China to host UN ecological gathering

China will host this year's global World Environment Day celebrations on June 5 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on the theme of air pollution.

The announcement was made in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday at the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly by Vice-Minister of Ecology and Environment Zhao Yingmin, who led the Chinese delegation, and Joyce Msuya, acting director of United Nations Environment Programme.

Zhao said that improving the global environment requires the collaboration of all countries. China has undertaken a series of measures to push green development and has made progress in the area, he said.