BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) --The inaugural meeting of the China Council of the Sustainable Markets Initiative was held in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province on the 22nd. Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua and the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, delivered video speeches respectively.
Hu Chunhua said that the Chinese government attaches great importance to ecological conservation and sustainable development. President Xi Jinping put forward a Global Development Initiative and draw the international community's attention to speed up the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and promote stronger, green, and healthy global development. With the care and support of President Xi Jinping, the China Council of the Sustainable Market Initiative was officially established, which will surely emerge as an important cooperation platform for the business community to participate in the global sustainable development.
Hu Chunhua emphasized that in recent years, China has unswervingly followed a path of prioritizing ecological conservation and pursuing green development, actively joined in and led global climate governance, and lived up to its responsibility as a major country. In the face of global challenges such as climate change and environmental pollution, the international community should adhere to the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, and accelerate the green transition, thus building a common homeland of coordinated advancement of economy and the environment. It is hoped that the political and business representatives from all over the world will have in-depth communication and exchanges, step up green international cooperation, and contribute wisdom and strength to global sustainable development.
会议以线上线下相结合的方式举办,中外政商界代表约200人参会。
The conference was held on an on-site occasion supplemented with online links, with about 200 representatives from Chinese and foreign political and business communities attending.