consumption.

In recent years, China has done a lot of work to address climate change, and the improvement of the ecological environment has achieved significant results. The proposal of the "dual carbon" goal has also pointed out the direction for future development. However, to promote carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, we should not wait or rush.

“Because China is still a developing country, achieving modernization is a very difficult task. To advance modernization construction, the first step is to develop the economy. Developing the economy cannot be achieved without consuming energy or producing carbon dioxide. We must find ways to solve this contradiction. At the same time, there is also a contradiction between people's need for a better life and insufficient and unbalanced development, "He Keng said, In order to solve these contradictions, China proposes to promote high-quality development.

In the view of He Keng, high-quality development includes the following aspects.

The first is comprehensive development. As a large country with a population of 1.4 billion, China's industrial structure must be reasonable and comprehensive, and the main technologies of each major industry must be sovereign and independent. Only in this way can China ensure national security and not be "choked" by other countries.

The second is green development. To solve environmental problems and achieve the "dual carbon" goal, it is necessary to adhere to green development. For the sake of everyone's health, we must also adhere to green development. To achieve green development, in addition to seeking energy transformation and using clean energy, it is also necessary to develop rural small and medium-sized towns.

He Keng believes that excessive emphasis should not be placed on building an international metropolis. In addition to several large cities as bright as the Big Dipper, China also needs to build scattered "small and medium-sized towns",  not only providing residents with a view of mountains and water, but also enabling surplus labor in various regions to work nearby without leaving their homes.

The third is intensive development. Compared with the extensive development of production relying solely on increasing the input of material factors, intensive development pays more attention to expanding reproduction relying on science and technology, improving the productivity of all factors, and striving to increase output on the basis of scientific and technological innovation, modern management and high-quality workers without increasing the input of material, capital and human resources.

The fourth is balanced development, that is, narrowing the development gap between the East and the West, as well as the gap between urban and rural development, and building all regions and places in the country in a beautiful and effective manner. “Through these measures, we can further improve the level of high-quality development and steadily and orderly promote the implementation of the ‘dual carbon' goal.”

He Keng, Deputy Director of the Finance and Economic Commission of the 11th National People's Congress: Adhere to green development, not only energy transformation, but also the development of rural small and medium-sized towns

  From May 12 to 13, 2023, the 2023 International Conference on Carbon Neutrality and Quality Development hosted by Beijing International Ecological Economy Promotion Association was successfully held in Beijing. The theme of this conference is the progress of global climate governance and the consensus and prospects of COP27, as well as energy, food, digital, synergy, trading, biodiversity and quality development.

 The meeting was presided over by Mr. Wu Fengchang, President of Beijing International Ecological Economy Association, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, member of the European Academy of Sciences, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Benchmarks and Risk Assessment; Mr. Hao Jiming, President of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Tsinghua University, Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States, Prof. He Keng, member of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress, Deputy Director of the Financial and Economic Committee, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech with strong guidance and depth.

 Hao Jiming pointed out that carbon neutrality should strengthen its focus and implementation. First, it should pay attention to the profound and safe decarbonization transformation of the energy system. Second, the synergy of decarbonization and pollution reduction in major industries in the industrial field should take more rapid and steady action to strive to reach the peak as soon as possible and strengthen the use and penetration of hydrogen energy. The third is to adopt a sustainable low-carbon lifestyle, and focus on the synergy between the new circular economy and carbon neutrality, especially in urban solid waste, food, transportation and other fields. Fourth, we should actively explore and improve the carbon sink function and carbon sequestration capacity of natural resources, build a harmonious symbiotic society between man and nature, and jointly promote the realization of the goal of carbon neutrality.

He Keng put forward three views: on carbon neutrality and global climate change, the first requirement is to do well in international cooperation, the second is to reduce carbon emissions, which should be implemented in all aspects of production and life; We cannot wait or rush to address climate change; The four aspects of high-quality development are comprehensive development, green development, intensive development, and balanced development.

