Chinese Updates: MOU on Environmental Protection Signed by China-Egypt Ministers in Beijing

MOU on Environmental Protection Signed by China-Egypt Ministers in Beijing
2012-08-29

(CNEWS, August 28) With the witness of Chinese President Hu Jintao and Egyptian President Morsi, Chinese MEP Minister Zhou Shengxian and Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf Al-Arabi, on behalf of the environment authorities of the two countries, signed Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China and Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt on Environmental Protection at the Great Hall of the People today.

Under the framework of the MOU, the areas of bilateral cooperation include waste management and recycling (including solid wastes, agricultural wastes, and hazardous wastes), marine environmental protection and integrated coastal belt management, biodiversity and nature conservation, wastewater management and recycling, development of environmental policies and statistical indicators, environmental protection and climate change, environmental technologies for eco-agriculture, and other agreed areas concerning the protection and improvement of the environment. The signed MOU will further promote the bilateral environmental cooperation and be conductive to facilitating healthy bilateral ties.

Source: http://english.mep.gov.cn/Ministers/Activities/201209/t20120912_236136.htm