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China's increasing awareness of green issues will lead to an inflow
of advanced foreign environmental technology, a trade event has
decided.
The California Environmental Technology Trade Mission to China
was a week-long event which ended on November 18.
Part of the Environmental Technology Export Program sponsored by
the California Trade and Commerce Agency, the mission invited nine
leading environmental and energy technological Californian companies
to join the event.
"Our basic commitment is to help the Chinese Government with
its green efforts by ushering in some cutting-edge environmental
technology," said Terrence Barber, who oversees the State of
California's Office of Trade and Investment throughout the Asia-Pacific
Region.
The mission aims to introduce companies to Chinese decision-makers
involved in projects to reduce damage to the environment - particularly
in the water and waste water sectors, he said.
Barber described the mission's meetings and networking events with
the Chinese Government and private sector environmental decision-makers
as "fruitful."
"China needs more advanced technology to cope with its environmental
issues," said Glenn Smith, senior vice-president of DriWater
Inc.
The company has developed equipment used for watering trees and
plants and is intending to set up a second joint venture in China
next year, hoping to bring an effective solution to western regions
ravaged by encroaching deserts.
Balancing environmental protection and improvement with sustainable
economic development is China's main priority. The country's green
investment will account for approximately 1 to 1.5 percent of its
gross domestic product for the 2001-05 period - approximately US$
81 billion - in an effort to control worsening pollution.
"China's imminent entry into the World Trade Organization
and its growing green needs mean the nation will be more open to
the world's environmental market," said Zhang Quan, vice-director
of the municipal Environmental Protection Administration.
(Beijing-2008 11/20/2000)
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