International Seminar on Sustainable Development of Mountainous Areas, sponsored by MOST Department of International Cooperation and Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Department, was held on Sep. 21, in Lin’an City, Zhejiang Province.
Topics of the seminar included the experiences in the protection, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of the eco-system in Lin’an and surrounding areas, and the win-win development of ecology and economy in Lin’an. Participating experts discussed the main ways and modes for the harmonious development of ecology and economy in mountainous areas and prepared a related report.
China’s mountainous area accounts fro 69% of its land area, with 90% of forest and 98% of water in this area. Mountainous rural areas are where poor people are concentrated. Therefore, it’s important to strengthen capacity building in mountainous rural areas through science and technology, so as to improve their social, economic and ecological conditions. It is also part of China’s endeavor in building a “green” country and new socialist countryside.
