Meeting Program November 10 Wednesday Morning 08:00-14:00 Registration 09:00-11:00 Task Force Co-chairs Coordination Meeting Chaired by CCICED Chief Advisors 11:00-12:00 Bureau Meeting Chaired by Executive Vice Chairpersons of the Council Afternoon Plenary Session 15:00 Opening Chaired by Mr. Zhou Shengxian CCICED Executive Vice Chairperson Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China 1. Welcome remarks Mr. Zhou Shengxian Adoption of the meeting program 2. Welcome remarks Ms. Margaret Biggs CCICED Executive Vice Chairperson; CIDA President, Canada 3. Keynote Speech Mr. Li Keqiang Vice Premier, the State Council, China; CCICED Chairperson 16:00 Coffee/tea break 16:20 Special remarks and general debate Chaired by Ms. Margaret Biggs 1. Opening remarks CCICED Vice Chairpersons Mr. Klaus Töpfer, Former UNEP Executive Director Mr. Børge Brende, Secretary General of Norwegian Red Cross 2. Special Speech Mr. Zhou Shengxian 3. Special Invited Speech Mr. Achim Steiner, CCICED Member, UNEP Executive Director 4. CCICED Issues Paper Arthur Hanson, Shen Guofang, CCICED Chief Advisors 5. General debate and comments 18:30 Reception (All participants invited) November 11 Thursday Morning Courtesy Call on State Leader of the Chinese Government Afternoon Plenary Session 15:00-18:00 Policy Research Reports and Policy Recommendations Chaired by Mr. Li Ganjie, CCICED Member, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection 1. Ecosystem Service and Management Strategy in China Task Force Co-chairs 2. Ecosystem Issues and Policy Options Addressing Sustainable Development of China’s Ocean and Coast Task Force Co-chairs 3. China Ecological Footprint Report 2010 Project Team Leader 4. Policy Framework Research on Improving Service Functions of Aquatic Ecosystems Project Team Leader 5. Developing Policies for Soil Environmental Protection in China Project Team Leader 16:30-16:50 Coffee/tea break 6. Introduction of the Draft AGM Policy Recommendations CCICED Chief Advisors 7. General debate and comments 18:00 Buffet dinner November 12 Friday Morning Parallel Session 09:00-12:00 Open Forum 1 China’s New Path for Environmental Protection: Addressing Ecology and Economy Co-chaired by Mr. Li Ganjie and Mr. Børge Brende 09:00 Invited speeches 1. Leading speakers - Ms. Jiang Zehui, CCICED Member, Vice Chairwoman, Committee of Population, Resources and Environment, National Committtee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference - Ms. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, CCICED Member, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature 2. Invited speakers - Mr. Zhuang Guotai, Director General, Department of Nature and Ecology Conservation, Ministry of Environmental protection, China - Mr. John MacKinnon, Team leader of Feasibility and Awareness Component, EU-China Biodiversity Programme 3. Leading Comments - Mr. Hans Van der Vlist, CCICED Member, Secretary General, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, the Netherlands 4. Response and Comments 10:20 Tea/Coffee Break 10:40 Debate and Discussion 11:50 Wrap up by Co-Chairs 12:00 Closing Open Forum 2 China’s 12th Five-Year Plan: EnergyConservation, Emission Reduction and Green Development Co-chaired by Mr. Zhu Guangyao, Secretary General of CCICED Mr. Roger Beale, CCICED Member, Former Portfolio Secretary, the Department of Environment and Heritage, Australia 09:00 Invited speeches 1. Opening remarks by Co-Chairs 2. Leading speakers: - Dr. Han Wenke, Director General of Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, China - Mr. Lars-Erik Liljelund, CCICED Member, Director General, the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Sweden 3. Invited speakers: - Mr. Zhao Hualin, Director General, Department of Total Pollutants Control, Ministry of Environmental Protection, China - Mr. Dirk Messner, CCICED Member, Director, German Development Institute 4. Leading Comments: - Mr. Daniel J. Dudek, CCICED Member, Chief Economist, Environmental Defense Fund, USA 5. Response and Comments 10:20 Tea/Coffee Break 10:40 Debate and Discussion 11:50 Wrap up by Co-Chairs 12:00 Closing Afternoon Plenary Session 15:00 Discussion and adoption of AGM Policy Recommendations to GOC Chaired by Mr. Klaus Töpfer 1. Briefing on Parallel Open Forums Discussion 2. Introduction of the Revised Draft of AGM Policy Recommendations 3. General debate 4. Adoption of the final Policy Recommendations to the Government of China 16:20 Coffee/tea break 16:40 Closing Chaired by Ms. Margaret Biggs 1. Introduction of CCICED Workplan in 2011 by Mr. Zhu Guangyao 2. Closing debate and discussion 3. Closing Remarks by the Vice Chairpersons Mr. Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairperson of CCICED, Vice Minister of NDRC 4. Conclusion Remarks by Mr. Zhou Shengxian 18:00 Closing Contents Contents Remarks of Leaders Keynote Speech at the Opening Ceremony Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of the State Council of China, Chairperson of CCICED ...... 