Minister Wan Gang attended 2011 Board Meeting of UNEP and Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (2011 IESD Board Meeting) in Beijing on November 16th, 2011. Minister Wan and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner signed MOU between MOST and UNEP. 

The new MOU involves 6 projects for the second cooperation period from 2011 to 2013, covering the fields of water planning, utilization, and protection in Africa.