China's Minister of the National Development and Reform
Commission Ma Kai told a forum on Thursday that China will
strengthen communication and cooperation with Japan in energy
conservation and environmental protection.
The Chinese government is ready to formulate policies, promote
projects and construct a technology transfer system between the two
countries' private enterprises, said Ma at the second China-Japan
Forum on Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection.
Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Amari Akira said
at the two-day forum that Japan is ready to share its experience
with China in the field.
More than 500 officials, experts and entrepreneurs from Japan
participated in the forum, and ten agreements have been signed
between enterprises and local governments of the two countries.
"China and Japan are both populous countries with limited per
capita resources. Japan accumulated a lot of experience and
technologies in energy conservation and environmental protection
while maintaining rapid economic development, which China can use
as reference," said Wei Jianguo, Vice Minister of Commerce.
China's Baosteel, Shougang Group and Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp.
had already introduced Japan's technology in the dry coke quenching
process.
During the forum, the NDRC, China's economic planner, released
guidelines defining the key cooperation subjects, including 23
technologies in energy efficiency, nine for water saving, 18 in
resource utilization and 13 in environmental protection.
This forum is co-hosted by China's NDRC and Ministry of
Commerce, and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and
Japan-China Association on Economy and Trade.
The first forum took place in Tokyo in May last year.
(Xinhua News Agency September 28, 2007)
