The signing of a Grant Framework Agreement between the French development agency AFD and the Chinese Ministry of Finance took place on November 4 with the participation of EU Ambassador to China Jorge Toledo, French Ambassador to China Laurent Bili, and Mr. Cheng Zhijun, Director-General of the Department of Economic and Financial Cooperation, Ministry of Finance of China.
China and Europe are placing a high value on biodiversity, adheres to the ecological civilization philosophy, and has been working tirelessly to promote effective ecosystem restoration and protection through the implementation of ecological conservation projects and other measures.
Both are focused on improving public participation, and fostering international cooperation and exchanges on biodiversity. Ongoing work has been done to advance the goal of “Creating a beautiful world” China and Europe are prepared to increase biodiversity cooperation and share its expertise in building ecological civilization with all parties in order to take the world closer to the 2050 Vision of “Living in harmony with nature.”