Academician of the CAE Member, honorary president of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, director of the Academic Committee, Researcher of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences，Tang Qisheng reported on the topic of Research on China's Marine Fishery Carbon Sink and Its Contribution to Carbon Neutrality. The report title of Fu Berger, an academician of the CAS Member, an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences, a foreign academician of the Royal Society of Royal Society of Edinburgh in the UK, and the Ecological Environment Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is China's Ecosystem Protection, Restoration and Carbon Sequestration Effect. Zhu Tong, an academician of the CAS Member and dean of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering of Peking University, gave a report entitled Health Driven Collaborative Governance of Air Pollution and Climate Change. Xi Beidou, Vice President of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, gave a report titled Collaborative Report on Organic Solid Waste Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction. Zhang Jieqing, Chief Representative of the Beijing Representative Office of the Natural Resources Conservation Association, presented a report titled Innovative Financial Measures to Assist Energy Transformation. Zhan Liangtong, academician of the CAS Member, professor of the Department of Civil Engineering of the School of Architecture and Engineering of Zhejiang University, and deputy director of the Geotechnical Engineering Research Institute of Zhejiang University, reported on the topic of Urban Solid Waste Disposal and Emission Reduction Benefits. Huang Jing, Director of the China Agenda 21 Management Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Vice Chairman of the China Association for Sustainable Development, reported on the topic of Construction and Outlook of Carbon Neutrality Technology System. The report by Zhu Liucai, Chief Expert and Researcher of the Center for Foreign Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and Member of the Standing Committee on the Financial Mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is titled Global Climate Financing Dynamics and Prospects. The title of the report of Chayama Hidekazu, representative of the Japan Science and Technology Promotion Agency, is Carbon Neutrality Research and Development in Japan. The report title of Pan Jingong, General Manager and Professor level Senior Engineer of Chengdu Zhongcai Building Materials Optoelectronic Materials Co., Ltd., is Key Technologies and Engineering Applications of Cadmium Telluride Power Generation Glass in a Dual Carbon Background. The report title of Chen Wenling, Chief Economist of the China International Economic Exchange Center, is Global Green Economy Development Trends and China's Green Development Situation and Experience".

