Sino-German environmental forum to open in Qingdao 

Sino-German environmental forum to open in Qingdao

Sino-German environmental forum to open in Qingdao

China and Germany will jointly hold a forum on environment in east China's port city of Qingdao from Jan. 11 to 13.

The forum will focus on environmental and economic cooperation between the two countries, especially in the sector of renewable energy, recycling-based economy and green purchase, according to China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).

Senior officials from SEPA and its German counterpart as well as experts and entrepreneurs from the two countries will be present at the meeting.

This will be the second time for the two countries to jointly hold an environmental forum following the first successful one in Beijing in 2000.