Executive Summit Luncheon with China’s Honorable Consul General Mr. Gao Zhansheng
Oct 26th, 2011
China’s Honorable Consul General Mr. Gao Zhansheng spoke on the environment protection progress at the Executive Summit Luncheon Series at the Columbia Tower Club today. This luncheon was a joint event was jointly hosted by the Business Forum Committee of the Columbia Tower Club (CTC), The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce (GSCCC), Trade Development Alliance (TDA) of Greater Seattle and Washington Clean Technology Alliance (WCTA).
Juli Bacon, Chairwoman of CTC’s Business Forum Committee, Millie Su, President of the GSCCC, and Sam Kaplan, President of TDA were present to host Mr. Gao. Mr. Gao was very impressed with the breath taking view of the club, and will consider CTC as future Chinese delegates’ visit to the Greater Seattle area. Distinguished guests included Mr. Thomas Boydell from the City of Bellevue, and Mr. Pete Mills from Congressman, Mr. Jim McDermott’s office. Mr. Pete addressed the luncheon guests and delivered a letter from Mr. McDermott to Mr. Gao emphasizing Mr. McDermott’s support for continued good relations and increased trade.
Mr. Gao’s consulate office is based in San Francisco, but his office covers Northern California, Washington State, Oregon, Alaska, and Nevada. This geographical area covers one quarter of the US population and one sixth of the US GDP and US-China trade. The Consul General delivered an upbeat yet with a serious tone of speech on China’s environmental protection policy. He defined the current state in China as “transformation”, and that China has had some success in economic growth and poverty eradication, and yet this success is not without costs. Being the world’s manufacturer comes with a price of environmental challenges and non-sustainable threat.
He sited various statistics on the inefficient use of energy in China and that China, on a per capital basis, is still low compared to other developed world when it comes to energy consumption. However, the national policy set out for the next five years is a clear indication of China’s commitment to combat these challenges. One example is the budgeted US$468billion in green economic development, which almost double the budget set forth in the prior 5-year plan, and the continual increase of 15% to 20% in future 5-year plans. The plan includes mandatory benchmarks and targets. He also highlighted the strategic and instrumental cooperation between China and Washington State citi
ng cooperative project between Port of Seattle and the Port of Dalian in China, and the third official meeting of The U.S.-China Clean Energy Forum of 2009 held in Bellevue, a forum that was facilitated by US Senator, Maria Cantwell’s.
China’s Honorable Consul General Mr. Gao Zhansheng spoke on the environment protection progress at the Executive Summit Luncheon Series at the Columbia Tower Club today. This luncheon was a joint event was jointly hosted by the Business Forum Committee of the Columbia Tower Club (CTC), The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce (GSCCC), Trade Development Alliance (TDA) of Greater Seattle and Washington Clean Technology Alliance (WCTA).
Juli Bacon, Chairwoman of CTC’s Business Forum Committee, Millie Su, President of the GSCCC, and Sam Kaplan, President of TDA were present to host Mr. Gao. Mr. Gao was very impressed with the breath taking view of the club, and will consider CTC as future Chinese delegates’ visit to the Greater Seattle area. Distinguished guests included Mr. Thomas Boydell from the City of Bellevue, and Mr. Pete Mills from Congressman, Mr. Jim McDermott’s office. Mr. Pete addressed the luncheon guests and delivered a letter from Mr. McDermott to Mr. Gao emphasizing Mr. McDermott’s support for continued good relations and increased trade.
Mr. Gao’s consulate office is based in San Francisco, but his office covers Northern California, Washington State, Oregon, Alaska, and Nevada. This geographical area covers one quarter of the US population and one sixth of the US GDP and US-China trade. The Consul General delivered an upbeat yet with a serious tone of speech on China’s environmental protection policy. He defined the current state in China as “transformation”, and that China has had some success in economic growth and poverty eradication, and yet this success is not without costs. Being the world’s manufacturer comes with a price of environmental challenges and non-sustainable threat.
He sited various statistics on the inefficient use of energy in China and that China, on a per capital basis, is still low compared to other developed world when it comes to energy consumption. However, the national policy set out for the next five years is a clear indication of China’s commitment to combat these challenges. One example is the budgeted US$468billion in green economic development, which almost double the budget set forth in the prior 5-year plan, and the continual increase of 15% to 20% in future 5-year plans. The plan includes mandatory benchmarks and targets. He also highlighted the strategic and instrumental cooperation between China and Washington State citi