Yu Jie, the director and researcher of China Quality Certification Center, gave a report titled Carbon Footprint Helps Enterprise Sustainable Development. Mao Tao, the director and researcher of the International Cooperation Department of the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, gave a report titled New Trends of Green Supply Chain Practice in the Context of carbon neutrality, and Ni Jiangbo, the vice president of China Building Energy Conservation Association/former Department of Building Science and Technology, gave a report titled Building carbon neutrality Policy Sharing. Wang Canfa, a professor of China University of Political Science and Law, gave a report entitled Policies and Legislative Guarantees to Promote the Realization of the Double Carbon Goals in China. Feng Wenmeng, director and researcher of the Research Office of the Development Research Center of the State Council, gave a report entitled Population Change and Green Development. Li Chen, a low-carbon economist of Geely Holding Group, gave a report entitled Domestic Carbon Trading and Carbon Finance. Jiang Lin, director of the National Urban Environmental Pollution control engineering Technology Research Center, president of the Beijing Institute of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, and researcher, gave a report entitled Thoughts on Sustainable Soil Remediation in the Context of Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction. The report title of Xu Honglei, Vice President and Senior Engineer of the Planning and Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, is Challenges and Paths for Deep Emission Reduction in the Transportation Sector. Zhang Xian, Director of the Social Services Division of the China Agenda 21 Management Center under the Ministry of Science and Technology, presented a presentation titled Development and Prospects of CCUS Technology under China's Carbon Neutral Goal. Professor Sun Yifei of the School of Energy and Power Engineering of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics's report title is "Energy Conversion and Utilization Potential of Negative Carbon Biomass Wastes", and researcher Ren Qiangqiang, deputy director of the circulating fluidized bed laboratory and researcher of the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented a presentation titled  Circulating fluidized bed oxygen enriched combustion technology. Shi Hanchang, professor of Tsinghua University, gave a report titled Carbon Emission Reduction and Intelligent Operation of Sewage Treatment Plant. Zhu Wenlei, professor of the School of Environment of Nanjing University, gave a report titled Electrochemical CO2 Utilization Technology. Wei Wei, vice president and researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Advanced Research, gave a report titled Smart Low Carbon Energy Development and Outlook, and the president of the Institute of Engineering and Industry of Tongji University, Zhang Yalei’s  report is carbon neutrality transformation path of sewage treatment; the theme of the report of Fang Mengxiang, director of Qingshan Lake Energy Research Base of Zhejiang University and professor, is chemical absorption carbon capture and utilization technology; the theme of the report of Ou Xunmin, an associate professor of Tsinghua University is low-carbon technology development trend and investment demand under the carbon neutrality vision; Xu Dong, director of the Carbon Neutrality Center of the National Energy Group New Energy Research Institute, reported on the theme of Practice of the National Energy Group Carbon Capture Demonstration Project; Wang Fengzhong, director of the Agricultural Products Processing Institute of the Institute of Atomic Energy Utilization of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, reported on the theme of The Field of Food Loss Reduction, and Wu Jing, director of the Chronic Disease Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, reported on the theme of Healthy Aging and carbon neutrality; Cai Wenjia, professor of the Department of Earth system science of Tsinghua University, reported on the theme of Health Impact Mitigation of Climate Change and Policy Optimization Suggestions; Wang Zhikai, deputy director of the EOD Innovation Center of the Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, reported on the theme of Demand and Trend of Green Industry Development under the Double Carbon Goals, and Zhang Xin, chief economist of the National Climate Strategy Center, reported on the theme of Corporate Carbon Emission Data Management under Compulsory Emission Reduction; Xue Yong, a professor at the School of Environment and Surveying at China University of Mining and Technology, an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, and a national high-end talent lecturer, presented a report titled Reflections on Quantitative Carbon Accounting from Top to Bottom. Mao Hongjun, a professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Nankai University, presented a report titled New Approaches to Traffic Pollution and Carbon Emission Control in Urban Atmospheric Environment; Liu Tonghao, senior engineer of the Pollution Source Office of China Environmental Monitoring Station, reported on the theme of Current Situation and Development of Fixed Source Carbon Emission Online Monitoring; Dong Xuhui, deputy director of the Environmental Development Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, presented a presentation on the theme of Carbon Emission Management in Digital Energized Industrial Park, and Wang Minna, chairman of Hangzhou Chaoteng Energy Technology Co., Ltd., on the theme of Enterprise carbon neutrality Path and Digital Application; Fan Shenggen, senior chair professor of China Agricultural University and president of the Global Food Economy and Policy Research Institute, reported on the theme of Low carbon Transformation of the Global Agro food System, and Han Shenghui, associate researcher of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported on the theme of Analysis of Carbon Reduction and Fixation Scenarios of Agro GHG Accounting Platform for Single Crop Rice Planting; Bai Zhaohai, a researcher of the Agricultural Resources Research Center of the Institute of Genetics and developmental biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported on the theme of Changes in the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural sources and the main influencing factors, and Cheng Kun, an associate professor of the School of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, reported on the theme of Measurement and evaluation of agricultural carbon sequestration and emission reduction; Chang Jinfeng, a researcher from the School of Environment and Resources of Zhejiang University, reported on the theme of Contribution of GHG emission reduction of China's agricultural and food system to the world in the context of food security; Wang Xiaoxi, a researcher from the School of Public Management of Zhejiang University, Synergistic path of greenhouse gas emission reduction and food security in the agricultural food system under the carbon neutrality goal; The theme of the report by Huang Jiazhang, Director and Chief of the Plant Food and Nutrition Policy Research Center of the Food and Nutrition Development Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, is The Implementation Path of Nutrition-oriented Agriculture and Sustainable Food System; the report theme of Professor Fan Jianling of Nanjing information engineering University is microbial regulation of soil organic carbon stability and retention mechanism, and the theme of the report by Zhou Sheng, a researcher at the Institute of Ecological and Environmental Protection of Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, is Exploring the low-carbon transformation path of rice cropping systems. Shen Jianlin, a researcher of the Institute of Subtropical Agroecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported on the theme of Research on Carbon Fixation and Emission Reduction in Tea Gardens in Southern Hilly Areas; Ju Xiaotang, a professor of the School of Tropical Crops of Hainan University, reported on the theme of Ways of Carbon Fixation and Emission Reduction in the Agricultural Food System; Jin Shuqin, deputy director of the Sustainable Development Research Office of the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, reported on the theme of Double Carbon Goals and Green Transformation in Agriculture;  Zeng Nan, director of the ecological protection project,the Ecological Protection Association, reported on the theme of Natural based solutions to support agricultural carbon reduction and fixation; Yuan Junji, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing Institute of Soil Research, reported on the theme of Greenhouse gas emissions from aquaculture wetlands and their influencing factors, and Fu Xiaotian, director of the China Food and Natural Resources Department of the World Resources Research Institute, reported on the theme of Research on the transformation of the world resources research institute's agro food system. The theme of the report by Gao Ji, a senior analyst at the Beijing Representative Office of the American Environmental Protection Association, is Research on the Transformation of the Agricultural and Food System of the American Environmental Protection Association. 

