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BEIJING, Nov. 7
(Xinhuanet) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao Monday called on the international
community to improve cooperation in research and development, technological
transfer and funding for the use of renewable resources to benefit the world.
Hu said giving priority to the exploitation and use
of renewable energy is the only way for the world to deal with the growing
energy and environmental problems, and the only way for mankind to achieve
sustainable development.
During his written speech to the 2005 Beijing
International Renewable Energy Conference, the president said it is the common
aspiration of all countries to improve global cooperation to properly meet the
energy and environmental challenges the world faces.
He said China attaches great importance to the
utilization of renewable resources, making it one of the important moves to
promote economic and social development.
Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan told the conference
that China will do more to make use of its water resources, build a number of
wind power plants with designed capability of generating a million kilowatts
each, pay more attention to the use of solar energy, and methane in rural areas,
and actively promote the biological energy sector, while boosting research and
development of technology for the use of renewable energy.
By 2010, renewable energy will account for 15 percent
of China's energy supplies, said the vice-premier.
He called on governments around the world to give
priority to renewable energy while the developed world and international
organizations should honor their commitments made in 2004 in Bonn,Germany, to
offer assistance to developing countries for the use of renewable energy,
including funding, technology, expertise and management.
Attending the meeting were officials in charge of
energy and environmental affairs from nearly 100 countries, the United Nations,
the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Commission. Enditem
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