The first three quarters of this year have already seen China maintained a good momentum of fairly rapid growth, at the same time, our per unit GDP energy consumption has decreased by 3% compared to the same period over last year. This suggests a critical turning point, which marks a new starting point for China’s environment protection.

The central theme of this year’s annual general meeting, that is “an innovative and environment friendly society,” has important implications. China’s environment and development is deeply integrated with economy globalization. The conversation of China’s environment will not only contribute to China’s sustainable development, but also to the general cause of global environment conservation and sustainable development. Chinese government will provide more understanding and support to strengthen international cooperation and deal with environmental problems arising from its economy development efforts. We welcome international organizations, foreign governments, enterprises and scientific research institutes, to have further exchange and cooperation with their Chinese counterparts and to participate in China’s environmental construction. We seek to strengthen our joint efforts in the development of environment science and technology and further exchange of talents in this field. We would like to bring in advanced environmental equipments, technology, talents and management expertise as well as conversation funds so as to increase our capability for environmental protection