BEIJING, Dec. 6, 2017 /CNW/ - The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, is visiting China to seek further cooperation on climate change and clean growth, with Chinese leaders.
While in China, the Minister is engaging her counterparts to advance the Canada-China partnership and leading a clean-technology trade mission with Canadian companies. The Minister will also help lead the annual general meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development as the international executive vice-chair and will launch a new ministerial dialogue on environmental cooperation. Canada is committed to providing leadership and working with its international partners to help move to a sustainable and resilient world.
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Minister McKenna will participate in a visit of Broad-Ocean/ Shanghai E- |
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8:00 a.m. (China Standard Time) / 7:00 p.m. (EST) |
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#300, Hengyu Road, Jiading District |
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Media are invited for a photo opportunity at the beginning of the event. |
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Minister McKenna will visit the Great Wall of China (Badaling section) with |
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3:30 p.m. (China Standard Time) / 2:30 a.m. (EST) |
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Great Wall of China at Badaling, Yanqing District |
| Note for Media: |
Media are invited for a photo opportunity. |
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Minister McKenna will hold a teleconference with Canadian and |
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9:00 p.m. (China Standard Time) / 8:00 a.m. (EST) |
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Media representatives must register by contacting Media Relations at |
SOURCE Environment and Climate Change Canada
Marie-Pascale Des Rosiers, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, 613-883-4948, [email protected]; Media Relations, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 819-938-3338, [email protected]
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