Vice Premier Hui Liangyu met with Spanish Minister of
Environment Cristina Narbona in Beijing on Sunday, vowing to
strengthen bilateral cooperation on water resources
utilization.
Hui said water is a kind of basic natural resource and an
economic resource of strategic importance. It is a common task for
all countries to realize sustainable utilization of water
resources.
He said he hoped China and Spain could carry out more fruitful
and broad exchanges and cooperation in this field.
Hui also briefed the guest on China's ideas and policies in
water resources management and utilization.
Narbona said China and Spain are having increasing exchanges and
cooperation in environmental protection, and have great potential
in expanding such cooperation in the future.
She said she was confident in the future cooperation between the
two countries in water resources utilization, and will endeavor to
push forward it.
Narbona is invited by the Ministry of Water Resources, and will
attend the Sino-Spanish Water Forum and the Third International
Yellow River Forum.
(Xinhua News Agency October 15, 2007)
