The ceremony for the 20th anniversary of The Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection

Minister Marukawa visited China to attend the event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection and hold a talk with Mr. Chen, Chinese Minister of Environmental Protection. Minister Marukawa also met with Mr. Zhang, the chief of Chinese State Forestry Administration and they signed a memorandum on cooperation between Japan and China in the area of the natural environment.