1. Background Information

　　Yunnan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau (hereinafter referred as YEPB) is one of the line government agencies of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province, which is in charge of law enforcement, planning on environmental protection and nature conservation. It is also an agency to supervise and coordinate all government agencies relevant with environmental protection such as Forestry, Water, Agriculture, Land Resources departments of Yunnan Province. And under the bureau, several divisions were established for specific responsibilities including Administration Office, Finance and Planning Division, Personnel Division, Nature Conservation Division, Pollution Control Division, Laws and Dissemination Division, Environmental Management and Supervision Division, Scientific Technology Division and Foreign Techno-Economic Cooperation Division (hereinafter referred as FTECD ).

　　FTECD was established in 1997 based on the trend of wider international cooperation on environmental protection. On behalf of Yunnan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau, the division is authorized to deal with all issues related to international cooperation or communication on environmental protection in Yunnan Province, including the negotiation, management and implementation of international projects, technical and personnel exchange. Due to diligent work and wise leadership, there are many international environmental protection projects, be designed and implemented by the division. The division always put the 1st priority to introduce the best international concepts and practices such as cleaner production auditing, sustainable development, into the Yunnan Province in West China, based on the preferential tasks on environmental protection of the province including bio-diversity, restoration of plateau lakes, conservancy of river systems. Meanwhile, the strategic planning and goals of the world communities like climate change, nature conservation, water conservancy, poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods, have been taken careful considerations by the division during the process. Up to now, the members of FTECD are as follows: