On April 6, 2016, the first joint conference of the CCICED Task Force of South- South Cooperation on Ecological Civilization was held in Beijing. Under the theme of the CCICED 2016 Annual General Meeting “Ecological Civilization: China and the World”, the Task Force is to provide information on the current international trends on environment and development and to meet the needs of developing countries for sustainable development. It will also outline priorities for south-south cooperation in the context of ecological civilization development, propose policy recommendations to integrate ecological civilization concepts into south-south cooperation and formulate a roadmap for future action. The TF will report its research findings to the CCICED 2016 AGM.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Gu Xueming, Chinese Co-Chair and President of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of MOFCOM, Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, international Co-Chair, Former Director General of UNIDO and CCICED Member, Mr. Arthur Hanson, International Chief Advisor of the CCICED, domestic and foreign experts, donors and partners, and members of the Chief Advisors’ support team. Particiapnts also discussed the research positioning, scope and approaches and improve the research framework.