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China and Germany issued a joint statement on environmental cooperation
at the closing ceremony of the 2000 China-Germany Environmental
Protection Conference December 13, defining the key cooperation
areas between the two in the near future.
The joint statement says China, according to its national situations,
will improve the laws, regulations and policies on environmental
protection by drawing on the lessons and experiences of Germany,
and make efforts to carry out the laws and regulations. Germany
will encourage enterprises to have environmental cooperation with
China.
The statement says the two countries will strengthen cooperation
in the environmental fields including the increase of energy efficiency,
development of sustainable energies, protection of land and water
resources, biological diversity and safety, establishment of an
environmentally friendly traffic system in cities, construction
of urban environment infrastructure, and the control of water, air
and solid waste pollution.
China and Germany have great potential in working together to improve
China's environment. Germany has advanced technology and expertise
in environmental protection. At the same time, the large-scale management
of China's environment is underway, and the country is aiming to
blend environmental policies into various fields including energy,
communications, agricultural and industrial sectors, according to
the statement.
The statement says that the governments of China and Germany will
continue to encourage enterprises of both countries to have cooperation
on environmental protection. The governments of the two countries
will hold environmental protection forum at regular intervals.
The two-day conference is the largest and highest level bilateral
meeting between China and Germany on the field of environmental
protection. About 1,000 delegates from the governments, research
organs, enterprises and non-governmental organizations of the two
countries participated in the meeting.
(People's Daily 12/14/2000)
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