The Pan-Pearl River Delta, which consists of 9 provinces, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunan and 2 Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Macao, is also commonly known as “9+2”. This Agreement has set forth 10 major cooperative areas, namely infrastructure, enterprise and investment, information development, tourism,commerce and trade, agriculture, labor, science, education and culture, environmental protection and health and disease prevention. In the sphere of agriculture, the Parties agreed to establish a stable relationship on the purchase and sale of grain and other agricultural products, open up a "green channel" for regional agricultural products, strengthen the development of agricultural science and technology, the development of characteristic agriculture, and the cooperation in the production, processing and sales of agricultural products, and promote the establishment of the regional food safety system. Regarding to environmental protection, the Parties agreed to establish a regional environmental protection coordination mechanism to strengthen cooperation in clean production, water environmental protection, ecological and environmental protection, and atmospheric environmental protection, formulate regional environmental protection plans, and increase the intensity of ecological construction in the Pearl River basin, especially in the upper and middle reaches; strengthen the protection of resources in the region; Improve the overall environmental quality and sustainable development capabilities of the region. In the sphere of Energy, the Parties shall: actively promote the establishment of long-term and stable cooperative relations in the energy sector in the Pan-Pearl River Delta region; actively implement the national energy development strategy; Encourage the inter-provincial cooperation on production and sales of provincial coal, natural gas and other energy sources.
China, China, Hong Kong SAR, China, Macao SAR · 2004-06-03