Endeavoring for China’s Environment and Development Transformation: Three Decades of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and De

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CCICED has been woven into the fabric of China’s environmental development for the past 30 years--the length of an entire generation. It is also consistent with the most rapid modernization shift of the nation’s economy-environment relationship. This report provides insights into how CCICED operates and its success stories. It also presents a general picture of how changes of China in environmental development have taken place. CCICED at 30 is therefore a helpful account for future directions of sustainable environment.

Yingmin Zhao, From February 2000 to September 2005, he worked as the Deputy Director General of the Department of Science, Technology and Standards of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) (During this period, he was seconded to work as a CPC Standing Committee member and the Vice Mayor of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province from February 2004 to July 2005). In September 2005, he was appointed Director General of the Department of Science, Technology and Standards of SEPA. In September 2013, he was appointed Director General of the Department of Pollution Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). In November 2015, he was appointed Chief Engineer of MEP. In March 2016, he was appointed Vice Minister and elected a member of the Leading Party Members Group of MEP. In March 2018, he was appointed Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE).

Arthur Hanson is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a Distinguished Fellow with IISD following his term as President and CEO from 1991-98. He provides initial guidance, conducts research, and offers advisory services on innovation for sustainable development, environment and economy relationships, biodiversity, oceans, and international development to a number of organizations around the world.