Date of the event is postponed. Exact date will be updated on the website after further confirmation. 

(It is a co-organised event by the Chamber and a few stakeholders. It is bilingual in English and Chinese with simultaneous interpretation services)

Building on the EU-China Memorandum of Understanding on the Circular Economy Cooperation entered by Chinese central government and the European Commission in July 2018, and to celebrate the 8^th Anniversary of the EU-China Sustainable Urbanization Partnership since 2012, this Dialogue will bring key stakeholders, particularly government officials, city policy makers and industry representatives from both Europe and China to showcase their roadmaps/plans on circular economy and explore solutions to common challenges.

This dialogue will also facilitate the development of zero-waste city pilots in China, a new initiative of the Chinese central government and will be led by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment with joint efforts of 18 other ministries. The zero-waste pilot will be ready and implemented in these eleven (11) cities and five (5) regions in 2019 and 2020. By the end of 2020, the indicator system for zero-waste city construction will be set up by the Chinese government along with an integrated management system and technology system. Based on the zero-waste pilot, a series of demonstration models will be put together by the Chinese government, illustrating the construction of zero-waste cities in a way that is easy to replicate and lays a solid foundation for developing the zero-waste society. Bringing international best practice and knowledge exchange to this initiative will also lead to concrete bilateral or multilateral cooperation and investment by industries from both China and Europe.

This Dialogue will be organised by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and China Association of Circular Economy on 19 February 2020, supported by the EU Delegation to China, European Union Chamber of Commerce, China Centre for Urban Development, Institutes of Science and Development of Chinese Academy of Sciences, EUROCITIES and ICLEI-East Asia.

As the strategic supporting organisation, the European Chamber will provide free seats to members.  Please RSVP and we'll follow "first come, first served" principle.

 

Organisers:

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

China Association of Circular Economy

 

Supporting Organisations:

EU Delegation to China

European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

China Centre for Urban Development of National Development and Reform Commission Institutes of Science and Development of Chinese Academy of Sciences

EUROCITIES

ICLEI-East Asia

 

Agenda: 

Moderator:  Mr. ZHAO Kai, Vice President & Secretary General, China Association for Circular Economy

13:00-13:30  Registration & welcome coffee

13:30-13:50  Opening remarks

1.   Director General/Deputy Director General, Department of Solid Waste and Chemicals, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE)

2.   Mr. Sebastien PAQUOT, Head of Section, Counsellor for Environment and Climate Change, Delegation of the European Union to China

13:50-15:00  Keynote speeches

1.   EMF China Programme and Launch of Circular Economy in Cities (Chinese Version)

          -  Mr. Lukasz Holec, China Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

          -  Ms. Ashima Sukhdev, Government & Cities Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

2.   Development of Zero-waste Cities in China under the Ecological Civilisation  

       -  Mr. WANG Yi, member of Standing Committee of the 13^th National People’s Congress; Vice President of Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Science

3.   Circular Economy in Developing Country Cities

       -  Ms. Sharon Gil, Programme Management Officer, Cities Unit, UNEP

4.   Municipalities’ Role in Circular Economy: Opportunities and Challenges

       -  Mr. Engº Filipe Araújo, Vice-Mayor and Councillor for Innovation and Environment, Porto Municipality

15:00-15:50  Plenary Session: Explore New Opportunities for EU-China City Cooperation

Moderator: Ms. Ashima Sukhdev, Government & Cities Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

1.      Ms. LIU Yue, Director of International Cooperation Department, China Centre for Urban Development of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

2.      Ms. Dorthe Nielson, Policy Director, EUROCITIES

3.      Mr. ZHU Shu, Director of East Asia Secretariat, ICLEI

4.      Mr. XIE Pengfei, China Chief Representative, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

15:50 – 16:05  Coffee Break

16:05 – 17:05  Theme Dialogue I: From initiative to action: establish a comprehensive and sound indicator system for zero-waste development and assessment

Moderator: Mr. ZHAO Kai, Vice President & Secretary General, China Association for Circular Economy

1.      Ms. CHEN Ying, Deputy Director, China Solid Waste and Chemical Management

Centre, Ministry of Ecology and Environment

2.      Representative from the Shenzhen Municipal Government

3.      Representative from the Urban Agenda Partnership on Circular Economy (TBC)

4.      Representative from the Weihan Municipal Government

17:05 – 18:20  Theme Dialogue II: Effective levers to accelerate the transition of cities towards green and circular model

Moderator: Ms. Ashima Sukhdev, Government & Cities Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

1.      Ms. LANG Wenqin, Director of Waste and Resources Management Department, Ningbo Municipal Government

2.      Mr. Pelizzaro Piero, Chief Resilience Officer, Department City Resilience-Environmental Transition Direction, Milan Municipality 

3.      Ms. Tiina Vikman, Senior Specialist, Climate, Environment Policy and Sustainable Development, Central Administration, City of Turku

4.      Mr. Jet Chang, Chair of Environment Working Group, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

18:20 – 18:30  Closing remarks

1.      Mr. Lukasz Holec, China Programme Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

2.      Mr. ZHAO Kai, Vice President & Secretary General, China Association for Circular Economy

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