On June 10th, the "Yangtze River-Mississippi" China-US Youth Round Table Conference was held at CCNU. Focusing on the theme of "Empowering the Youth for a Sustainable Future", the conference attracted nearly 40 young representatives from both China and the United States, who gathered together to share their insights about environmental protection and green development.
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President Peng Shuangjie mentioned in his opening speech that our school had a long history of exchanges with the U.S. and had maintained close contact and carried out fruitful cooperation with many American institutions and organizations ever since the foundation of CCNU. In the past decades, faculties and students from CCNU have made great endeavor to practice the concept of green development, and notable achievements have been made in the design of environmental protection projects, ecological environment research, etc. It was also his hope that this meeting could make positive contributions to the promotion of cultural exchanges between China and the U.S., and inject new vigor and vitality into the cause of public welfare and environmental protection.
This activity was also aimed at helping the participants from the U.S. to gather a more comprehensive understanding of China, and thus to form a closer, broader as well as deeper cooperation in the field of youth exchanges between China and the U.S. . On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the U.S., organizing this conference could also promote exchanges between the young, and open up new horizons for the continuous development of China-U.S. relationship.
During the keynote speech session, 5 of the representatives presented their insights on green development. They praised the influence of youth in promoting green development, calling on everyone to embrace challenges and work together to create a more sustainable future.
During the round table discussion, six young representatives from the two countries raised their opinions from reusable energy, green charity, integrated watershed management to the importance of youth empowerment for green development. The young delegates had an in-depth discussion and exchange of views on "environmental protection".