site.btaChinese Ambassador: Green Transition Requires Ecological Civilization

A public lecture on China's economy and the green transition was delivered by Dong Xiaojun, China's ambassador to Bulgaria, at the invitation of the Economic Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Mega Communication PR agency said on Wednesday.

The event was attended by representatives of leading universities in Bulgaria, experts from the Diplomatic Institute, ministries, NGOs and Chinese companies in Bulgaria. The forum was opened by Prof. Dr. Irena Zareva, Director of the Economic Research Institute.

During his lecture, Ambassador Dong Xiaojun presented the Chinese government's green transition policy and its results: the reduction of carbon emissions and the creation of a new legislative and supervisory framework with increased environmental requirements to lead to the planned carbon neutrality in 2060. He said that China is conducting a gradual and well-planned green transition.

The green economy is expanding its space thanks to green consumption and people's active participation in it. The transition is going through ecological civilization, the diplomat stressed.

The discussion also raised the issue of the dependence of the European green transition on Chinese equipment imports. According to the ambassador, this is not about dependence, but about mutual benefit and cooperation in implementing the green transition.