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The Council, which meets annually, is composed of approximately 50 Chinese and international members. The members on the Chinese side are of Ministerial or Vice Ministerial rank together with several eminent Chinese experts. The international members are of comparable stature. Members participate as experts in their personal capacities, at the invitation of the Chinese Government. They have been chosen for their expert knowledge and experience and come from different fields of expertise: environment, economics, science, technology, energy policy, agriculture, industry, business, finance, and education. The Chinese members come from Ministries, Agencies and Educational Institutions directly concerned with the central issues of economic development and the environment. A full list of Council Members as of January 1999 is attached as Annex A and will be regularly updated on our website.
The Bureau consists of the Chairman, Vice Premier Wen Jiabao, and four Vice-Chairs: Prof. Qu Geping, Chairman of the Committee of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Conservation of the National People's Congress; Mr. Liu Jiang, Vice Chairman of the State Development and Planning Commission; Mr. Xie Zhenhua, Administrator of the State Environmental Protection Administration, and Dr. Leonard Good, President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The Bureau acts as the executive of the Council.
Expert Working Groups (WG) have been established by the Council, each jointly chaired and staffed by Chinese and international experts. There were six WGs in Phase I of CCICED: Energy Strategies and Technologies; Monitoring, Data Analysis and Pollution Control; Scientific Research, Technology Development and Training; Resource Accounting, Environmental Economics and Pricing Policies; Protection of Biodiversity; and Trade and Sustainable Development. In Phase II, some WGs have been retained, some have undergone reorganization and some new groups have been established. They are:
Energy Strategy and Technology co-chaired by Prof. NI Weidou and Prof. Thomas B. Johansson;
Pollution Control co-chaired by Prof. QU Geping and Dr. Toni Schneider;
Environmental Economics co-chaired by Prof. LI Yining and Prof. Jeremy Warford;
Protection of Biodiversity co-chaired by Prof. WANG Sung and Dr. Peter Johan Schei;
Trade and Environment co-chaired by Dr. YE Ruqiu and Dr. David Runnalls;
Sustainable Agriculture co-chaired by Prof. SUN Honglie and Dr. Bernie H. Sonntag;
Cleaner Industrial Production co-chaired by Prof. QIAN Yi and Mr. Tsugio Ide;
Transportation co-chaired by Mr. WANG Yangzhu and Dr. Rudolph Peterson; and
Program Project on Environment and Planning co-chaired by Mr. LIU Jiang and Mr. Martin Lees
The working groups analyze important problems that China faces in the field of environment and development, propose strategies based on international experience and China's needs, conduct demonstration projects and prepare preliminary recommendations for the Council. The Council then decides what recommendations to forward to the Chinese Government. Council members present these recommendations in person to a senior Chinese leader at the conclusion of their deliberations.
Two Council Secretariats have been established to facilitate the Council's work.
The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) has been designated as the responsible Chinese organization for CCICED. It has established CCICED Secretariat Headquarters Office in Beijing. Professor ZHANG Kunmin, former Deputy Administrator of the National Environmental Protection Agency (predecessor of SEPA), and currently advisor to the Minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration, is the Secretary-General of the Council.
The Canadian Secretariat has been formed at the David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. This secretariat, which is headed by Professor Earl Drake, former Canadian Ambassador to China and currently adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University, manages contributions from Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), British Department for International Development (DFID), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and some other agencies, recommends international experts, publishes a quarterly Newsletter and works closely with the Headquarters Secretariat to support the CCICED.
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