Participating in GWP Regional Days and CP Meeting and the 20th Stockholm World Water Week

On behalf of GWP China, Mr. Zheng Rugang, Coordinator, Ms. Ma Yilin, Programme Officer, Prof. Guan Yiqing, Member of GWP China TEC, Mr. Sun Pingan, Vice Chair of GWP China Shaanxi and Mr. Zhang Junqi, Director of Groundwater Bureau, Shaanxi Province, participated in GWP Regional Days and CP Meeting and World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden from August 31 to September 9, 2010.

During the meetings, the China Delegation participated in all activities and discussions. Mr.Zheng Rugang gave presentations at the GWP TEC Workshop and at Workshop 2 of CP Meeting respectively.

Taking the opportunity, Mr.Zheng Rugang and Ms Ma Yilin also exchanged ideas with the responsible officer of the GWP Secretariat on the work plan of 2011.

As invited by ADB, Mr. Sun Pingan delivered a keynote speech “Wei Water Forum – Water Management and Pollution Control through Stakeholder Dialogues” on the Side Event of World Water Week “Eye on Asia: Managing Asia's River Basins” organized by ADB on September 8, 2010. Following his speech, the audiences raised questions about the current water quality of Wei River corresponding to pollution control part and the domestic and international media response to the fora.