Tsinghua-Veolia training program kicks off

The organizers invited senior officials from Chinese ministries and commissions, experts from Tsinghua University, and other national academic institutions and prominent European environmental and municipal experts to deliver lectures in Beijing and in several other cities, including Paris and Lyon in France.

“A number of site visits have also been arranged to help enable the trainees to have a comprehensive understanding of how developed countries carry out environmental protection and urban management tasks to ensure sustainable development,” said Zhang Hong, vice president of Veolia Environmental Services Asia Communication and Public Relations.

She said the participants in the training program will take part in seminars and symposiums during the training, in a bid to combine theoretical study and site tours with the actual environmental problems in China.

Tsinghua University and Veolia Environment founded in 2010 the Joint Research Center for Advanced Environmental Technology to further their cooperation on environment protection research.

Veolia has invested nearly $2 billion in China in the past 10 years and operates over 60 water disposal, water conservancy management and energy source projects in 41 cities in China.

As the leader of the global environment industry and global environmental protection services, Veolia Environment employs 300,000 people and has operations in 80 countries in five continents.

Professor Du Pengfei, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Environment at Tsinghua University, addresses the opening ceremony of the EUMAP 2012 seminar at the Tsinghua University on Sept 21. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]