The 10th China International Environmental Protection Exhibition
was launched in Beijing on Thursday.
The theme of the exhibition is to save energy, reduce pollutant
discharges and actively promote the progress in environmental
protection technology. Companies from more than 20 countries and
regions come to attend the exhibition.
Zhou Shengxian, head of State Environmental Protection
Administration (SEPA), said that China's environmental protection
industry has made remarkable achievements in the past 30 years, but
still lags far behind that of developed countries.
"A key task for China's environmental protection in the coming
period is to reduce major pollutants discharges," Zhou said at the
opening ceremony of the exhibition.
"To fulfil the task, we need technology, equipment and products,
which present a great market demand for environmental protection
industry," he said.
The exhibition, the largest of its kind, was started in 1986 and
held every two years. It has promoted international exchanges and
cooperation in environmental protection technology, introducing
advanced foreign technology and enhancing domestic environmental
protection technology.
(Xinhua News Agency June 22, 2007)
