On November 18, 2025, the Norway China Development and Environment Cooperation Annual Meeting was held at the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing. The Annual Meeting was hosted by the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing and chaired by Mr. Joar Lønning Strand, Development Counsellor of the Norwegian Embassy. Representatives from Ministry of Commerce, PRC (MOFCOM) and Ministry of Ecology and Environment, PRC (MEE), and delegates of the bilateral projects under the cooperation, including China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIES), Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center of MEE (FECO), Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (BCRC China) attended the Annual Meeting and reported the progress on six Sino-Norwegian cooperation projects.
Dr. Chen Yuan, Chief of the Regional Chemicals Management Branch, BCRC China, served as the technical lead of the "Sino-Norwegian cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and microplastic pollution (SINOPLAST II)". On behalf of the SINOPLAST II, she presented the overall progress and next steps. Mr. Joar Lønning Strand expressed high appreciation for the achievements and implementation of the SINOPLAST II. Ms. Shi Guoying, the programme officer of BCRC China also attended the Annual Meeting.
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