Opening Ceremony cum Workshop Hong Kong Baptist University "Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment (Photo Gallery)

As mapped out at the Eleventh Plenary of the Hong Kong-Guangdong Co-operation Joint Conference held in August 2008, Hong Kong and Guangdong are exploring further to strengthen and deepen co-operation on environmental protection and sustainable development in a bid to transform the PRD region into a green and quality living Area. Instead of adopting an collaborative approach on individual project, a more all-rounded and forward-looking strategy will be developed to address common environmental issues and opportunities in the whole PRD region.

The notion of transforming the PRD region into a green and quality living area further extends the regional environmental co-operation to the areas including circular economy, promotion of energy efficiency, cleaner production partnership, greening and environmental education and promotion.

The Open Ceremony cum Workshop on Hong Kong Baptist University "Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment" held on 22 June 2009 focused on environmental issues and development about “Corporate Environmental Management and Policy”, “Environmental Industry and Circular Economy”, “Trans-boundary Pollution and Environmental Awareness”. The objectives of the workshop are as follows,

- To create a platform for government officials, business and industrial sectors, green groups, academics and public to discuss the possible approaches to transform the PRD region into a green and quality living area;

- Collect and assemble views from different stakeholders, with the aim to explore the directions and environmental strategies for developing a green PRD region.