Co-chairs

Mr. Wang Jinnan, President of Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, MEP; Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering

Mr. Stephen P. Groff, CCICED Member; Vice President of Asian Development Bank

Session 1

Joint Contribution to the Yangtze River Protection

Chair

Mr. Stephen P. Groff, CCICED Member; Vice President of Asian Development Bank

Keynote Speech

Conservation and Development of the Yangtze River in a Context of Ecological Civilization Institutions

Mr. Wang Yi, Vice President, Institutes of Science and Development (ISD) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Member of Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress of China

Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation to Build A Living Yangtze River

Mr. Marco Lambertini, CCICED Member; Director General, World Wide Fund for Nature

Thinking on Ecological Environmental Protection Strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Mr. Wang Jinnan, President of Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, MEP; Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering

Strengthening Ecological Protection and Development for the Three Gorges Reservoir Area

Mr. Hu Baolin, CCICED Special Advisor; Deputy Director, Executive Office of The Three Gorges Project Construction Committee of the State Council

Building a Green Ecological Corridor along the Yangtze River Mr. Ben Bingham, Country Director for China, Asian Development Bank

General Discussion

Coffee Break

Session 2

Joint Discussion on Innovative River Basin Governance

Chair

Mr. Wang Jinnan, President of Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, MEP; Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering

Keynote Speech

New Evidence in Freshwater Governance

Mr. Scott Vaughan, CCICED Member; President and CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Innovative Governance Practice to Achieve Good Governance in River Basin Management

Ms. Yu Hongxia, Deputy Director-General, Environmental Protection Bureau of Jiangsu Province

From Green to Gold – Enterprise Participation in River Basin Governance

Ms. Zhang Huaying, Vice President, Coca-Cola China and Korea

Innovative Green Finance Practices for Yangtze River Protection Mr. Indu Bhushan, Director General of East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

General Discussion

Concluding Remarks

Adjournment of the Meeting