Zeng Peiyan Meets With Henry Paulson

Zeng Peiyan Meets With Henry Paulson

On March 18, 2015, Zeng Peiyan, Chairman of CCIEE, met with Henry Paulson, President of the Paulson Institute. Zhang Xiaoqiang, Permanent Vice Chairman of CCIEE and Wei Jianguo, Vice Chairman of CCIEE were also present at the meeting.

            

Mr. Paulson briefed Mr. Zeng on the latest cooperation between CCIEE and the Paulson Institute and his recent trip to Baoding, Hebei Province, investigating the Air Pollution prevention and Control Project. He said that the Clean Energy Investment Seminar, co-organized by the two organizations’on March 17, has produced a number of valuable suggestions and views and more works will be conducted accordingly. Apart from that, CCIEE and the Paulson Institute agreed to add one Chinese and one U.S. companies to the CEO Council for Sustainable Development. At the end of this year, the two organizations will host a series of annual events.

Mr. Paulson expressed that the Paulson Institute is willing to offer assistance during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S., if necessary. He also introduced his new book “Dealing With China”, the English version will be published in the middle of this April and hopes that the Chinese version can be published in China.

Mr. Zeng said that CCIEE and the Paulson Institute have come up with appropriate ways of cooperation since the two organizations initiated their first cooperation four years ago. Air pollution prevention and control concerns Chinese people and government greatly and thus, cooperation between the two organizations in tackling smog is of great significance. The recent appointment of Chen Jining as Minister of Environment Protection implies that Chinese government attaches great importance to air pollution control and environment protection. Choosing Hebei as an important region to promote cooperation in tackling environmental problems has proved to be a correct choice. The working groups of the two organizations have already made specific arrangements and hopefully, the two sides can be honest with each other and find solutions when different opinions occur during future cooperation. The Sustainable Development Planning Project Prize, which has been awarded twice in China so far, has made great impact on some Chinese cities. In the aspects of the new members of CEO council, he hopes that they can play a positive role in the cooperation between CCIEE and the Paulson Institute.

At the end, they also exchanged views on such issues as Fed’s financial policies and exchange market.