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Add to Preferred SourcesThe Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), LI Yong, met with LUO Wen, Vice-Minister of Industry and Information Technology, and NING Jizhe, Commissioner of China’s National Bureau of Statistics, to further strengthen the ongoing UNIDO-China cooperation on green industry and statistics.
The discussions also covered joint projects aligned with key policy initiatives of the Chinese Government, including ‘Made in China 2025’, the Belt and Road Initiative, new energy vehicles, and South-South cooperation on energy conservation. The cooperation between UNIDO and MIIT is well established and started with the signing of the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote green industry, which culminated in the 2013 Guangzhou Green Industry Conference. The Conference, which attracted over 700 participants, discussed the uptake of green technologies and circular economy principles through resource efficiency and effective environmental management and policy. During the meeting, LI Yong and LUO Wen explored the possibility of establishing a permanent venue for the Green Industry Conference in China – on an alternating basis with a developed country host.
During the meeting with Ning, Li underscored the importance of statistics and data to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The two parties also agreed to work together in the areas of national and international statistician training, the development of statistical methods, and the exchange of statistical staff. The anticipated collaboration will build upon the ongoing joint UNIDO-NBS work on SDG indicators and will lead to a related training programme at the NBS’ International Statistical Training Centre.
Original source: UNIDO
Published on 4 September 2018