3 Special Speech at the Opening Ceremony Zhou Shengxian, Minister of Environmental Protection, Executive Vice Chairperson ..... 8 Speech at the Opening Ceremony Margaret Biggs, Executive Vice Chairperson ........................................................ 16 Speech at the Opening Ceremony Klaus Töpfer, Vice Chairperson ............................................................................. 18 Speech at the Opening Ceremony Børge Brende, Vice Chairperson ............................................................................ 20 Special Invited Speech at the Opening Ceremony Achim Steiner, Member of CCICED ....................................................................... 22 Speech at the Closing Ceremony Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairperson ............................................................................. 28 Summary Speech at the Closing Ceremony Zhou Shengxian, Executive vice Chairperson ......................................................... 31 i CCICED Annual General Meeting 2010 Meeting Documents Policy Recommendations to the Government of China ................................................. 39 CCICED 2010 Progress Report ..................................................................................... 57 CCICED 2011 Work Plan .............................................................................................. 70 Progress on Environment and Development Policies in China (2009-2010) and CCICED Policy Recommendations Impact ........................................................... 74 AGM Summary Record ............................................................................................... 117 Issues Paper Ecosystems and China’s Green Development ............................................................. 163 Reports of Task Force Ecosystem Service and Management Strategy in China .............................................. 215 Ecosystem Issues and Policy Options Addressing Sustainable Development of China’s Ocean and Coast ..................................................................................... 264 China Ecological Footprint Report 2010 ..................................................................... 317 Policy Framework Research on Improving Service Functions of Aquatic Ecosystems .......................................................................................................... 339 Developing Policies for Soil Environmental Protection in China ............................... 372 Name List Participants List of the CCICED 2010 AGM .............................................................. 405 ii Remarks of Leaders Remarks of Leaders Remarks of Leaders 1 CCICED Annual General Meeting 2010 2 Remarks of Leaders Keynote Speech at the Opening Ceremony Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of the State Council of China, Chairperson of CCICED Members and experts, Ladies and gentlemen, friends, I am very happy to meet you again and to discuss environment and development issues in China with you. With “Ecosystem Management and Green Development” as the theme, this Annual General Meeting will focus on discussion on such topics as the development of China’s “12th Five-Year Plan” and exploration of a new path to environmental protection. These will play an active role in accelerating the development of a resource saving and environment-friendly society in China. This year is the last year of the “11th Five-Year Plan” period in China. We have effectively addressed the impact of the international financial crisis and maintained steady and fast economic growth over the past five years, lifting the development of modernization to a new height. According to estimates, China’s per capita GDP will reach $4000 this year. While China enjoys economic growth, resource conservation and environmental protection have also been strengthened. The accumulated reduction of COD and SO2 emission was 9.7% and 13.1% respectively from 2006 to 2009. The discharge of major pollutants has continuously declined during the first six months of this year. These hard-earned achievements have demonstrated China’s determination and capacity in strengthening environmental protection, and reflect China’s will and action in facilitating green development. Meanwhile, we clearly understand that, with a huge population, China has relatively insufficient resources and environmental carrying capacity, and the contradiction between development and environment is still very acute. Although China ranks among the best in the world in terms of overall GDP, its per capita GDP ranks only around 100th in the world. The coastal regions and some big and