China News Agency, Beijing, December 2 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) The 23rd China-Japan-Korea Environmental Ministerial Meeting was held in the form of video on the 1st.
Huang Runqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Miki Yamada, Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, and Han Hwa-jin, Minister of the Environment of South Korea, respectively led delegations to attend the meeting to exchange their national environmental policies and latest developments, and exchange views on regional and global environmental issues of common concern.
Huang Runqiu said that in the ten years since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese government has carried out a series of fundamental, pioneering and long-term work to vigorously promote green and low-carbon transformation, continue to improve the quality of the ecological environment, and actively and steadily promote carbon peak carbon neutrality , The construction of a beautiful China has taken a major step.
While promoting the resolution of domestic ecological and environmental problems, China adheres to an open and inclusive attitude, participates in international environmental cooperation and global environmental governance in an all-round way, conscientiously fulfills the presidency of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and implements global development initiative, deeply participate in regional and multilateral environmental governance processes, and promote the construction of global ecological civilization.
Huang Runqiu said that China is willing to continue to work with Japan and South Korea to actively promote green and low-carbon global development, make good use of cooperation platforms such as the "Belt and Road" Green Development International Alliance, and combine the successful experience of environmental cooperation, ecological civilization construction and green development concepts of the three countries with More partners share and make positive contributions to regional sustainable development.
Huang Runqiu emphasized that with the joint efforts of the environmental departments of the three countries, the "Joint Action Plan for Environmental Cooperation among China, Japan and South Korea (2021-2025)" has entered the implementation stage in an all-round way.
It is hoped that the three parties will explore the potential of cooperation based on the existing achievements, carry out in-depth mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation based on the needs of various countries, promote the synergy between China-Japan-ROK cooperation and other regional environmental cooperation mechanisms, and strengthen position communication and coordination on important global environmental issues.
The meeting reviewed the implementation of the "Joint Action Plan for China-Japan-Korea Environmental Cooperation (2021-2025)", adopted and jointly signed the "Joint Communiqué of the 23rd China-Japan-Korea Environment Ministers' Meeting".
The China-Japan-Korea Environment Ministers Meeting started in 1999 with the aim of implementing the consensus reached at the summit meeting of the three countries, discussing and solving common regional environmental problems, and promoting sustainable development in the region.
The meeting is held in turn by the three countries.
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