Back in January, 2015, the State Council issued the Opinions on Facilitating the Third-party Treatment on Environmental Pollution. To further implement the opinions, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released the Implementing Opinions on Facilitating the Third-party Treatment on Environmental Pollution on 9 August 2017.
The European Chamber has been following the implementation of the above policies and management of environmental PPP projects in China. To better understand the current situation of environmental PPP model in China, the chamber will invite Mr. Lu Yuantang, Director of Environmental PPP Center of Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (环境保护部环境规划院环境PPP中心主任) to provide exclusive insightson the current legal framework, implementation situation and risk management of environmental PPP model in China, followed by the roundtable discussion with our members.
Founded in 2001, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) of MEP, is a public institution with independent legal status. CAEP has undertaken about 50 national key research and planning projects, 30 river basin or regional-level planning projects, 20 international cooperation projects from the UN, EU, OECD, ADB, and other countries. CAEP has provided a great deal of scientific and technical support for Chinese governmental authorities to aid their decision making. With great efforts and dedication, CAEP has been awarded for science and technology improvement at the ministerial level.
Agenda:
14:00 - 14:20 Registration
14:20 - 14:25 Opening remarks by Gianluca Ghiara, National Vice Chair of Environment Working Group
14:25 - 15:25 Presentation on Environmental PPP Model in China: Current Legal Framework, Implementation
Status and Risk Management
Speaker: Mr. Lu Yuantang, Director of Environmental PPP Center of CAEP
(环境保护部环境规划院环境PPP中心逯元堂主任)
15:25 -16:00 Q&A and Roundtable Discussion
(please note that the speaker will address in Chinese only, and Chamber staff will interpret in English consecutively)