For the working level officials from the member governments, Guizhou Province held the “Guizhou Sub-Forum on Ecological Civilization and Environmental Protection of the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress” online with the theme of “Green Economy Promotes High-Quality Regional Development”, with the co-organizer, Nara Prefecture. Nara Prefecture set up a satellite venue of the forum in Nara Prefecture.
1. Date: Tuesday, July 26th, 2022 from 15:00 to 17:00
2. Theme: “Green Economy Promotes High-Quality Regional Development”
3. Organizer: Guizhou Province, China Co-Organizer: Nara Prefecture
4. Venue: (1) Guizhou Venue: Foreign Affairs Office of Guizhou Province, China
(2) Nara Venue: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA
Conference Room 1&2 (the satellite venue)
5. Program
○ Opening Speech
Greetings from the Host Cai Chaolin, Vice Governor of Guizhou Province
(Video Message)
Greetings from the Co-Host ARAI Shogo, Governor of Nara Prefecture (Video Message)
○ Keynote Speech
“Green Economy Promotes High-Quality Regional Development”
Lecturer: Hu Jicheng, Deputy Secretary of Leading Party Group,
Deputy Director-General, Guizhou Provincial Department of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs
○ Case Presentation by the Member Governments
(1) Chengdu Municipal City, Sichuan Province, China
“Green and Low-Carbon Development Patterns in Chengdu”
Tang Yan, Associate Researcher, Institute of Urban-Rural Integration,
Chengdu Academy of Social Sciences
(2) Nara Prefecture, Japan
“Measures by Nara Prefecture for a Decarbonized Society”
Hiroyuki Shiomi, Director of Water Cycle, Forest,
Landscape and Environment Department, Nara Prefecture, Japan
(3) Dunhuang Municipal City, Gansu Province, China
“Cultural Empowerment and Green Zero-Carbon Propel Transformation Continuing
the Resplendence of the Thousand-year-old Ancient City on the Silk Road”
Zhu Jianjun, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Dunhuang Municipal Committee
and Mayor of Dunhuang
(4) West Java Province, Indonesia
“Green Economy”
Dr. Ir. Prima Mayaningtias, M.Si.,Head of the Environment Agency of West Java
Province
(5) Q&A
○ Special Guest Speech
Xue Jian,Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Osaka
○ Closing Speech by Organizer
Jiang Hong,Party Member of Guizhou Foreign Affairs Office, Full-Time Vice President
of Guizhou People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
○ Photo Session
◆ Participants
At the satellite venue: the Member Governments from Japan (6 organizations, 27 people)
Online Participants: the Member Governments from Japan and Overseas (33 organizations,96 people)
Total: 37 organizations, 123 people
* 2 local governments attended at both the satellite venue and online.
【Member Governments】
- China: Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, Guizhou Province, Shaanxi Province, Chengdu
City, Xi’an City, Luoyang City, Yangzhou City, Suzhou City, Weifang City, Linyi City,
Dongying City, Dujiangyan City, Dunhuang City
- Indonesia: Province of West Java
- Philippines: Municipality of Baler
- Korea: Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Gyeongju City
- Vietnam: Viet Tri City
- Japan: Ishikawa Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Wakayama
Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Kumamoto
Prefecture, Tagajo City, Kofu City, Nara Prefecture, Kashihara City, Miyake Town,
Koryo Town
【Special Members】
Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Osaka, Japan External Trade
Organization (JETRO), UNWTO Regional Support Office for Asia and the Pacific
◆ Main Points of Lectures
○ Keynote Speech by Guizhou Province
・Guizhou Province is suitable for comprehensive development of general agriculture.
Based on their principle that “Clear water and green mountains are worth as much
as gold and silver mountains”, they have developed a series of green technologies
which include the reuse of recycled agricultural waste and the reduction and
optimization of chemical fertilizers and agricultural chemicals.
・Modern Agricultural development is an important step for high-quality development in
Guizhou Province. By the matching methods to their communities, they are developing
modern agriculture and protecting traditional agricultural culture using high
technology.
・If the spirit of environmentally friendly sustainable resource development takes root in
Guizhou Province, they believe that Green Agriculture development will flourish in the
future.
○ Summary of Case Presentations by Member Governments
・Chengdu City is promoting the development of a green economy by promoting change
to their energy structure to build a green and low-carbon energy system.
・Nara Prefecture promotes a decarbonized society though two policies: “Reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions” and “Increase in carbon sinks”.
・Based on the philosophy “Abundant nature is the resource of wealth,”Dunhang City
promotes the development of their new energy industry by using abundant solar
energy.
・To tackle the waste management problem in West Java Province, they are processing
waste with modernized technology, building the final processing sites, establishing
waste banks, and providing waste management education.
Video Speech by Vice Governor Cai Video Speech by Governor ARAI
from Guizhou Province from Nara Prefecture
Keynote Speech by Lecturer Hu Jicheng, Case Presentation by Nara
Deputy Secretary of Leading Party Group, Prefecture (the Director of the
Deputy Director-General, Guizhou Provincial Water Cycle, Forest, Landscape
Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Environment Department)
Case Presentation Q&A
by West Java Province, Indonesia