Low-carbon is a buzzword these days, but the notion is no longer ambiguous for cities in China as the country selects five provinces and eight cities to make them the first batch of low-carbon pilot areas.
Su Yi has the detail.
The selected areas have promised to work out a low-carbon development plan to accelerate the establishment of a low carbon industry and promote people\'s low-carbon lifestyles.
Lei Hongpeng, senior program officer of climate and energy programme with World Wide Fund for Nature, the world\'s largest conservation non-governmental organization, says the pilot project is a significant measure China has taken to deal with climate change.
\"Firstly, from a global perspective, we all know climate change is one of the biggest challenges the whole world is facing, I think China is one of the big emitters and also one of the countries who is affected by climate change, so China should do some thing to tackle climate change.The second is domestic perspective; China needs to explore a way to realize its development target, at the same time with limited sources and environment.\"
The selected provinces are Guangdong, Liaoning, Hubei, Shaanxi and Yunnan, while the eight cities include Tianjin, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Guiyang and Baoding.Lei Hongpeng explains the government\'s thinking behind choosing these places as the first batch of the pilot program.
\"I think from provincial level, the government selected these pilots mainly base on-every area, one province or municipality is selected.For example, northeast we have Liaoning province, north China we have Tianjin municipality and so on.For the cities, I think the governments really consider about capacity and their actions in the past several years, which mean the cities can go forward further with their strong experience and knowledge on low-carbon development.\"
By the end of August, these provinces and cities have to submit their plan to the National Development and Reform Commiion for approval.Xu Mindong, an official from the Development and Reform Commiion of Hangzhou, talks about their plan.
\"Hangzhou started the preparation long ago, and we have an environmental advantage.The selected areas have their own unique features, some focus on new energy, some focus on ecological construction.Hangzhou\'s emphasis is on six aspects, including low carbon economy, environment, architecture, transportation and a low carbon society.\"
The local governments in those areas have to manage to establish a data gathering system of greenhouse gas emiions, while combining the efforts of all their industries to achieve the goal of maintaining a low-carbon society.
For CRI, Im Su Yi.值此第五届中国投资贸易洽谈会召开之际，我谨代表中国政府，向来自世界各地的嘉宾表示热烈欢迎！自1997年以来，中国已经成功地举办了四届投资贸易洽谈会。投资贸易洽谈会在宣传中国利用外资政策、促进外商来华投资、引导中国企业到海外投资等方面发挥了重要作用。
On the occasion of the Fifth China International Fair for Investment and Trade, I would like to extend, on behalf of the Chinese government, my warm welcome to all distinguished guests coming from all over the world.Since 1997, China has held four succeful International Fairs for Investment and Trade.The Fair has played an important role in publicizing China’s policies on foreign investment attraction, promoting foreign capital inflow, and guiding Chinese companies to
make overseas investments.
洽谈会采取“引进来”与“走出去”相结合、投资与贸易相结合、展示与洽谈相结合、项目推介与政策咨询相结合、商务活动与学术研讨相结合的方式。洽谈会为海外朋友和企业家了解中国、走进中国，中国企业家了解世界、走向世界创造了一个机会，开辟了一条渠道。
The Fair integrates the strategy of “Attracting Foreign Investment” by “going global”, and deals with investment and trade together.It is combination of exhibitions and negotiations, a venue for both project presentation and policy consultation, and a place where busine activities and academic seminars take place at the same time.The Fair has created an opportunity for foreign friends and entrepreneurs to know about China and make their way into this country; on the other hand, it has opened a new channel for Chinese businemen to get acquainted with the rest of the world and go abroad.
