A view of the opening of CCICED 2018 AGM in Beijing

The China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) from 2-5 June 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The AGM will address contributions to China’s 14th five-year plan, which is currently in preparation for the period 2021-2025, as well as topics related to global environmental governance.

Six parallel open forums will take place on 2 June, on: economic development and green transition during China’s 14th five-year plan; post-Katowice global climate governance; global vision 2050 for biodiversity conservation; blue economy and global ocean governance; Belt and Road Initiative and green urbanization; and global environment governance and best practice in business.

During the meeting, delegates will make a field trip to Anji County, a site of the Green Rural Revival Programme of Zheijiang Province.

China is the host country of UN World Environment Day this year, which will take place in Hangzhou on 5 June on the theme, “Beat Air Pollution.”

CCICED was established in 1992 as a high-level international advisory body comprising members and experts from government, businesses, international organizations, research institutions and social organizations from China and abroad. CCICED’s main tasks are to study critical environment and development issues facing China, and to provide policy recommendations to the Chinese government. CCICED’s annual policy recommendations are circulated as official government documents by the Ministry of Ecology and the Environment (MEE) to State Council and local government authorities in China, providing a reference for policy makers at all levels.

At the 2018 AGM of CCICED, the Executive Committee approved its workplan, and the Council considered draft policy recommendations on climate change, ocean and biodiversity governance, green urbanization, greening the Belt and Road Initiative, and green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.