On November 19, the “China-France Year of the Environment” was officially launched at Beijing Capital Museum. Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron exchanged congratulatory messages on the event. Chinese Minister of Environmental Protection Li Ganjie joined François De Rugy, Minister of State and Minister of the Ecological and Solidarity Transition of France, to unveil the logo of “China-France Year of the Environment.” CECEP Chairman Liu Dashan attended the event as a distinguished guest and delivered a speech.

On November 15, CECEP Deputy CEO An Yi met with Robert Scharfe, CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and his entourage at Jieneng Building, CECEP headquarters in Beijing.

A delegation headed by Philip Mihlmester, head of global energy of ICF International Inc. visited CECEP headquarters on November 13, and had a meeting with CECEP Deputy CEO Li Jie. The two sides discussed cooperation on policy research, energy efficiency, and import of environment-friendly technologies, as well as the China-Europe energy cooperation platform jointly developed by the two companies.

The first China International Import Expo (CIIE) was held at National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) from November 5 to 10. The first national expo themed on imports, it showcased China’s resolve to open itself wider to the world. CECEP had a presence at the event with a team of over 100 representatives from 12 branch companies headed by CECEP Chairman Liu Dashan and Deputy CEO An Yi.

From November 1-3, the 2018 Annual General Meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) was held at Diaoyutai Hotel in Beijing. Liu Dashan, chairman of China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP), was invited to attend the meeting and delivered a speech at the Roundtable on Low-Carbon and Circular Economy for Green Development.

On September 21, an expert panel from the High-Tech Research and Development Center under the Ministry of Science and Technology conducted medium-term inspection on the “Technological Research and Engineering Demonstration of Integrated Control of Pollutants (SO2, NOx, PM) from Coal-fired Boilers” project initiated by CECEP Industrial Energy Conservation Co., Ltd.

On the morning of October 31, 11 Central Asian diplomats led by the head of the human resources and special information department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, visited CECEP’s Chengdu company on the sidelines of their training session in China.

On October 19, a delegation of 17 high-ranking officials from the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation, visited CECEP Chengdu.