Guizhou prepares to host key environment event

The annual conference of the Eco Forum Global will begin in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province on July 6, it was announced at a media conference in Beijing on Thursday.

EFG is an international platform on which leaders from government bodies and social programs around the world jointly promote eco-civilization and push for sustainable development.

This year's conference whose theme is "Embrace the New Era of Eco-civilization: Green Development with High Priority to Ecology", will cover 10 aspects including industrial technology innovation, biodiversity protection, supervision and management innovation and anti-climate change efforts with symposiums, workshops and other activities during the three-day event.

Over 3,000 participants will attend the conference.

According to Zhang Xinsheng, the general secretary of EFG, lectures will be delivered to interpret President Xi's thought on ecological development and reports will be released by experts from home and abroad.

Lu Yongzheng, the deputy governor of Guizhou province, says the province attaches great importance to green development.

Last year, 4.77-million-mu area of farmland had been reconverted into forest and pasture; more than 250 billion yuan has been invested in 332 green economic projects across the province; and environmental friendly industrial projects had been introduced to replace steel plants.