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The 2007 Annual General Meeting THE 2007 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CHINA COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT China Council for International Cooperation on Envitonment and Development Program NOVEMBER 28 WEDNESDAY 08:00 On-desk Registration 10:00 CCICED Bureau Meeting Afternoon Opening Session Chairing: Mr. Zhou Shengxian Minister, State Environmental Protection Administration, CCICED Executive Vice Chairperson 15:00 Welcome Remark Mr. Zhou Shengxian Adoption of the Meeting Program Adoption of the amended Terms of Reference and the Rules of Procedure 15:10 Opening Remark Mr. Zeng Peiyan Vice-Premier of the State Council, China, CCICED Chairperson 15:40 Welcome Remark CCICED Vice-chairperson: Mr. Xie Zhenhua Mr. Klaus Töpfer Mr. Børge Brende 16:00 Keynote Speech Mr. R.K. Pachauri Chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC: The Winner of 2007 Nobel Peace Prize 16:20 Coffee break Session One: Environment and Development in the context of Globalization Chairing: Mr. Klaus Töpfer, CCICED Vice Chairperson Former UN Under Secretary General, former UNEP Executive Director 16:30 Introduction on CCICED Issues Paper 2007 Mr. Arthur Hanson, CCICED International Chief Advisor 16:50 Session Keynote Speaker Mr. Ye Ruqiu, Professor, Counsellor, the State Council of China 17:10 Special Speaker Mr. James Leape, Director General, WWF 17:25 General Debate and Discussion 18:00 Reception NOVEMBER 29 THURSDAY Morning Session Two: Innovation Strategy for an Environment-Friendly Society Chairing: Mr. Zhou Shengxian 09:00 Session Keynote Speaker Mr. Feng Zhijun, Vice Chairman, Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee, NPC, China 09:20 Session Keynote Speaker Mr. David Strangway, Chancellor, Quest University, Canada 09:40 Session Keynote Speaker Mr. Hu Jianxin, Professor, Peking University, China 10:00 Special Speaker Mr. Lars-Erik Liljelund, Director General, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency 10:15 General Debate and Discussion 11:00 Coffee Break Session Three: Introduction on Draft Policy Recommendations to the Chinese Government Chairing: Mr. Klaus Töpfer 11:10 Introduction on the Draft Policy Recommendations Mr. Shen Guofang, CCICED Chinese Chief Advisor 11:20 General Debate and Discussion 12:00 Lunch Afternoon 15:30 Courtesy Call on State Leader of the Chinese Government (Participants: International Council Members, TF/SPS co-chairs, invited special observers and guests) NOVEMBER 30 FRIDAY Morning Chairing: Mr. Børge Brende, CCICED Vice Chairperson First Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment, Norwegian Parliament Session Four: Energy Saving and Emission Reduction in China & Global Climate Change 09:00 Special Speech Mr. Zhou Shengxian, Minister, SEPA Mr. Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director 09:30 Session Keynote Speaker Ms. Wang Jirong, Vice Chairwoman, China Environmental Protection Foundation 09:50 Special Speaker Mr. Gordon Conway, Chief Scientific Advisor, DFID, UK 10:05 Special Speaker Mr. He Jiankun, Vice President, Tsinghua University, China 10:20 General Debate and Discussion 11:00 Coffee break Session Five: Discussion on AGM Policy Recommendations to the Chinese Government Chairing: Mr. Klaus Töpfer 11:15 Introduction on the Revised Draft of the Policy Recommendations 11:30 General Debate and Discussion 12:00 Lunch Afternoon Closing Session Chairing: Mr. Børge Brende 14:00 Adoption of the final Policy Recommendations to the Chinese Government 14:10 Introduction on CCICED Future Working Plan Mr. Zhu Guangyao, CCICED Secretary General 14:25 General Debate and Discussion 15:00 Closing Remark by the Vice Chairpersons 15:10 Summary Remark Mr. Zhou Shengxian 15:30 Closing of the Meeting Contents Contents Remarks of Leaders Speech at the Opening Ceremony Zeng Peiyan, Vice Premier of the State Council, Chairperson of CCICED ......................... 3 Special Speech on Focusing on Pollution Reduction and Rehabilitating Rivers and Lakes Zhou Shengxian, Executive Vice Chairperson ................................................................... 10 Summary Speech at the Closing Ceremony Zhou Shengxian, Executive Vice Chairperson ................................................................... 16 Speech at the Opening Ceremony Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairperson ......................................................................................... 21 Speech at the Opening Ceremony Klaw Töpfer, Vice Chairperson .......................................................................................... 25 Speech at the Opening Ceremony Børge Brende, Vice Chairperson ........................................................................................ 