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On the afternoon of 23rd September, Erik Solheim, Co-Chairman of Europe-Asia Centre, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and former Executive Director of UNEP visited IGEA along with Yan Rui, Secretary General of Europe-Asia Centre, and Xiao Tongtong, Project Manager of Europe-Asia Centre. Sha Zukang, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Deng Jihai, Executive Chairman of IGEA, Liu Baocheng, professor at University of International Business and Economics and expert member of IGEA, Yu Jie, Section Chief at China Quality Certification Centre and expert of IGEA Think Tank, and Tang Renhu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sino Carbon Innovation & Investment Company, have warmly welcomed their visit to IGEA. The two teams of people have held a cooperation meeting on the afternoon for deepening mutual understanding and furthering future exchanges.

Mr. Sha Zukang extended warm welcome to Mr. Solheim and his team. He said that mankind needs to face up to the various critical issues in the field of green development and climate change, and that China and Europe should work together to actively carry out cooperation on the matter. IGEA and Europe-Asia Centre have established a tacit cooperation relation on climate-trade-related topics over the years, and we believe that we can continue to deepen the cooperation and carry out future international communication and cooperation.

Mr. Solheim has spoke highly of the tacit understanding between the two organizations over the years. He believes that China has made outstanding contributions to the green transition, especially to the development of the new energy industry. His organization will strengthen its cooperation and communication with IGEA in relevant areas for building a bridge of green economy cooperation between China and Europe.

Mr. Deng Jihai has put forward three aspects of deep cooperation between the two organizations, namely co-organization of high-profile international forums, business tours and mutual visits, and the plan of launching an international organization as a special platform of the cooperation.

All participants have highly recognized the proposal of establishing a platform-like international organization for realizing their cooperation as it requires an institutional and regime platform as the base. Further discussions will be held on the specific format of such a work plan and plans in detail.

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About Europe-Asia Center

Founded in 2005 and registered at the EU’s headquarter Brussels Belgium, the Europe-Asia Center (EAC) is an important international organization for carrying out political dialogue, economic cooperation, humanity exchanges and project consultancy between Europe and Asia.

EAC, a pioneer in connecting Europe and Asia in the field of climate innovation, educational activities, policy research and international cooperation, has more than 440 partners across Europe, including third-party institutions. Under the joint guidance of its partner organizations, more than 1,800 start-ups have been incubated with a positive climate impact and 595 new products and services launched. In addition, the educational programs have attracted more than 54,000 participants, demonstrating its strong impact in nurturing future leaders.

Through organizing various high-end international summits, think-tank dialogues, cultural and sports activities of concerts, film festivals, publications, exhibitions, business consulting for industrial parks, exhibitions, forums, and cooperation in running schools and other projects, Europe-Asia Center builds a platform for exchange and interaction between governments at all levels, enterprises, media, experts and scholars, and organizations in Europe and Asia, promoting friendly co-operation and exchanges between Europe and Asia-Pacific region in the fields of economy, culture, education, business, politics, etc., and hence supporting the international expansion and sustainable development of the enterprises in both continents.

With its expertise and efforts in international cooperation, the Europe-Asia Center has become an important bridge between Europe and Asia for diverse projects and activities. It will continue to promote exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in economy, culture and politics and make prominent contributions to the building of a more prosperous and harmonious global community.

About Erik Solheim

-Director of the Board and Co-Chairman of Europe-Asia Centre

-Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

-Former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

-Member of CCICED

-Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Belt and Road International Green Development Institute

-Senior Advisor at World Resources Institute 

-Chair of the Treelion International Steering Committee of the Global Green Ecology Fund

A global leader in environment and development, Mr. Solheim has served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and Minister of Environment and International Development of Norway. He promoted the development and implementation of the Global Action on Plastics to reduce plastic pollution and marine plastic debris. He led the negotiation of the Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution, which is expected to be completed by 2024.

In December 2023, Solheim was invited to participate in a number of events at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28, and in February 2024 he was awarded the Chinese Government Friendship Award by Premier Li Qiang, which is the Chinese government's highest award for foreign experts working in the cause of China's modernisation, reform and opening up.

In recent years, he has visited Chinese companies in the green industry and spoken at several prestigious Chinese universities, including Peking University. Mr. Solheim has honoured China with a number of awards during his tenure, including the UN Guardian of the Earth Award for the Sehamba Mechanical Forestry Farm, the ‘One Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Improvement’ project in Zhejiang Province, and the China‘ Ant Forest’ project.