Official envisions future 'ecological civilization'

Society needs to create a new model for urbanization to cope with shrinking resources and a worsening environment, said an official in China's top political advisory body during a recent conference between government and business representatives.

During the fourth International CEO Roundtable of Chinese and Foreign Multinational Corporations that ended on Nov 7 in Beijing, Zheng Wantong, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), chairman of the roundtable organizing committee, and president of the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC), gave a speech on building low-carbon cities.

He warned that traditional urbanization has proven unsustainable and the world now needs low-carbon cities.