28 Meeting Documents Policy Recommendations to the Government of China ......................................................... 33 Work Report of CCICED 2007 .............................................................................................. 48 Work Plan for CCICED 2008 ................................................................................................ 58 Meeting Record ...................................................................................................................... 62 Keynote Speeches Keynote Speech Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program ..................... 101 Climate Change and Challenges in China R.K. Pachauri, Director General, Energy & Resources Institute, India .......................... 108 i The 2007 Annual General Meeting China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development Session Special Speech Ecological Footprint: Creating Sustainable Society James Leape, Director General WWF International ....................................................... 115 Innovation Strategy for an Environment-friendly Society Lars-Erik Liljelund, Director General, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency .... 117 Towards a Low Carbon Economy Gordon Conway, Chief Science Advisor, UK Department for International Development .... 122 Energy Challenge in China and Countermeasures He Jiankun, Executive Vice President, Tsinghua University ............................................ 125 Issues Paper Innovation for an Environment-Friendly Society Shen Guofang and Arthur J.Hanson, Chief Advisors of CCICED ................................... 131 Reports of Task Force and Special Policy Studies Report on Policy Mechanism towards Successful Achievement of the 11th Five-Year-Plan Environment Target ..................................................................... 157 Background Paper on Innovation and Environment-friendly Society ................................. 211 Report on Environmentally-sound and Strategic Management of Chemicals in China ..................................................................................................... 244 Report on Strategic Transformation on Environment and Development: Global Experience and China’s Solution ............................................. 290 Name List Name List of Council Members of CCICED Phase Ⅳ....................................................... 331 Participants List of CCICED 2007 AGM ............................................................................ 334 ii Remarks of Leaders Remarks of Leaders 1 The 2007 Annual General Meeting China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development 2 Remarks of Leaders Speech at the Opening Ceremony Zeng Peiyan, Vice Premier of the State Council, Chairperson of CCICED Dear Members and guests, ladies and gentlemen, friends, Good afternoon. First, I’d like to share a piece of good news with you. While China maintaining high economic growth rate, the energy consumption per unit GDP further dropped during the first three quarters of this year, down by 3% compared to the same period last year. The total discharge of SO2 and COD has changed from upward to downward, down by 1.81% and 0.28% respectively than the same period of last year. This major change signifies that the environmental protection undertaking of China has entered into a new stage. Today marks the official establishment of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development Phase IV. We have both familiar old friends and a lot of new friends in the Members of this new phase of the Council. I am very glad that we can get together to discuss practical problems emerged in the environmental and development cause of China. It is of great significance that this 2007 AGM has chosen “Innovation and Environment-Friendly Society” as its theme and discuss about it. Here, on behalf of the Chinese government, I’d like to express my warmest welcome to all Members, experts and representatives presenting at today’s meeting and heartfelt thanks to your long-standing care and support to the environment and development cause of china. The world today is featured by the deepening of economic globalization, rapid scientific and technological development and faster flow of various production elements like capital, technology and talents. Against such a backdrop, the overall economic development trend across the globe is very promising, and all countries are encountering very precious development opportunity. Meanwhile, the factors that threatening world economic sustainable growth cannot be ignored with ever-mounting pressure on energy, resources and the environment. The international price of major mineral products such as oil, iron ore and copper ore are rocketing. At the 2006 AGM, the price of crude oil was around 60 US$ per barrel, attracting widespread
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