Beijing and Moscow will prioritize environmental cooperation in the next three years

2017-11-03 16:59:08

      China news agency, Beijing, November 2 (Reporter Yin Li) Wang Ruixian, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, said on the 2nd that Beijing and Moscow will make environmental protection a priority in their cooperation plans for the next three years. Beijing will actively learn and learn from the experience of Moscow in urban greening, ecological protection and climate change response.
      The "Beijing Moscow Week" series of activities is being held in Beijing and will last until November 3rd. One of the Moscow-Beijing Environmental Protection Forum was held on the 2nd. Government officials from China and Russia and environmental scholars shared their successful experiences in managing the environment.
      According to Zotova Zoya, a Duma representative in Moscow, Moscow has proposed 14 plans for the city to develop itself into a livable city. At present, the major measures taken by the government include: enacting legislation on the environment, making rational use of resources, improving road conditions, procuring green vehicles, restoring water facilities, developing and applying environmental technologies.
      Wang Ruixian said that the foreign affairs departments of the two cities of Beijing and Moscow have signed the 2018-2020 cooperation plan a few days ago, in which environmental protection will be given priority to cooperation. She mentioned that Moscow is ahead of Beijing in terms of urban greening and ecological protection and coping with climate change. Nowadays, the concentration of major pollutants such as PM10 has reached a steady standard and many good experiences are worth learning and sharing from Beijing.
      Irina Shriyaeva, chief of the ecological policy section of the Moscow Municipality's Natural Management and Environmental Protection Agency, mentioned that Moscow has a dense population of industrial, population and vehicles. In order to reduce emissions, the government actively promotes innovative technologies in transport. Since 2012, the government has upgraded the emission standards for vehicles and eliminated 1 million old cars in five years. At the same time, low-emission areas should be set up in urban areas to develop electric vehicles and use a higher level of environmentally friendly fuel. Thanks to these measures, vehicle emissions have been reduced by 80% to 90%.
      According to Igor Makarov, associate professor of world economy at the Russian Institute of Economics, Moscow and Beijing are constantly facing new challenges in realizing the green development and there are many opportunities for cooperation between the two sides. In his view, both cities have many excellent universities, and young people in Russia and China are also willing to learn from each other's countries. He suggested that both sides strengthen cooperation through establishing new education programs and learn from each other in ecology Area-related measures and policies.