Asia Pacific Forestry Week 2016

Partnership for Positive Change:

Towards new Chinese overseas
forest investment and trade
Chinas rising demand for timber
products has had far-reaching
impacts on the global forest
products trade and investment. This
impact is expected to accelerate
further in the coming years,
especially under the new Silk Road
Economic Belt and the 21st Century
Maritime Silk Road initiatives also
known as One Belt, One Road
(OBOR) which offers
opportunities for Chinese
businesses to leverage new
partnerships in Asia Pacific and
beyond.
WWF and Center for International
Forest Products Trade (CINFT) of

Chinas State Forestry

Administration (SFA) will jointly
host this event, which will spotlight
Chinas Silk Road initiatives, its
implications for the forest sector
and the potential for new
partnerships for sustainable
development in the Asia Pacific
region.
Specifically, the event will feature
the successful experience of the
China-Gabon partnership; Chinas
efforts in combating illegal logging
and associate trade; efforts by the
private sector to promote green
forest products production, trade
and investment; and lessons

PROGRAM:
16.30 - 16.40

Welcome & Opening remarks (Mr. Jin Zhonghao)

16.40 - 16.55

The Chinese Forestry Strategy of OBOR (Prof. Cheng Baodong)

16.55 - 17.10

Trends in public-private-civil society partnerships: Replicating

China-Gabon partnership model in Asia Pacific (Ms. Wang Lei)

17.10 - 17.25

Meet International Timber Legality Requirements: Our Efforts (Ms.

Li Jing)

17.25 - 17.40

Experience from Chinas collective forestry tenure reform

Implication for Asia-Pacific forestry (Ms. Zhang Ying)

17.40 - 17.50

Q&A

17.50 - 18.00

Closing remarks (Mr. Jin Zhonghao)

February 23, 2016

16:30 - 18:00
Venue: Widus Hotel

SPEAKERS:
Mr. Jin Zhonghao
Director, Market Transformation
WWF China
Prof. Cheng Baodong
Professor
School of Economics and Management
of Beijing Forestry University
Ms. Wang Lei
Senior Forest Programme Officer
WWF China
Ms. Li Jing
Assistant Professor
Reserch Institute of Forestry Policy and
Information, CAF
Center for International Forest Products
Trade, SFA
Ms. Zhang Ying
Assistant Professor
Reserch Institute of Forestry Policy and
Information, CAF

MODERATOR:
Ms. Wang Liangyu
Senior Officer, Sustainable Forest
WWF China

FOR MORE INFORMATION,

CONTACT:
Ms. Wang Liangyu
Email: Wangliangyu@wwfchina.org