The conference report covers a wide range of topics, and expert speeches are diverse and exciting. This conference is one of the important activities of the Beijing International Ecological Economy Promotion Association. During the conference, more than 60 academicians, domestic and foreign special guests, major government officials, renowned experts and scholars, and senior entrepreneurs were invited. At the same time, a scientific and technological achievements exhibition activity was carried out, and the opinions of various experts will be presented in the future. Please follow the series of reports on expert think tank suggestions on the website.

International Conference on Carbon Neutrality and High Quality Development was Successfully Held in Beijing

On April 27, 2023, the demonstration meeting for the implementation plan of the "One City, One Policy" technology assistance program in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which our association participated in, was successfully held.

More than 60 people participated in the demonstration plan meeting, including demonstration experts, relevant personnel from the Yellow River Center, relevant staff from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region working group, relevant personnel from the ecological environment bureau of the supported city, leaders and relevant personnel from the urban stationed technology assistance working group, and relevant leaders and backbone members of the "stationed technology assistance technology guarantee" project of the Yellow River Joint Research (Phase I).

The leaders of the stationed technology assistance working groups in Bayannur City, Baotou City, Wuhai City, Hohhot City, and Ordos City respectively reported on the implementation plan. The responsible comrades of the stationed Urban Ecological Environment Bureau gave speeches, recognized the implementation plan, and expressed support and expectations for the technology assistance work stationed. The expert group believes that the implementation plans of Bayannaoer City, Baotou City, Wuhai City, Hohhot City and Ordos City all put forward research tasks such as investigation and assessment of Urban ecosystem, list of urban water pollution sources, preparation of solid waste list and risk assessment, and "one city, one policy", which meet the requirements of the Application Guide for the Joint Study on Ecological Protection and High quality Development of the Yellow River Basin (Phase I) and local actual needs, and are highly operable. Thus, the experts all agree to implement the plan through argumentation.

Chairman Xi Jinping, has delivered important speeches on the ecological protection of the Yellow River Basin multiple times, deeply elucidating the great significance of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. He has made significant arrangements to strengthen the governance and protection of the Yellow River and promote high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. He has achieved great achievements in promoting the ecological protection, governance, and economic and social development of the Yellow River Basin, and has written a new chapter in the history of the Yellow River governance of the Chinese nation.

The meeting requires that all parties involved in the technology assistance work at the station should improve their political stance, fully promote the technology assistance work at the station, and firmly shoulder the political responsibility of supporting service ecological protection and high-quality development; To strengthen the implementation ability, the assistance plan should be strong in "assistance" and weak in "research", and the entire plan should be feasible and able to effectively solve the water ecological environment problems at the station; To strengthen systematic thinking, highlight key and difficult points, and accurately grasp the systematic and holistic nature of the watershed; We need to strengthen the construction of mechanisms, implement the responsibilities of all parties, form a working force, and ensure that the technology assistance work in the stationed areas is implemented and achieve practical results.

Next, in accordance with the deployment requirements of the Department of Science and Technology and Finance of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, we will comprehensively promote the launch of the "One City, One Policy" technology assistance work in stationed areas.

The Demonstration Meeting for the Implementation Plan of the "One City, One Policy" Technology Assistance Program in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Which our Association Participated in, was Successfully Held

Recently, the association invited some retired superiors who have been supporting the development of the association to "go home" and take a look, to renew friendship and seek common development.

