Eco-conference to focus on milestones

The 2016 Eco Forum Global Annual Conference - considered the nation's most important conference on green development and ecological civilization - will be held in Guiyang, Guizhou province, from Friday to Sunday.

"The conference is an answer to the two milestones on world development in 2015: the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change," Zhang Xinsheng, secretary-general of the forum, said at a news conference of the State Council Information Office on Thursday.

Leaders from home and abroad will join the discussion at the conference, including Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Peter O'Neill, prime minister of Papua New Guinea; Christa Markwalder, president of the Swiss National Council; and William Ruto, vice-president of Kenya.