The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the Goldman Sachs report China's Environment: Big Issues, Accelerating Effort, Ample Opportunities. Afterwards, a panel discussion will address the findings of the report, the (potential) market access issues as well as legal and regulatory issues that foreign environment companies are being faced with or may be facing, and the business impact of the recently revised environmental protection law.
The report, released on 13 July 2015, says that unprecedented growth has led to record levels of pollution in China’s air, water and soil. 60% of the country’s groundwater is unfit for human consumption and 19% of its arable land exceeds the national pollution standards.
Calls to fight pollution have grown louder across China. The report expects China to invest 2% of its annual GDP in 2016-2020 in the environmental industry, which would imply a total investment of RMB 8.2 trillion in 2016-2020, 60% higher than 2011-2015. Soil remediation, solid waste and wastewater treatment are said to have the biggest growth potential.
Panellists:
- Mr. Anders Hove, Associate Director of Research, Paulson Institute
- Mr. Julian Zhu, Co-Head China Equity Research, Goldman Sachs
- Ms. Wensheng Wu, Environmental Protection Manager, BASF Greater China
- Mr. Gianluca Ghiara, Managing Director, Geapower
Moderator:
- Mr. Dimitri De Boer, Team Leader, EU–China Environmental Governance Programme
Agenda:
09:00 – 09:30 Registration, Coffee, Networking
09:30 – 10:00 Presentation of report China's Environment: Big Issues, Accelerating Effort, Ample Opportunities by Mr. Julian Zhu, Co-Head China Equity Research, Goldman Sachs
10:00 – 11:15 Panel discussion followed by Q&A
11:15 Event ends
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