He Keng, Member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress and Deputy Director of the Finance and Economics Commission; Jiang Minglin, former Deputy Director of the State Council Counselor's Office and former Deputy Director of the National Building Materials Industry Bureau; Liu Zhiren, State Council Counselor， listened to the work of the new Secretariat and fully affirmed the work of the new Council and Secretariat of the Association, providing strategic guidance for the next step of work.

The association invites some retired superiors to "go home" to share their friendship and seek common development

On April 17th, Xiao Lianbing, Secretary General of the International Exchange, Cooperation and Communication Center of Guangming Daily, Deputy Secretary General of the China European Union Association, and Senior Journalist, visited our association，received a warm reception from Vice President Li Sheping of our association.

Both parties have had detailed communication on their current business and development status, as well as future goals and development directions, available service support, and current project status. This meeting further deepened mutual understanding and actively explored various possibilities and directions for future cooperation, as well as how to further develop cooperative relationships and measures.

Guangming Daily, founded on June 16, 1949, is a major ideological and cultural newspaper organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, with intellectuals as the main target audience.

As a bridge and link connecting the Party and the state with the vast number of intellectuals, Guangming Daily has always received the warm care of the central leadership collective. Comrade Mao Zedong wrote an inscription for the founding of Guangming Daily: "Unite for Guangming and Celebrate the Publication of Guangming Daily.” Comrade Deng Xiaoping wrote the inscription for the 40th anniversary of the founding of Guangming Daily and the publication of the Collection of Discussions on Truth Standards: "Guangming Daily has been in existence for forty years" and "Practice is the only criterion for testing truth".  Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Deng Xiaopin at its core has issued a series of important instructions for further running the Guangming Daily.

On May 11, 1978, Guangming Daily published a special commentator article titled "Practice is the Only Standard for Testing Truth", which had a profound impact on the development of Chinese society. On June 21, 2005, the then Secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, Comrade Xi Jinping published an article in the Guangming Daily, Promoting the" Red Boat Spirit "and Going Ahead of the Times, which first proposed and explained the "Red Boat Spirit", the source spirit of the CPC.  Entering the new era, Guangming Daily, guided by Xi Jinping’s socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era, continuously strengthens politicians' awareness of running newspapers, and further highlights the positioning and characteristics of ideological and cultural newspapers.

Guangming Daily has now developed into a modern newspaper group with the full media of Guangming Daily, Digest, China Reading Daily, Book Extracts, Broad Reading, Frontier, Studying Abroad, Educators, and Guangming Daily Press, Guangming Net, Guangming Daily "Two Micro One End".

Guangming Daily has 37 journalist stations nationwide and has resident journalists in 23 countries and regions around the world, with a circulation of over 1 million copies. On June 16, 2022, Guangming Daily celebrated its 73rd anniversary.

The China EU Association, abbreviated as the China Europe Association, was announced on November 11, 2001. He Luli, former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, was appointed as Honorary President, while Chen Haosu, former President of the National Friendship Association, was appointed as President.

The purpose of the China Europe Association is to promote the development of relations between China and the European Union and its member states, expand international exchanges and cooperation, and maintain world peace. As an independent legal entity, the China Europe Association, under the guidance of the National Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, carries out civil diplomacy towards EU countries, including making friends with other civil friendly groups, local friendly organizations, and friendly individuals from all walks of life, promoting civil economic and trade cooperation, conducting civil cultural exchanges, and helping to establish friendly city relationships and connections between local governments. At present, the China Europe Association has over 110 group and individual members from 23 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.

Since its establishment, the China Europe Association has held a series of meaningful activities to introduce the development of the European Union to the Chinese public and promote cooperation between China and Europe in economic, social, and cultural fields, such as the Euro Roadshow, the EU Expansion Impact Debate on China, the China Europe Art Summer Camp, the EU 50 Year Exhibition and the EU Climate Change Exhibition, as well as the China Europe Folk Friendly Cooperation Dialogue,etc.

Xiao Lianbing, Secretary General of the International Exchange, Cooperation and Communication Center of Guangming Daily, Deputy Secretary General of the China European Union Association, and Senior Journalist, visited our association