Huang Runqiu, CCICED Chinese Executive Vice Chairperson and Minister of Ecology and Environment of China

Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Liu Shijin, CCICED Chinese Chief Advisor and former Deputy President of the Development Research Center of the State Council

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Experts from around the world gathered in Beijing at #CCICED2025AGM to focus on China's domestic work to achieve an ecological civilization, as well as its global influence in markets, supply chains and #sustdev efforts in partner countries

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2025 CCICED Annual General Meeting

Achim Steiner, CCICED Vice Chairperson and former Administrator, UNDP, holding up the CCICED Interim Report China's Environment and Development Outlook

Zhou Guomei, Deputy Secretary General, Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Kristin Halvorsen, CCICED Vice Chairperson and Director, Center for International Climate Research (CICERO)

As China maintains a steady course to a green economy, Chinese and international experts at #CCICED2025AGM shared their visions, practical experiences, and research to support the country’s efforts to accelerate sustainable development

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Huang Runqiu, CCICED Chinese Executive Vice Chairperson and Minister of Ecology and Environment of China

Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Liu Shijin, CCICED Chinese Chief Advisor and former Deputy President of the Development Research Center of the State Council

Amidst the heightened pressures of the triple planetary crisis and global turbulence of the past year, participants at #CCICED2025AGM lauded China’s leadership in advancing a green transition that supports environmental protection and economic success

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Others say the concept of a fractured world where money is scarce isn’t all that new, but agree that investing in the role of nature and creating a bioeconomy is essential

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Some participants argue the turbulence of 2025 indicates there is a new world order emerging, and “it is on us to make sure that sustainability is at the heart of the new world order.”

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Participants emphasize that China is already leading sustainability change, including by “winning the renewables race,” and is positioned to lead the world to a more sustainable future

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Against a backdrop of geopolitical turbulence, global economic strain, and interconnected environmental crises, the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development opened its 2025 Annual General Meeting in Beijing today

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