2014 China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Annual Meeting was held in Beijing on December 1-3 with the topic of “Management and Institutional Innovation in Green Development”. Zhang Gaoli, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council and the president of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, attended the opening ceremony and made a keynote speech. Zhou Shengxian, minister of environmental protection department, vice executive president of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development hosted the opening ceremony. Mr. Kent, congressman of Canada, former minister of environmental protection department and vice executive president of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development reported the resolutions of policy for Chinese government on behalf on the council. Li Ganjie, vice minister of environmental protection department, secretary general of the council introduced works done in 2014 and working plan for 2015. Nearly 180 people including delegates from home and abroad of the council and Peter Bakker, president of WBCSD and observer such as CBCSD participated in the conference.

Zhou Shengxian delivered a speech named Establishing the Four Beams and Eight Pillars of Ecological Civilization Construction and Environmental Protection to Adapt to the New Normal. Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the NDRC and vice president of CCICED made a speech named Strength System to Promote Green Circular Development. Mr. Steiner, vice secretary general of the UN, executive director of the UNEP and vice president of the CCICED also made a speech. Mr. Hansen, the foreign chief counsel, former chairman of the Canadian Sustainable Development Institution introduced the 2014 Key Issue Report – Tipping Point to Turning Point.

Besides, discussions have been carried out among experts and delegates including Evaluation and Prospect of China’s Green Transformation Process, Innovation on Environmental Protection Policy against Ecological Civilization Construction, Urban Development Mode and System against Ecological Civilization, Innovation on Ecological Protection Red Line, Effective Evaluation of Air Pollution Control and Mechanism of Regional Coordination, Auditing System of Government Environment etc. so as to formulate policy suggestions to Chinese government.

This year’s meeting was divided into two topics: first, system innovation of ecological civilization, second, green transformation and prospect of China.