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Danish Environmental Protection Solutions Inspire Jiangsu Province

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By State of Green | [email protected]
26 November 2012

The nine Danish companies Novozymes, Danfoss, FLS Airtech, Grontmij, AVK, Topsoe, Metso, Hasle Refractories and GEA Engineering were on an environmental protection trip to the Jiangsu province in China from the  21st to 22nd of November in order to promote Danish competences within waste incineration, air pollution and industry water.

Learn more about Danish competences within resources and environment on www.stateofgreen.com

Environmental challenges in the Jiangsu province

Jiangsu is the second wealthiest province in China but there are severe environmental challenges in the province.

The Jiangsu Provincial Government and Party Commission wants to take action on this and about 3.4% of the GDP equalling about 600 billion renminbi will be channelled into environmental investments such as water and atmospheric emissions of major pollutants, strengthened water pollution control, governance of industrial emissions and general ecological and environmental protection.

Strengthening Chinese-Danish knowledge exchange

As recognition of the importance of a strengthened environmental cooperation between China and Denmark, The Danish Ministry of the Environment and the Jiangsu Environmental Protection Department (EPD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2010.

Click here to learn more about the Danish Ministry of the Environment

As a follow up on the MoU, the Trade Council in China and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA) in cooperation with the Department of Jiangsu Environmental Protection arranged the ‘Denmark-Jiangsu Environmental Protection Fact Finding Trip and Seminar’.

Huge potential for increased cooperation

The trip took place on the 21st and 22nd of November and included visits to the Jiangsu Environmental Protection Monitoring Centre, the Nanjing Jiangxinzhou Waste water treatment plant and Nanjing Huaneng Jinling power plant as well as a seminar on central environmental themes.

The Danish ambassador to China, Friis Arne Petersen commented:

“Against the backdrop of globalisation, we in Denmark and you here in Jiangsu face many of the same challenges – energy security, global warming, deteriorating environment and scarcity of water. This gives good reason to listen to one another and learn from each other’s experiences. But, maybe more importantly, there also offers a huge potential for increased cooperation between countries – especially within energy and environment.”

Ideal platform for new insights

The trip was an ideal platform for Danish companies to gain insights in Jiangsu’s environmental policies and market trends and the trip enabled networking between Danish companies and decision makers from the Jiangsu government and industrial key-stakeholders.

For more information, please contact:

Ming Ou Lü

Head of Press and Communication, Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing

E-mail: [email protected]

Source: Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing

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