In July 2013, when President Xi Jinping met with his then Swiss counterpart, Ueli Maurer, in Beijing, Xi said that the natural conditions of China's Guizhou province were similar to those of Switzerland and that he hoped the two could cooperate on ecological and economic development. Today, Switzerland and Guizhou are well on their way to a cooperative partnership.
At the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, China vowed to cut its carbon emissions per GDP by 40 to 45 percent and raise the percentage of its total energy mix supplied by clean energy to 15 percent by 2020.
The first national big data lab was founded at the end of last month in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province. Serving as a cross-regional cooperation platform, it is expected to attract global researchers, managers and decision makers in the big data industry.
Eco Forum Global is an annual international platform, dedicated to facilitating cooperation among key decision-makers from governments, businesses, academia, media and international organizations.
The Eco-Forum Global annual conference will kick off in Guiyang on June 26, it was announced at a news conference on Friday. The three-day conference will present the theme of "New Agenda, New Normal and New Action". Since its founding in 2009, EFG has engaged nearly 10,000 government leaders, ecological experts and entrepreneurs from China and abroad.
