Sep. 27, 2005
Tsinghua University Holds International Conference in Beijing
Tokyo
― TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that the Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Guidance (CIDEG), established within the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China, held the first day of an international conference on development and the environment today, with the second and last day scheduled for tomorrow.
The theme of the conference is "China's Cooperative Development: Industrial Development, Environmental Governance and Structural Reform". More than 100 Chinese government officials, researchers and members of the public attended the conference's first-day event. Following a speech by Tsinghua University Vice President Xie Weihe, TMC President Katsuaki Watanabe addressed the conference, saying, "We will continue to address ever-changing environmental issues on a global scale, listen to the opinions of the Chinese people and make every effort to contribute to China's cooperative development through measures such as the start of Prius production in China. I am confident that the research conducted at CIDEG and the results of that research will, without a doubt, support China's development in the future."
CIDEG conducts policy research, academic exchanges, graduate education and working-level research in the areas of system transition and cooperative development, policies on resources, the environment and for sustainable development, and industrial organization/regulation policy, in an attempt to further increase the level of research and education in Chinese public policy and governance. Also, in order to foster greater understanding and cooperation between academia, industry, the public sector and NGOs in China, Japan and other countries, CIDEG is planning to hold academic seminars and symposiums.
TMC is providing to CIDEG an annual amount of six million yuan RMB* (approx. 80 million yen), for a total of 30 million yuan RMB (approx. 400 million yen) over a period of five years. TMC respects the independence of the education and research to be carried out at CIDEG and will not interfere in academic activities in any way.
*RMB: Chinese for "Renminbi" or "People's Currency".
The theme of the conference is "China's Cooperative Development: Industrial Development, Environmental Governance and Structural Reform". More than 100 Chinese government officials, researchers and members of the public attended the conference's first-day event. Following a speech by Tsinghua University Vice President Xie Weihe, TMC President Katsuaki Watanabe addressed the conference, saying, "We will continue to address ever-changing environmental issues on a global scale, listen to the opinions of the Chinese people and make every effort to contribute to China's cooperative development through measures such as the start of Prius production in China. I am confident that the research conducted at CIDEG and the results of that research will, without a doubt, support China's development in the future."
CIDEG conducts policy research, academic exchanges, graduate education and working-level research in the areas of system transition and cooperative development, policies on resources, the environment and for sustainable development, and industrial organization/regulation policy, in an attempt to further increase the level of research and education in Chinese public policy and governance. Also, in order to foster greater understanding and cooperation between academia, industry, the public sector and NGOs in China, Japan and other countries, CIDEG is planning to hold academic seminars and symposiums.
TMC is providing to CIDEG an annual amount of six million yuan RMB* (approx. 80 million yen), for a total of 30 million yuan RMB (approx. 400 million yen) over a period of five years. TMC respects the independence of the education and research to be carried out at CIDEG and will not interfere in academic activities in any way.
*RMB: Chinese for "Renminbi" or "People's Currency".
