Compilation of Documents on Regional Environmental Cooperation of China

Author: Xu Qinghua
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Globalization and regionalization are the two major trends in the development of the world today. Especially against the backdrop of economic globalization, the sustainable development model based on regions has been gaining increasing attention. As the world's largest developing country, China has experienced rapid economic growth, creating immense social wealth while also facing severe constraints from environmental and resource issues. Global and regional environmental pressures have become prominent. China has always participated in global and regional environmental cooperation with the spirit of building trust, dispelling doubts, and exploring cooperation, adopting a positive and pragmatic attitude. Today, as regional environmental issues have become hot topics in global environmental development, China plays an irreplaceable constructive role in regional and cross-regional environmental affairs. Regional environmental cooperation means achieving shared environmental interests among regional countries through consultation, becoming the main connotation for promoting sustainable development in various countries and regions, and serving as an important extension of global environmental cooperation. In regional environmental cooperation, China firmly adheres to the eight-character principle of "being kind to neighbors and treating them as companions" and the foreign policy of "harmonious neighbors, peaceful neighbors, and prosperous neighbors," committed to developing friendly and cooperative environmental relationships with countries in the region.