SinoItalian Cooperation and Sustainable Development Partnership

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Sino-Italian Cooperation and Sustainable
Development Partnership

• Wen Wurui
• State Environmental Protection Administration of
  China
• Mar. 4th, 2004 Rome, Italy

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Significance

• It is of great significance to establish a mutual
  respect, mutual benefit partnership with common
  development

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Progress in Partnership

• 1972 Stockholm Human Environment Conference
• 1992 Rio Environment and Development Conference
• 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable
  Development

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Challenges Faced by China (1)

• Overpopulation 1.3 billion
• Scarce resources per capita
• resource per capita/ world average
  level
• Land 1/3
• Water 1/4
• Forest 1/6
• Meadow 1/3
• Mineral 1/2

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Challenges Faced by China (2)

• Fragile ecosystem
• Lack of stamina for sustainable development

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Necessity of International Cooperation

• Introducing
• Capital
• Technologies
• Management experiences

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Sino-Italian Cooperation Program for
Environmental Protection (SICP) -----a unique
example of successful partnership (1)

• Over 10 project cooperation agreements
• US 38 million total volume
• Included by UN in the Partnership Initiatives

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S I C P -----a unique example of
successful partnership (2)

• Fields
• ODS
• POPs
• Energy
• Air monitoring
• Transportation
• Agriculture
• Ect.

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Characteristics of Sino-Italian Cooperation
Program (1)

• A long-term, feasible and strategic
  cooperation plan

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Characteristics of Sino-Italian Cooperation
Program (2)

• Centered on the compliance of international
  conventions
• Montreal Protocol
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Stockholm Convention

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Characteristics of Sino-Italian Cooperation
Program (3)

• Brand-new cooperative mechanism and management
  model
• Sino-Italian Cooperative Steering Committee
• Joint Project Management Office
• ------ window of Sino-Italian cooperation in
  environmental protection

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Characteristics of Sino-Italian Cooperation
Program (4)

• Governments built a platform to push forward the
  cooperation in an all-round way
• Civil societies
• Academic community
• Business community

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Friendship

• Sustainable Development

Platform
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Calling for International Cooperation

• China is a responsible country
• Willing to strengthen coordination and
  collaboration in international affairs
• Making vigorous efforts for the long-lasting
  peace and common prosperity in the world

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Lets Join Together
Towards Sustainable Development
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Thank You!