MEP Minister Zhou Shengxian met with Corrado Clini, CCICED Council Member and former Italian Environment Minister on May 20 in Beijing.
Zhou gave Clini a briefing on China¡¯s policies and achievements in the field of environmental protection and the objectives of building ecological civilization and a beautiful China raised at the 18th National Congress of the CPC.

Zhou and Clini exchanged views on the implementation of MOU between People¡¯s Republic of China and the Republic of Italy on Environmental Cooperation and China-Italy Action Plan on Green Economy, which were signed in 2012. They agreed to take some concrete actions ranging from establishing a cooperation platform to publicizing the achievements of China-Italy environmental cooperation and green economy.
Zhou stated that China values environmental cooperation with Italy and hopes to achieve more with the strong help of Mr. Clini so as to make more contributions to the sustainable development of China and Italy and the world as a whole.