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Amb. Wu Hailong Attended the sixth Kubuqi International Desert Forum
Amb. Wu Hailong Attended the sixth Kubuqi International Desert Forum
2017-08-01
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From 28 to 30 July 2017, the sixth Kubuqi International Desert Forum was successfully held in the Kubuqi Desert in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. This year’s forum, hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Forestry Administration, and the People’s Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and co-organized by the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs(CPIFA),was themed as “Greening the Belt and Road and Sharing the Desert Eco-Economy.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Forum. Vice Premier Ma Kai attended the opening ceremony and gave a keynote speech. Mr. Wan Gang, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC and Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Li Jiheng, the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Amb. Wu Hailong, President of CPIFA, addressed the opening ceremony. At the invitation of the CPIFA, Mr. Danilo Türk, Former President of Slovenia, Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski, Former President of Poland and Mr. Antonis Samaras, Former Prime Minister of Greece, also attended the Forum and made speech respectively during the opening ceremony. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN, congratulated the successful convening via the Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. About 250 foreign guests and representatives from 35 countries, UNEP and other international organizations shared the Chinese experiences on curbing desertification and constructing the Belt and Road during the Forum.
