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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Holds Green Campus Sustainable<br />

Planning and Construction Seminar<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2009--05—15<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=242617852<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Beijing. May 15, 2009: <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> held Green Campus<br />

Sustainable Planning and Construction Seminars and Campus Planning and<br />

Sustainable Development Workshop on May 12th. Ju Chuanjin, Vice President <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong>, Li Qiang, <strong>PKU</strong> President‘s Assistant and Minister <strong>of</strong> Development Planning, as<br />

well as <strong>of</strong>ficers from relevant functional departments and representatives <strong>of</strong> teachers<br />

and students from relevant departments participated in the meeting, chaired by Li<br />

Qiang.<br />

Lü Bing, Vice-Minister <strong>of</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Development Planning introduced the<br />

background and objectives <strong>of</strong> building sustainable green campus and the Office <strong>of</strong><br />

Campus Planning and Sustainable Development at <strong>PKU</strong>. He pointed out that<br />

building sustainable green campus included three parts: scientific, rational use <strong>of</strong><br />

limited space at <strong>PKU</strong> to ensure the sustainable development <strong>of</strong> teaching and<br />

research activities; value the protection <strong>of</strong> cultural relics and the environment;<br />

construct a sustainable green campus <strong>of</strong> low-carbon, emphasize energy reduction,<br />

water conservation, protect the ecological species diversity and create a safe and<br />

comfortable environment-friendly campus environment. He also gave a briefing on<br />

the development <strong>of</strong> building green campus and the plan about promoting the<br />

sustainable green campus in the near future.<br />

Shao Min, vice president <strong>of</strong> College <strong>of</strong> Environmental Science and Engineering,<br />

introduced the "<strong>PKU</strong> low-carbon campus pioneer plan" which generally relied on the<br />

International Alliance <strong>of</strong> Research Universities (IARU), "Environment Friendly<br />

<strong>University</strong>" program <strong>of</strong> the State Ministry <strong>of</strong> the Environment, the construction <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Green Campus in domestic colleges and universities, the practical needs <strong>of</strong> saving<br />

operating costs and other driving forces.<br />

Zhao Tianyang, Deputy Secretary-General <strong>of</strong> Chinese College Students<br />

Environmental Education Base exchanged with the participants the experience on<br />

the construction <strong>of</strong> the Environmental Education Base for <strong>University</strong> Students in<br />

China, which was built in 2006 to cultivate China's "Green Young Scholars" as an<br />

environmental education platform.<br />

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