Council highlights 'advanced' green policies

The China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development has played an important role in introducing advanced environmental policies and practices in China with its high-level foreign consultations, a senior Chinese environmental official said.

As an international advisory body for the Chinese government, the council is expected to contribute more wisdom that will help the country's high-quality development, said Zhao Yingmin, vice-minister of ecology and environment and also the council's secretary-general.

Zhao spoke exclusively to China Daily ahead of the annual general meeting of the advisory body, which concluded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Tuesday.