A Sino-Germany seminar on cooperation in agriculture-related environmental protection technologies was recently held in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of north China's Hebei Province.

At the seminar experts from both countries discussed the environmental effects of intensive agricultural activities and corresponding countermeasures as well as the environmental strategy project for intensive agriculture in north China, which is an inter-government cooperation project between China and Germany and is expected to take place from April 2001 to the end of March 2007.

According to agreements reached by both sides, under the cooperation project Germany will provide technological assistance on environmental and resources protection to benefit China's Hebei, Shandong and Tianjin.

(Xinhua 11/21/2000)