Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province — The 2018 World Canal Cities Forum, which was organized by the World Historic and Cultural Canal Cities Cooperation Organization (WCCO) and the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CNCPEC), was held in Yangzhou city from the 11th to 13th of October. More than 300 politicians, senior officials, eminent persons, professional experts, entrepreneurs, international organizations from more than 30 countries globally attended the Forum, had extensive and in-depth dialogues and exchanged views based on the theme of the “Protection, Inheritance and Utilization of Canal City Culture”, inheritance and use of the world canal city culture”, and discussed the countermeasures to solve the realistic problems of the canal and the development direction of canal protection and utilization, so as to jointly promote the sustainable development of the canal. Mr. Eric Fang, President of the National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD) was invited by WCCO to participate the Forum and as a guest speaker, presented a “Data Management to Support the Healthy Development of Canal Eco-Environmental Sustainability”. AT the Forum, Mr. Fang also had a chance to meet with the Party Secretary General of Yangzhou, Mr. Xie Zhengyi. During the visit, Mr. Fang also met with Madam Yang Weimin, Chairman of Yangzhou Municipal Federation of Overseas Chinese. On the 11th afternoon, Eric Fang along with Tina Pei also met with Mr. Chen Xi, Director of Yangzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone and his team. Both party agreed to cooperate in furthering Yangzhou ETDZ development. As a follow up, Tina Pei, Vice President of Business Development will lead NCSD team to have a more in depth discussion with the Yangzhou ETDZ Investment Promotion Bureau headed by Mr. Li Jun. On October 12th, Mr. Zhu Minyang, Chairman of WCCO met with Mr. Fang and Ms. Tina Pei, Vice President […]